Is two-factor authentication (2FA) as secure as it seems?

Two-factor authentication 2FA was invented to add an extra layer of security to the—now considered old-fashioned and insecure—simple login procedure of entering a username and password. One of the most well-known examples of 2FA is when you try to log into a familiar website from a different...

U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity

The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer's phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical...

How to Secure SSH Access to the NetScaler Appliance with Public Key Authentication

This article contains information about securing administrative access to the NetScaler appliance by using the public key authentication mechanism of Secure Shell SSH. Requirements To complete the procedure in this document, the NetScaler appliance must have the following tools: An SSH client...

Instagram Adds 3 New Security Tools to Make its Platform More Secure

Instagram is growing quickly—and with the second most popular social media network in the world behind just Facebook, the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it comes to user interactions. And with great success comes great responsibility—responsibility to keep users' accounts safe,...

Instagram Adds 3 New Security Tools to Make its Platform More Secure

Instagram is growing quickly—and with the second most popular social media network in the world behind just Facebook, the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it comes to user interactions. And with great success comes great responsibility—responsibility to keep users' accounts safe,...

GHSA-X489-JJWM-52G7 Tinfoil Devise-two-factor does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password (OTP)

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow RFC 6238 § 5.2 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP through performing ...

Good Primer on Two-Factor Authentication Security

Stuart Schechter published a good primer on the security issues surrounding two-factor authentication. While it's often an important security measure, it's not a panacea. Stuart discusses the usability and security issues that you have to think about before deploying the system...

Widespread Instagram Hack Locking Users Out of Their Accounts

Instagram has been hit by a widespread hacking campaign that appears to stem from Russia and have affected hundreds of users over the past week, leaving them locked out of their accounts. A growing number of Instagram users are taking to social media, including Twitter and Reddit, to report a...

FBI Warns of ‘Unlimited’ ATM Cashout Blitz

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI is warning banks that cybercriminals are preparing to carry out a highly choreographed, global fraud scheme known as an "ATM cash-out," in which crooks hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines around the world to...

Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions

Interesting research: "Dancing Pigs or Externalities? Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions": Abstract: Accurately modeling human decision-making in security is critical to thinking about when, why, and how to recommend that users adopt certain secure behaviors. In this work, we conduct...

Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen

Another day, another significant data breach. This time the victim is Reddit... seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit's account ban policy or bias moderators. Reddit social media network today announced that it suffered a security breach in June that exposed some of its users' data,...

IBM API Connect Developer Portal Privilege Gain Vulnerability

IBM API Connect aka APIConnect is a set of integrated solutions for managing the API lifecycle from IBM in the United States. The solution supports creating, running, managing and protecting APIs and microservices, etc. Developer Portal is one of the developer portals. A privilege acquisition...

npm Token Leak in npm

Affected versions of the npm package include the bearer token of the logged in user in every request made by the CLI, even if the request is not directed towards the user's active registry. An attacker could create an HTTP server to collect tokens, and by various means including but not limited t...

CVE-2018-1638

IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0-5.0.8.3 Developer Portal does not enforce Two Factor Authentication TFA while resetting a user password but enforces it for all other login scenarios. IBM X-Force ID: 144483...

Authentication flaw

IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0-5.0.8.3 Developer Portal does not enforce Two Factor Authentication TFA while resetting a user password but enforces it for all other login scenarios. IBM X-Force ID: 144483...

CVE-2018-1638

IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0-5.0.8.3 Developer Portal does not enforce Two Factor Authentication TFA while resetting a user password but enforces it for all other login scenarios. IBM X-Force ID: 144483...

CVE-2018-1638

The vulnerability CVE-2018-1638 affects IBM API Connect (Developer Portal) versions 5.0.0.0–5.0.8.3, where two-factor authentication (TFA) is not enforced when resetting a user password, while it is enforced for other login scenarios. This bypass could allow an attacker to gain full access if the...

A Quick-Start Introduction to Database Security: An Operational Approach

The recent SingHealth data breach incident exposed around 1.5 million patients’ records. In its aftermath, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore published a set of security measures aimed at improving the protection of Personally Identifiable Information PII data. The recommended security measur...

Security Bulletin: API Connect is affected by a weak two factor authentication vulnerability

Summary IBM API Connect has addressed the following vulnerability. API Connect user are affected by a TwoFactor 2FA/TFA bypass while resetting password. Using API Connect version 5.0.8.3 and with Two Factor Authentication enabled on the Developer Portal it is possible to bypass TFA and get full...

Google Employees Use a Physical Token as Their Second Authentication Factor

Krebs on Security is reporting that all 85,000 Google employees use two-factor authentication with a physical token. A Google spokesperson said Security Keys now form the basis of all account access at Google. "We have had no reported or confirmed account takeovers since implementing security key...