SwiftyInsta - Instagram Unofficial Private API Swift

Instagram offers two kinds of APIs to developers. The Instagram API Platform extremely limited in functionality and close to being discontinued, and the Instagram Graph API for Business and Creator accounts only. However, Instagram apps rely on a third type of API , the so-called Private API or...

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of Citrix ADC/NetScaler

Welcome to the NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series! When we started researching what all was out on the internet way back in January, we had no idea we'd end up with a hefty, 137-page tome of a research report. The sheer length of such a thing might put off folks who might otherwise learn a thin...

The Story Behind Security Breaches

There are many potential causes of security breaches, including malicious attacks, system glitches, equipment failures, software bugs, and zero days. What is a common root cause here? Human error. According to Micke Ahola, “In a security context, human error means unintentional actions—or lack of...

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1806-1 Security update for phpMyAdmin

This update for phpMyAdmin fixes the following issues: phpMyAdmin was updated to 4.9.7 boo1177842: Fix two factor authentication that was broken in 4.9.6 Fix incompatibilities with older PHP versions Update to 4.9.6: - Fixed XSS relating to the transformation feature boo1177561 CVE-2020-26934,...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Security Pros Offer Top Tips for Staying Safe Online

Held every October, CISA’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM aims to educate organizations and individuals about the ever-changing field of cybersecurity and encourage proper security practices. In honor of this event, we rounded up six key tips from our network of experts to help you...

CVE-2020-8236: Improper Authentication

A wrong configuration in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 incorrectly made the user feel the passwordless WebAuthn is also a two factor verification by asking for the PIN of the passwordless WebAuthn but not verifying it...

Lock and Code S1Ep18: Finding consumer value in Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Jamie Court

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Jamie Court, president of the non-profit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, about the consumer value in Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Launched initially ...

The vulnerability of software for deploying virtual computers and Vmware Horizon DaaS applications allows attackers to bypass the two-factor authentication process.

The vulnerability of the software for deploying virtual computers and Vmware Horizon DaaS applications is related to the lack of authentication for a critical function. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass the two-factor authentication process...

CVE-2020-15909

SolarWinds N-central through 2020.1 allows session hijacking and requires user interaction or physical access. The N-Central JSESSIONID cookie attribute is not checked against multiple sources such as sourceip, MFA claim, etc. as long as the victim stays logged in within N-Central. To take...

Session fixation

SolarWinds N-central through 2020.1 allows session hijacking and requires user interaction or physical access. The N-Central JSESSIONID cookie attribute is not checked against multiple sources such as sourceip, MFA claim, etc. as long as the victim stays logged in within N-Central. To take...

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of IMAP and POP

Welcome to the NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series! When we started researching what all was out on the internet way back in January, we had no idea we'd end up with a hefty, 137-page tome of a research report. The sheer length of such a thing might put off folks who might otherwise learn a thin...

CVE-2020-27178

Apereo CAS 5.3.x before 5.3.16, 6.x before 6.1.7.2, 6.2.x before 6.2.4, and 6.3.x before 6.3.0-RC4 mishandles secret keys with Google Authenticator for multifactor authentication...

Radius Challenge Response Timeout Between NetScaler Gateway and Radius Server

When using two-factor challenge/response authentication through RADIUS, the NetScaler Gateway imposes a session timeout for the RADIUS challenge/response dialogue. In case of SMS token code delivery, there might be long delays between the challenge displayed to the user and the actual submission ...

PT-2020-20047 · Nextcloud +1 · Nextcloud Server +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nextcloud Server version 19.0.1 Description: The issue arises from a misconfiguration in Nextcloud Server, where the user is incorrectly led to believe that passwordless WebAuthn also serves as two-factor verification. This misconception occu...

What's New in Customer Identity and Access Management

We all know that the ability to accurately identify, understand, and engage our customers across multiple channels and digital touchpoints is absolutely vital to the digital customer experience and business. This couldn't be more important in the current environment as we continue to move more of...

HackerOne: 2020-10-09 Credential Stuffing Attack

Executive summary On October 4, 2020 and October 5, 2020, an attacker launched two credential stuffing attacks against HackerOne.com. On October 9, 2020, HackerOne’s Security team noticed the attack during their weekly audit of anomalies in their log aggregation platform, leading to the Incident...

Amazon Prime Day—8 tips for safer shopping

Avid Amazon Prime Day shoppers may have been worried theyd missed it this year—thanks coronavirus. Fear not, last month Amazon announced Prime Day will take place three months after its original annual date, beginning today. And this year, itll take place over two days, rather than one. This coul...

PSA: Increase in RDP Attacks Means It's Time to Mind Your RDPs and Qs

This week, Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response’s MDR intrepid investigators identified an increase in RDP attacks targeting RDP servers without multi-factor authentication enabled. Given that a fair number of folks are still working remotely, it’s no wonder that attackers continue to seek out a...

Cyber Security Month. What can you do?

October is Cyber Security Month, when organisations like the CISA, the ECSM, and many more promote initiatives to help raise security awareness. Around the world companies are dedicating time to improve staff security awareness, and its a really busy time for us. You may be thinking you’d like to...

Facebook 'SilentFade' Malware Attack Stole Credentials For Years

Facebook has detailed a wide-scale Chinese malware campaign that targeted its ad platform for years and siphoned $4 million from users’ advertising accounts. The campaign was addressed by the social media’s security teams after it first became active. Dubbed SilentFade short for “Silently running...