SecureWorld News

AUGUST 7, 2024

The annual Black Hat conference, happening this week in Las Vegas, is renowned not only for its cutting-edge presentations and workshops but also for its robust cybersecurity measures that protect the large event from malicious threat actors.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 21, 2019

A non-profit called the National Cyber Security Alliance offers a series of in-person, highly interactive and easy-to-understand workshops based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. Make sure employees know what good password practices look like. For-profit choices are legion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Although this does take time, with training and upskilling programs , insightful workshops, and “Hacker Fridays” (where employees can try to hack a specific smart device), team members will become more capable of dealing with the new diagnostics support work, as well as any general IoT problems. 5 Be aware of your operating landscape.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Much of this is simply due to lack of awareness; I must have taught 50 security workshops where the vast majority of attendees had simply never heard of CSP before. But getting onto the title of this section, the page in question is the E-Aadhaar authentication page (also geo-blocked). Let them paste passwords!

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. It made it easy for all the existing devices to jump onto the new network (I used the same password from the v1 network) and it gives me the option to segment traffic later on.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

How HIBP runs across the various Azure services, the Cloudflare dependencies, how I recover if things go wrong and then how that's managed across different autonomous parts of the project such as the HIBP website, the Pwned Passwords service etc etc. I loaded 77 new data breaches comprising of 1.7B I spoke at CERN.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Questions to Answer Consider these questions to verify your organization’s data security and threat detection strategies: Are multi-factor authentication techniques required for user access?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2023

This understanding demands continuous authentication, leaving no room for unauthorized use of identity data. Multi-factor Authentication Complementing least privilege access and micro-segmentation is the multi-factor authentication mechanism.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Customize training materials to address these specific concerns, including data handling protocols, password management , and phishing attempt identification. Employ Authentication Methods for All Users & Devices A zero trust approach rejects any sort of inherent trust and requires continual verification of all users and devices.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Many professionals agree multi-factor authentication (MFA) can improve security, but a recent discovery showed that it’s no panacea either. The ongoing campaign has targeted more than 10,000 Office 365 organisations since September 2021, using ‘adversary in the middle’ (AiTM) sites to steal passwords and hijack login sessions.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

User access controls, such as strong authentication mechanisms and regular access reviews, help prevent unauthorized access. The bedrock of these controls is enforcing password complexity requirements, ensuring that all users have unique, hard-to-crack passwords. Yet, password measures alone may not suffice.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

Phishing attacks refer to fraudulent attempts, usually through email or messaging platforms, to deceive individuals into revealing sensitive information like passwords, credit card details, or Social Security numbers. This wouldn’t be the first time there’s been confusion as to the authenticity of Musk’s statements. Phishing attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

The solution should differentiate between bots and humans accurately and provide mechanisms for users to prove their identity and authenticity quickly. See the Top Deception Tools Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) 2FA is a proven security measure that can help protect against a wide range of cyber threats, including bot attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Common challenges involve restricted availability of authentication methods and difficulty in gaining visibility of non-managed devices. It is critical that organizations verify user identities using strong authentication, and that they verify devices with equal rigor. Workload: Interactions between applications and services.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mind maps can be a good way to collaboratively develop this phase within a threat modelling workshop. For example: a user enumeration vulnerability, a weak password policy, and a lack of brute force protection and lockout can still lead to an attacker gaining access to an account. Encryption is important when: Sending a password.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Teach them about the dangers of sharing personal information online and guide them in setting strong, unique passwords. Workshops or informational sessions about fraud prevention, perhaps given by community centers or local law enforcement, can be beneficial. When it comes to passwords, go the extra mile. Change them regularly.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

A belief formed that China was unlikely to jeopardize its position as workshop to the world by letting its spies meddle in its factories. editorial board member William Hugh Murray has a few provocative thoughts: Abandon the password for all but trivial applications. Abandon the flat network.

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