The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This traditional authentication method is challenging to get rid of, mostly because it’s so common. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. It supports standards that make implementing newer, stronger authentication methods possible for businesses.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2021

Interesting paper: “ Shadow Attacks: Hiding and Replacing Content in Signed PDFs “: Abstract: Digitally signed PDFs are used in contracts and invoices to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of their content. A user opening a signed PDF expects to see a warning in case of any modification. In 2019, Mladenov et al.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Ill add that not everything in the document is introduced in methodology, and Ill list those as we go. T02 Guessing of Google Cloud Platform credentials" is an action, T04 Authenticated access to Google Cloud Storage bucket is an impact. Let me start by saying that I love that theres a methodology section at the top.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

While the enforcement of multi-factor authentication (MFA) makes logging in more secure, it inevitably runs the risk of adding steps to a process users already find annoying. While this may avoid authentication fatigue, it certainly risks and may even violate some security standards.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

I want to consider only the information security aspects of the letter , which also states that "Please be aware that any documents that are submitted to the full Commission will also be made available to the public." That also would include dates of birth, the last four digits of voters' Social Security numbers.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2025

demands a structured approach to implementation and preparation. demands a structured approach to implementation and preparation. demands a structured approach to implementation and preparation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Internet Archive was breached again, attackers hacked its Zendesk email support platform through stolen GitLab authentication tokens. The breach may have exposed personal identification documents uploaded by users for Wayback Machine page removal requests, depending on the attacker’s Zendesk API access.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 29, 2024

Internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., According to a Bloomberg News report on July 23, the documents are believed to have been exfiltrated during a breach of a system operated by Diligent Corp., Graham continued, "For example, if project plans or classified documents are compromised, adversaries might gain insights into U.S.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 2, 2024

We are excited to have partnered closely with Microsoft in the co-development of Microsoft Entra ID External Authentication Methods, available in Public Preview May 2024! External Authentication Methods (EAM) enables frictionless integration of Duo’s full security feature set. Are you attending the RSA Conference next week?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

NYSE:FAF ] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. He said anyone who knew the URL for a valid document at the Web site could view other documents just by modifying a single digit in the link.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VMware disclosed a critical bypass vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director Appliance that can be exploited to bypass login restrictions when authenticating on certain ports. “VMware Cloud Director Appliance contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in case VMware Cloud Director Appliance was upgraded to 10.5

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. While you’re at it, consider removing your phone number as a primary or secondary authentication mechanism wherever possible.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

While this operation marks a significant victory against BEC infrastructure, the $3 million in documented losses highlights only a fraction of the financial damage these automated phishing operations can inflict on organizations." However, as new threat actors emerge, cybersecurity experts warn that organizations must remain vigilant.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Authentication is more frustrating to your customers when you dont threat model. When he did, they sent him a text message to authenticate him, and it says DO NOT share this access code with anyone. Please: threat model your authentication processes. Recently, I was opening a new bank account. Happier customers.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

“Gaining access to sensitive and privileged documents, stealing and deleting documents as part of a ransomware attack or replacing real documents with malicious copies to further infect users in the organization.” ” There are at least three other vulnerabilities fixed this month that earned a collective 9.8

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

The documents were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2021

Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data. I’m positive there is more to this network of fraudulent extensions than is documented here. Image: chrome-stats.com. “It’s great!

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2024

When reading the title of this blog, you might be wondering to yourself why RADIUS is being highlighted as a subject — especially amidst all of the advancements of modern authentication we see taking place recently. Instead, it supports a variety of authentication protocols , including EAP, PAP, CHAP, and others. What is RADIUS?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

GitLab addressed two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The company addressed nine vulnerabilities, including the two critical ruby-saml authentication bypass issues respectively tracked as CVE-2025-25291 and CVE-2025-25292. . ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of VPN authentication requests to an affected device. The company published a document containing recommendations against password spray attacks aimed at Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services. This vulnerability is due to resource exhaustion. reads the advisory.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

One mitigating factor with this flaw is that an attacker would need to be already authenticated on the network to exploit it, according to security experts at Tenable. Unlike this month’s critical SMB bugs, CVE-2020-0796 does not require the attacker to be authenticated to the target’s network.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

” “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA [2-factor authentication] or OTP [one-time passwords]. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2022

This latest MSDT bug — CVE-2022-34713 — is a remote code execution flaw that requires convincing a target to open a booby-trapped file, such as an Office document. Please consider backing up your system or at least your important documents and data before applying system updates. More details here.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many companies had uploaded sensitive customer records to accounts at the cloud data storage service Snowflake that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device. If your documents get accepted, ID.me McLean, Va.-based

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

It involves convincing a user to click on a malicious link in an email, which can then steal the user’s password hash and authenticate as the user in another Microsoft service. Adobe has since clarified that its apps won’t use AI to auto-scan your documents, as the original language in its FAQ suggested.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

From there, the bad guys can reset the password of any account to which that mobile number is tied, and of course intercept any one-time tokens sent to that number for the purposes of multi-factor authentication. Phone numbers were never designed to be identity documents , but that’s effectively what they’ve become.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

30 , the FCC said it plans to move quickly on requiring the mobile companies to adopt more secure methods of authenticating customers before redirecting their phone number to a new device or carrier. In a long-overdue notice issued Sept. ” The FCC said the proposal was in response to a flood of complaints to the agency and the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). But after being presented with a document including the Social Security number of a health professional in D.C. Akiri said he notified the Washington D.C. ”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

With the help of these documents, even inexperienced operators with limited hacking skills can quickly acquire the necessary expertise to successfully forward counterfeit EDRs. The lack of a robust verification process, combined with the trust placed in authorities, increases the risk to users’ digital security and privacy.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

A document published by the Obama administration in May 2016 (PDF) says the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) systems in Texas are available for use by federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement, as well as the Department of Defense and intelligence community. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

“This allows attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to force domain controllers to authenticate to the attacker using NTLM authentication,” Wiseman said. As always, please consider backing up your system or at least your important documents and data before applying system updates. in certain situations.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

How to effectively threat model authentication. They include: Message sequence diagrams: Authentication is a bet, and the factors that influence your bet can be drawn in a message sequence diagram. Image by midjourney: an animated or anime or pixar officious clown carefully checking someones identity documents.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

LightSpy can steal files from multiple popular applications like Telegram, QQ, and WeChat, as well as personal documents and media stored on the device. LightSpy is a modular spyware that resurfaced in November 2024, after several months of inactivity, the new version supports a modular framework with extensive spying capabilities.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2019

-based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] exposed some 885 million documents related to real estate closings over the past 16 years, including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts and drivers license images. No authentication was required to view the documents.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone with as little as $30 of off-the-shelf radio equipment can broadcast the command to a Polish train­—sending a series of three acoustic tones at a 150.100 megahertz frequency­—and trigger their emergency stop function.

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