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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

The next big thing is passwordless authentication. First and foremost, most solutions rely on connected devices like mobile phones to authenticate users. Attackers will continue to find ways to breach our systems, and authentication cryptography will become increasingly vulnerable to attack. Some solutions do this today.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Quantum computing is set to revolutionize technology, but it also presents a significant security risk for financial institutions. Today, the company offers mobile-first software authentication and hardware authenticators trusted by major European banks. Prague, Czech Republic, Jan.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 7, 2025

Dell Technologies has issued a critical security advisory for its OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) software. The advisory addresses The post Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Found in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

based technology companies. Donahue said 60 technology companies are now routing all law enforcement data requests through Kodex, including an increasing number of financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms. “That can include control over data, like an account freeze or preservation request.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Technology firm F5 patches a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP and a medium-severity flaw in BIG-IQ. An authenticated attacker, with Manager role privileges or higher, could exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-45844 to elevate privileges and compromise the BIG-IP system. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.” ” continues the report.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

For us in cyber, how do we navigate these new digital threats especially when we layer in the rise of AI and deepfake technologies, and the stakes grow even higher? Deepfake Technology Amplifying Risks: The evolution and democratisation of deepfake technology have blurred the line between reality and fabrication.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

Those who fall for the scam are asked to provide payment card data, and eventually will be asked to supply a one-time password sent via SMS or a mobile authentication app. Reports of similar SMS phishing attacks against customers of other U.S. state-run toll facilities surfaced around the same time as the MassDOT alert.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2025

As Web technologies matured, the focus shifted to protecting the vast amounts of data flowing through online systems. The second is authentication—much more nuanced than the simple “Who are you?” The emphasis on making information available overshadowed other concerns. This is Web 2.0: the Internet of today.

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Javvad Malik

APRIL 15, 2025

Now, I’m all for technological advancement. We’re using cutting-edge technology to solve a problem that wouldn’t exist if we used technology properly in the first place. I maybe out of a job if I wasn’t. This is like using a flamethrower to light a birthday candle. Look, I get it.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

As AI technology advances, attackers are shifting their focus from technical exploits to human emotions using deeply personal and well-orchestrated social engineering tactics. Typically, the attacker collects authentic media samples of their target, including still images, videos, and audio clips, to train the deep learning model.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Our research reveals 69% of breaches are rooted in inadequate authentication and 78% of organizations have been targeted by identity-based attacks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ubiquiti , a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. In an email sent to customers today, Ubiquiti Inc.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 29, 2024

As work progressed, the Navy found a number of complicated problems to overcome, the bulk of which centered on the authenticity of the code itself. With the technology available, it would have been hard to scrub that out. In addition, the sounds Navy technicians recorded between 1959 and 1965 all had natural background noise.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While initially popularized in entertainment and satire, cybercriminals now weaponize this technology for fraud, identity theft, and corporate deception. Traditionally, attackers relied on phishing emails to impersonate executives, but deepfakes now enable fraudsters to conduct real-time video and voice calls that appear authentic.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

The other two –- ML-DSA [PDF] (originally known as CRYSTALS-Dilithium) and SLH-DSA [PDF] (initially submitted as Sphincs+)—secure digital signatures, which are used to authenticate online identity. NIST continued to evaluate two other sets of algorithms that could potentially serve as backup standards in the future.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In this blog post, we take a look at how criminals are abusing Bing and stay under the radar at the same time while also bypassing advanced security features such as two-factor authentication. We should also note that SMS verification is one of the weakest methods for two-factor authentication.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 20, 2022

Locks that use Bluetooth Low Energy to authenticate keys are vulnerable to remote unlocking. Although Khan demonstrated the hack on a 2021 Tesla Model Y, NCC Group said any smart locks using BLE technology, including residential smart locks, could be unlocked in the same way.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Lumen Technologies Inc. ” Lumen told KrebsOnSecurity that it continued offering MAIL-FROM: authentication because many of its customers still relied on it due to legacy systems. Nevertheless, after receiving Korab’s report the company decided the wisest course of action was to disable MAIL-FROM: authentication altogether.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Many companies may not know that while IAM is a critical security tool for dealing with third-party risk, it is also a technological boon that can help organizations scale, integrate with other systems, and overcome some of the challenges of digitization. It’s a win-win. Let’s see how.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Virtual reality (VR) technology has transformed how we experience digital environments. This technology simulates environments with striking realism, providing a highly immersive experience for users, and triggering their visual and auditory senses so they feel that they are truly in the moment in a virtual world.

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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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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Offenders often use spoofing technology to anonymize their own phone numbers to make it appear to first responders as if the emergency call is coming from the victim’s phone number.”. The post Hacked IoT Devices Livestreaming Swatting Attacks: FBI appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That is true two-factor authentication: Something you have, and something you know (and maybe also even something you are).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the utility sector, we've embraced technology to make things more efficient, smarter, and more resilient. Strong authentication: Each device, no matter how small, should have strong, unique authentication measures to prevent unauthorized access. Even a simple sensor should be treated as a critical security asset.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

Were thrilled to announce Duo Wear , a companion app for Duo Mobile that brings fast and easy multi-factor authentication (MFA) to your Wear OS smartwatch! Its quick, simple, and offers a frictionless authentication experience. Wearables are a growing component of our technological lives. What is Duo Wear?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Sendgrid’s parent company Twilio says it is working on a plan to require multi-factor authentication for all of its customers, but that solution may not come fast enough for organizations having trouble dealing with the fallout in the meantime. Image: Wikipedia. ”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. For this reason, they can’t be locked down with multifactor authentication the way user accounts can.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

There are two sides to this: 1) assessing a technology vendors cryptoagility efforts in your RFPs as a part of determining third-party tech supplier risk, 2) assessing a technology vendors capability to help you in your PQC migration as technology functionality you can use.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A prime example is multi-factor authentication (MFA), a security process that requires users to verify their identity in two or more ways, such as a password, a code sent to their phone, or a fingerprint. MFA fatigue is simply a natural evolution in their tacticstargeting the human element instead of trying to bypass the technology itself.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. “I worry about forgotten password recovery for cloud accounts.”

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

It underpins everything from e-commerce transactions to secure app logins and device authentication. This forward-looking approach isn’t simply a technology upgrade. For decades, browser-based PKI has served as the bedrock of digital trust online.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2025

RPAC (CVE-2025-31201) An attacker with read/write access could bypass Pointer Authentication on iOS. The third issue added to the KeV Catalog, tracked as CVE-2025-24054 (CVSS score: 6.5), is a Windows New Technology LAN Manager ( NTLM ) hash disclosure spoofing bug that Microsoft fixed in March. ” Microsoft warns.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Just trying to grasp what sort of granular permissions are required, and how the authentication flows might work, is mind-altering. Building a secure technical infrastructure is largely about policy, but there's also a wave of technology that can shift things in one direction or the other. Solid is one of those technologies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2025

Instead, only an HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) is logged in AWS CloudTrail. Even compute nodes outside the AWS cloud can make authenticated calls without long-term AWS credentials using the Roles Anywhere feature. Even secure access to non-AWS technologies can be protected using the AWS Secrets Manager service.

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