The NBA tells fans about data breach

The National Basketball Association NBA has notified its fans they may be affected by a data breach in a third-party service the organization uses. For now, it is safe to assume that the attacker only obtained names and email addresses, but the NBA has hired the services of external cybersecurity...

Hackers Steal Over $1.6 Million in Crypto from General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs Using Zero-Day Flaw

Bitcoin ATM maker General Bytes disclosed that unidentified threat actors stole cryptocurrency from hot wallets by exploiting a zero-day security flaw in its software. "The attacker was able to upload his own java application remotely via the master service interface used by terminals to upload...

[NetScaler] LDAP password can be changed with an incorrect Radius Passcode

Below is an example of common 2Factor authentication flow: Root factor: Start Login Schema XML = /nsconfig/loginschema/LoginSchema/DualAuth.xml Adv Authn Policy = LDAPPol Rule = true Action = LDAPAct Next Factor if Success = RadiusFactor Login Schema Profile = LSCHEMAINT Adv Authn Policy =...

"ViLE" members posed as police officers and extorted victims

Two men have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions after they allegedly extorted victims by threatening to publish their personal information online--a practice known as doxxing. In a press release, the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York...

CVE-2023-25267

An issue was discovered in GFI Kerio Connect 9.4.1 patch 1 fixed in 10.0.0. There is a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the webmail component's 2FASetup function via an authenticated request with a long primaryEMailAddress field to the webmail/api/jsonrpc URI...

When Partial Protection is Zero Protection: The MFA Blind Spots No One Talks About

Multi-factor Authentication MFA has long ago become a standard security practice. With a wide consensus on its ability to fend off more than 99% percent of account takeover attacks, it's no wonder why security architects regard it as a must-have in their environments. However, what seems to be le...

When Partial Protection is Zero Protection: The MFA Blind Spots No One Talks About

Multi-factor Authentication MFA has long ago become a standard security practice. With a wide consensus on its ability to fend off more than 99% percent of account takeover attacks, it's no wonder why security architects regard it as a must-have in their environments. However, what seems to be le...

Does Your Help Desk Know Who's Calling?

Phishing, the theft of users' credentials or sensitive data using social engineering, has been a significant threat since the early days of the internet – and continues to plague organizations today, accounting for more than 30% of all known breaches. And with the mass migration to remote working...

SonicWALL SonicOS security vulnerabilities

SonicWALL SonicOS is a suite of operating systems from SonicWALL, Inc. designed for SonicWall firewall appliances. A security vulnerability exists in SonicWALL SonicOS SSLVPN that stems from an improper restriction of too many MFA attempts, allowing an authenticated attacker to use too much MFA...

Wordfence WooCommerce 2FA: Set Up This New Feature To Protect Your Customers

On February 15, we made the exciting announcement that the latest release of Wordfence, version 7.9.0, includes a new feature: WooCommerce 2FA two-factor authentication for customer level users. What does this mean for you as an e-commerce store operator? And how can you start using this feature?...

LastPass was undone by an attack on a remote employee

Last August, LastPass suffered a well publicised breach: Developer systems were compromised and source code stolen. This resulted in a second breach in November, which was revealed by LastPass in December. The company has now revealed that the individuals responsible for the attack also compromis...

Upgraded Citrix ADC from 12.1 to 13.0. MFA now giving extra field.

We just upgraded our secondary Netscaler to version 13.0-89.7 firmware. The issue we are having is an extra field appeared on the Imprivata ID 2-Factor page that was not there before. We hadn't upgraded the Primary, yet since this was an issue. Not having this issue on 12.1. Do we need to set up...

How to work from home securely, the NSA way

People working remotely is no longer unusual, so the National Security Agency NSA has produced a short Best Practices PDF document detailing how remote workers can keep themselves safe from harm. In fact, the guide can also be applied to people using computers at home generally and is written in ...

A week in security (February 20 - 26)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: GoAnywhere zero-day opened door to Clop ransomware Chip company loses $250m after ransomware hits supply chain GoDaddy says it's a victim of multi-year cyberattack campaign Twitter and two-factor authentication: What's changing? How to set up two-factor...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 23, 2023) — Social media sites are making extra security a paid feature

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Social medias latest business plan seems to be charging for security. Twitter recently announced a plan to make SMS-based two-factor authentication a paid service as part of Twitter Blue -- asking users to pay either $8 or $11 monthly...

PT-2023-19397 · H3C · H3C A210-G

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: H3C A210-G version A210-GV100R005 Description: The issue is related to access control, allowing attackers to authenticate without a password. Recommendations: For H3C A210-G version A210-GV100R005, consider restricting access to the device...

K31757417: The BIG-IP APM system may log passwords in plaintext when the Debug log level is enabled

Security Advisory Description This issue occurs when all of the following conditions are met: You enable the Debug log level for the access policy. You configure the access policy on the BIG-IP APM system with either of the following: Citrix Login prompt with two-factor authentication Logon page...

Coinbase Employee Falls for SMS Scam in Cyber Attack, Limited Data Exposed

Popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase disclosed that it experienced a cybersecurity attack that targeted its employees. The company said its "cyber controls prevented the attacker from gaining direct system access and prevented any loss of funds or compromise of customer information."...

How to set up two-factor authentication on Twitter using a hardware key

If you use text based authentication as an additional level of security for your Twitter account, you may be aware that this option will be reserved for paying Twitter Blue subscribers come mid-March. This post explains how to enable hardware key authentication instead. Enabling a hardware securi...

How to set up two-factor authentication on Twitter using an app

If you use text based authentication as an additional level of security for your Twitter account, you may be aware that this option will be reserved for paying Twitter Blue subscribers come mid-March. This post will explain how to enable app based authentication. We found it easier to do on our...