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Why access management needs to evolve beyond passwords

CyberSecurity Insiders

Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Such programs overlook the burden that passwords can cause to users as well as to IT and security teams. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. Users have too many passwords to remember on their own.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in Morocco, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. com , an Arabic-language computer hacking forum. 001 for his security research and bug hunting.

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Hackers are using Zerologon exploits in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) September 24, 2020. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472. We strongly recommend customers to immediately apply security updates for CVE-2020-1472. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ZeroLogon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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STRRAT RAT spreads masquerading as ransomware

Security Affairs

Microsoft Security Intelligence researchers uncovered a malware campaign that is spreading a remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as STRRAT. pic.twitter.com/mGow2sJupN — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) May 19, 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, STRRAT RAT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Office 365 phishing campaign uses redirector URLs and detects sandboxes to evade detection

Security Affairs

“The campaign uses timely lures relevant to remote work, like password updates, conferencing info, helpdesk tickets, etc.” pic.twitter.com/YpUVEfmlUH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2020.

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Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon). states Microsoft.

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Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

Security Affairs

The recent Emotet campaign uses spam messages with password-protected attachments, experts noticed a decline in infections over the weekend, a behavior already observed in the past. Emotet joined the password-protected attachment bandwagon with a campaign starting Friday. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Emotet). Pierluigi Paganini.

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