Microsoft Flaw Allows Full Multi-Factor Authentication Bypass

A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services ADFS has been uncovered that would allow malicious actors to bypass multi-factor authentication MFA safeguards. Many organizations rely on ADFS to manage identities and resources across their entire enterprise, and ADFS functions...

ADFS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services ADFS improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted authentication request. An attacker who successfully exploited this...

Enable your users to work securely from anywhere, anytime, across all of their devices

This blog is part of a series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 Security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out our last blog, Assessing...

Microsoft Bounty Program Offers Payouts for Identity Service Bugs

Microsoft has lifted the curtain on a new bug-bounty program, offering payouts as high as $100,000 for holes in identity services and implementations of the OpenID standard. The bounty program touches on Microsoft’s array of digital identity solutions, which tout strong authentication, secure...

A week in security (July 9 – July 15)

Last week, we talked about domestic abuse fuelled by IoT, doing threat intel programs right, blocking ICO fraud, and man-in-the-middle attacks. We also explained why we block shady ad blockers and provided tips to online shoppers for Prime Day. Other news: Reports revealed that low-end Android...

Now that you have a plan, it’s time to start deploying

This blog is part of a series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series, youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out our last blog First...

Make Application Access IT-Friendly

More and more companies are looking at alternatives to VPNs due to the security risks associated with network level access. And increasingly, the goal is to eliminate network trust through a zero trust architecture - which is one of the primary reasons many of these organizations are deploying...

How to Make Your Demo Environment Easy, Accessible...AND Secure

A common misconception I've heard in the field is that a tradeoff exists between easy access for applications and network security. For example, companies want to allow their sales team, partners, and prospects access into demo environments. With traditional access solutions, there is a question ...

First things first: Envisioning your security deployment

This blog post is part of a series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 Security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out our last blog...

Creating and Managing Strong Passwords

NCCIC/US-CERT reminds users of the importance of creating and managing strong passwords. Passwords are often the only barrier between you and your personal information. There are several programs attackers can use to help guess or "crack" passwords. However, choosing strong passwords and keeping...

The digital entropy of death: what happens to your online accounts when you die

Unless you're planning on having your mind jammed inside some sort of computer chip, eventually mortality will catch up and you're going to have to work out what you'll do with all of your online accounts. When it's time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you might, theoretically, be slightly annoy...

Abine Blur Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Abine Blur is a private account management application from Abine USA.Password Manager Extension is one of the password management plug-ins. A security vulnerability exists in Password Manager Extension in Abine Blur version 7.8.2428 prior to 7.8.242. A remote attacker can exploit this...

Code injection

The Password Manager Extension in Abine Blur 7.8.242 before 7.8.2428 allows attackers to bypass the Multi-Factor Authentication and macOS disk-encryption protection mechanisms, and consequently exfiltrate secured data, because the right-click context menu is not secured...

CVE-2018-7213

The Password Manager Extension in Abine Blur 7.8.242 before 7.8.2428 allows attackers to bypass the Multi-Factor Authentication and macOS disk-encryption protection mechanisms, and consequently exfiltrate secured data, because the right-click context menu is not secured...

CVE-2018-7213

The Password Manager Extension in Abine Blur 7.8.242 before 7.8.2428 allows attackers to bypass the Multi-Factor Authentication and macOS disk-encryption protection mechanisms, and consequently exfiltrate secured data, because the right-click context menu is not secured...

CVE-2018-7213

The CVE concerns Abine Blur’s Password Manager Extension. Affected: Blur 7.8.242* pre-release 7.8.2428. Root cause: an unsecured right-click context menu allows bypass of Multi-Factor Authentication and macOS disk encryption protection, enabling exfiltration of secured data. Documents do not spec...

CVE-2018-7213

The Password Manager Extension in Abine Blur 7.8.242 before 7.8.2428 allows attackers to bypass the Multi-Factor Authentication and macOS disk-encryption protection mechanisms, and consequently exfiltrate secured data, because the right-click context menu is not secured...

Financial Cyber Threat Sharing Group Phished

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center FS-ISAC, an industry forum for sharing data about critical cybersecurity threats facing the banking and finance industries, said today that a successful phishing attack on one of its employees was used to launch additional phishing...

Akamaizing Your Dev & QA Environments

Over the last few months, I've been talking to many development and test teams who deliver their sites and applications through the Akamai Intelligent Platform. One common challenge they face is how to test their Akamai delivery configurations on the Internet against their private development and...

When Phishing Starts from the Inside

A growing concern of security professionals is internal phishing attacks - phishing emails sent from one trusted user to another of the same organization. Internal phishing emails are used in multi-stage attacks in which an email account is owned either by controlling the users device with...