Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity last week heard from a reader whose close friend received a targeted phishing message within the Booking mobile app just minutes after making a reservation at a California. The phishing message our reader’s friend received after making a reservation at booking.com in late October.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

The researchers noticed that the “Send to Kindle” feature allows Kindle users to send e-books to their devices as email attachments, a behavior that could be potentially exploited for malicious purposes, for example sending a malicious e-book to potential victims. To my pleasant surprise, the e-book appeared on the device!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The activity significantly disrupted IHG's booking channels and other applications. Booking system. The unavailability of the online booking system must be a major pain for IHG. directly to make, amend or cancel a booking. In addition, experts from outside of IHG are being brought in to help with the investigation.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, the book opens with Spoofing and Authenticity. I'm excited that we have a simple table of contents that works as a quick guide to the book. Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars will be available January 25th wherever fine books are sold. But unlike the Force, we don't hope for balance.

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The Hacker News

JULY 26, 2021

There is a saying that goes something like, "Do not judge a book by its cover." Yet, we all know we can not help but do just that - especially when it comes to online security. Logos play a significant role in whether or not we open an email and how we assess the importance of each message.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

There are additional safety measures you can (and should) take to teach your child as they grow, things like installing virus protection, enabling multi-factor authentication, using password managers, and raising awareness about phishing scams. Make sure you are being thoughtful and responsible in your actions. Make it a family conversation.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Microsoft has posted a reminder on the Exchange Team blog that Basic authentication for Exchange Online will be disabled in less than a month, on October 1, 2022. For many years, client apps have used Basic authentication to connect to servers, services and endpoints. The first announcement of the change stems from September 20, 2019.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 25, 2022

I know him best for his work on authentication and covert channels, specifically as related to nuclear treaty verification. Gus Simmons is an early pioneer in cryptography and computer security. His work is cited extensively in Applied Cryptography. He has written a memoir of growing up dirt-poor in 1930s rural West Virginia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Security researchers from WizCase have discovered several vulnerabilities in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS. Meaning, authentication bypasses weren’t enough. WD My Book, NetGear Stora. WizCase Report: Vulnerabilities found on WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2025

MasterCard.com relies on five shared Domain Name System (DNS) servers at the Internet infrastructure provider Akamai [DNS acts as a kind of Internet phone book, by translating website names to numeric Internet addresses that are easier for computers to manage]. But the researcher said he didn’t attempt to do any of that.

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Daniel Miessler

AUGUST 19, 2020

This can still work with some people, if it’s authentic. Is there a specific book that you’d recommend to yourself 20 years ago? If they have a book in mind, they might just respond and give you the title. BETTER : Hello, I’ve always admired how you built your career over time. This is golden.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Just what the title says If you needed more reasons to move away from using SMS-based authentication, and treating phone companies as trusted, " AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones: DOJ ". How Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book ".

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Enable two-factor authentication on all critical accounts. For your most important accounts—such as those controlling your email account, your bank, and your mobile phone account—you should enable two-factor authentication. That means your computers, laptops, phones, gaming systems, smart home appliances, etc. Everything.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, methods belong to this category. Some big corporations use artificial intelligence systems, or AIS, to identify characteristics that can be used as passwords in authentication procedures. The authentication procedure is hidden from users. Such systems do not require any effort from users.

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Veracode Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

s start by looking at applications designed around symmetric cryptography, starting with Message Authentication Code in this post. In a lot of applications (think of any kind of secure communication), receiving parties need to be assured of the origin of the message (authenticity) and make sure the message is received untampered (integrity).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

We all authenticate ourselves multiple times in a day, whether online shopping, logging into our bank account or booking flights. And with authentication, we confirm our digital identities so often that it doesn’t seem like a security action; instead, it seems like a step in the process of gaining access to services/resources.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2021

1998 was the same year that researchers at AT&T Labs were issued a patent (filed in 1995) for what became known in our industry as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Steve and team were clearly on the right track when they dreamed up out-of-band authentication and deserve some credit and recognition for the foresight. East Coast.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

Take authentication, for example. Threat actors are taking great advantage of the lag in upgrading authentication. Tel Aviv-based security vendor Silverfort is playing in this space, and has found good success pioneering a new approach for securing authentication in the perimeterless world. That’s where adaptive MFA comes in.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Facebook Is an Open Book. Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. It is believed this was the method used to recently hack Jack Dempsey’s Twitter account. .

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses. Breached employee credentials on dark web pose significant threat to businesses.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. Airbnb could help by adding some type of robust multi-factor authentication, such as Security Keys — which would defeat these Airbnb phishing pages.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This, of course, is the plot of endless dystopian books and movies that end with rogue machines in charge. They come with a “secure element” which embeds encryption keys and authentication certificates at the chip level. “We Infineon’s power module and microcontroller chipsets provide a case in point.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Recently, attackers have targeted multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even if an attacker has access to a username and password, they still need access to the second authentication factor to break into the organization. This becomes a constant cycle of organizations introducing new protections and attackers finding ways to exploit them.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 31, 2024

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a number of large web hosting providers and domain registrars, new research finds. Image: Shutterstock.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

Credential stuffing is an attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data exfiltration. Unfortunately, the Pokemon Company doesn’t support two-factor authentication on its platform.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With the default configuration of these printers, it’s possible to retrieve these credentials in an encrypted format without authenticating to the printer. and Xerox Corporation provide a facility to export the contents of their Address Book encrypted, but the encryption strength is insufficient. Medium) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Adam Shostack

AUGUST 21, 2019

If you needed more reasons to move away from using SMS-based authentication, and treating phone companies as trusted, “ AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones: DOJ “ Abuse reporting systems are being abused. You need to threat model and play the chess game.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printer flaws could allow attackers to capture authentication credentials via pass-back attacks via LDAP and SMB/FTP services. ” reads the report published by Rapid7. By running a port listener, they can capture clear-text LDAP credentials. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 23, 2021

The researchers’ paper, entitled “PrivateDrop: Practical Privacy-Preserving Authentication for Apple AirDrop” , details what it describes as “two severe privacy vulnerabilities in the underlying authentication protocol” used by AirDrop. billion devices worldwide being potentially vulnerable.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The database included the personally identifiable information of Blink Mobility customers and administrators, including: Phone number Email address Encrypted password Registration date Device info and device token Details on subscription and rented vehicles (license plate, VIN, booking start and end location, etc.)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Enable 2FA Authentication: This measure adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second factor of authentication in addition to the password. Always verify the authenticity of received communications. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

Worse, yet, the only information needed to authenticate and view anybody’s vaccine card was the user’s Zip Code, Birthday, and Cellphone Number – which, for many people, can easily be found using simple Google searches.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This vulnerability enables unauthorized access to sensitive data, authentication bypass, and application logic interference. Since neither comparison is true, no book is returned. This allows us to determine that the name of the root node is ‘Books’. HTTP Request: POST /Home/FindBook HTTP/1.1 Gecko/20100101 Firefox/118.0

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

To automatically populate the appropriate credentials at any website going forward, you simply authenticate to LastPass using your master password. “LastPass in my book is one step above snake-oil. “And if they haven’t followed the guidelines we recommended that they change their downstream passwords.” ”

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 19, 2021

The project is a major re-architecture and redesign of the Duo multi-factor authentication experience. For example, mobile applications such as Yelp requested your Gmail address book to encourage more signups by emailing your contact list on your behalf. However, it was not explicitly designed to support/enable authentication.

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