Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

– Authentication and Security : APIs may require authentication for access control. Without proper authentication, authorization, and security measures, sensitive data can be exposed, leading to data breaches and privacy violations. Authentication and Authorization : APIs frequently employ token-based authentication (e.g.,

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel #cyber #NFL pic.twitter.com/tl7OWM2Aqf — CyberKnow (@Cyberknow20) February 12, 2022. It is used by affiliates who breach organizations, steal valuable information, and then use ransomware to encrypt the organizations’ files—rendering them unusable. Smart marketing tbh.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before. But fortunately these days many people make use of 2 factor authentication to protect against account takeover attacks where the adversary knows the password. nZNQcqsEYki", Oh wow!

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

We are rapidly approaching a "secure by default" web and the green padlock is becoming the norm ( about two thirds of all browser traffic is now encrypted ). A great resource for getting a quick snapshot of how a site implements their SSL / TLS / HTTPS ("encryption of traffic", for the masses) is SSL Labs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Infosec personnel should also help employees store those passwords safely such as via the use of a password manager. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication. One of the most important actions these experts can take is the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA). Employ Device Encryption.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 31, 2021

From third-party suppliers to contractors and customers, many of these external users require authentication and authorization within your enterprise network. Why Traditional IAM and Authentication Doesn’t Make the Cut Today. Understanding when and where the organization’s data and network are being accessed.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Quantum computing poses a potential threat to current cybersecurity practices, which are based on encryption algorithms that can be broken by quantum computers. Ultimately, regardless of how standards and technology continue to evolve and adapt, the shortest way to break encryption is to obtain the key.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. They then made a second call to another help desk employee, convincing them to reset the multifactor authentication (MFA) controls on the CFO’s account.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2023

Companies lockdown sensitive data internally with access controls, encryption, data classification and data loss prevention (DLP) platforms. Tracking sensitive data usage across authenticated and unauthenticated APIs, and ensuring compliance requirements are met, has become an important aspect for Infosec teams.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Over the years, the infosec community has discovered multiple APTs operating in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict region – Gamaredon, CloudAtlas , BlackEnergy and many others. Encryption and communication As we have mentioned above, two modules (Crypton.dll and Internet.dll) are bundled with every installation of the CloudWizard framework.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards. Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

While avoiding duplication of passwords for multiple accounts and enabling two-way authentication can help, using a password manager is another way to help manage all of your account passwords seamlessly. It encrypts all username, password and credit card information to help keep you safe online.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

We constantly see new threats, and threat vectors, come and go; which puts a tremendous strain on the InfoSec teams that have to protect organizations and businesses from these threats. Active Lock protects individual files by requiring step-up authentication until the threat is cleared. Encrypt files everywhere. Read more here.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards. This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Local Security Authority Server Service (LSASS) handles the authentication of users within a domain. LSASS is critical in servicing the Kerberos Distribution Center (KDC) and the Keberos authentication protocol by generating tokens for requested resources. Kerberos inherently trusts any TGT encrypted with the KRBTGT password hash.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Further evolution of cyberthreats as a response to infosec tools and measures. For instance, we see a new trend emerging in the criminal ecosystem of spyware-based authentication data theft, with each individual attack being directed at a very small number of targets (from single digits to several dozen). Threats to OT.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Even in organisations that have embraced Entra ID, we have Hybrid Joined environments which often mix federated authentication in with cloud management. Authentication Methods ADFS has a concept of extranet and intranet. Device Authentication requires DRS to be enabled, and it isnt enabled by default unfortunately for us attackers.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. They then made a second call to another help desk employee, convincing them to reset the multifactor authentication (MFA) controls on the CFO’s account.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2023

amosconnect.com”, a maritime communication system, to make the emails appear more authentic. The document is encrypted with the password “VelvetSweatshop”, a common technique employed by multiple threat actors. The document is encrypted with the password ‘VelvetSweatshop’. xml.rels’ file.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2022

It is the de-facto standard for remote administration of servers, with SSH keys acting as identities to enable automated authentication, encryption, and authorization. Each identity, whether a human identity or a machine identity, needs to be authenticated and validated beyond any doubt before being granted access.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The current API top ten are Broken Object-Level Authorization , Broken User Authentication , Excessive Data Exposure , Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting , Broken Function-Level Authorization , Mass Assignment , Security Misconfiguration , Injection , Improper Assets Management , and Insufficient Logging & Monitoring.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2022

A vulnerability in the Next Generation Input/Output (NGIO) feature of Cisco Enterprise NFVIS could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to escape from the guest VM to gain unauthorized root-level access on the NFVIS host. This section contains some interesting reading related to the state of infosec today. What Does It Do?:

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Errata Security

MAY 19, 2020

If there's one thing that the entire cybersecurity industry is agreed about (other than hating the term cybersecurity, preferring "infosec" instead) is that you need this vulnerability disclosure program. It asserts that encryption algorithms should be public instead of secret, that the only secret should be the password/key.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The advent of 5G presents an opportunity for us to think the exploding number of IoT devices and how we securely connect to the digital world.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For example, hardcoded credentials such as API keys, encryption keys, and database passwords can be discovered by grepping for keywords such as “key”, “secret”, “password”, or a regex search for hex or base64 strings. This includes code that deals with authorization, authentication, and other logic critical to business functions.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. Things like network encryption, certificate pinning - is this device domain joined or not?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

From behavioral analytics and machine learning to in-browser data encryption and an anti-bot mobile SDK, F5 offers industry-leading features. At the mention of OWASP, most developers and infosec professionals think of the OWASP Top Ten –an industry-recognized list of the most critical risks to web applications. OWASP Top Ten.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation. Street is an industry-respected speaker and analyst and currently is the VP of InfoSec for SphereNY. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

I’m Robert Vamosi, and in this episode we’re talking about ways in which bad actors can manipulate legitimate tools to gain persistence on a site so they can steal data or encrypt it for ransom. VAMOSI: So obtaining user credentials or finding a flaw in the authentication, that gets you inside. Is there another story?

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Notice Bored

JULY 17, 2022

What prevents a naughty bit of software acting as a middleman between the two, faking the expected commands and manipulating the responses in order to subvert the authentication controls? Cryptography is the primary control, coupled with appropriate use of authentication and encryption processes in both hardware and software (e.g.'microcode'

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Conti infrastructure was shut down in late June, but some in the infosec community believe that Conti members are either just rebranding or have split up and joined other ransomware teams, including Hive, AvosLocker and BlackCat. While some ransomware groups are drifting into oblivion, others seem to be making a comeback.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others? Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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