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...

Nextcloud Server Security Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2018)

Nextcloud Server is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE =...

AT&T Faces $224M Legal Challenge Over SIM-Jacking Rings

Cryptocurrency investor and Dogecoin founder Michael Terpin has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T, alleging the mobile phone giant turned a blind eye to SIM fraud. Terpin alleges that more than 3 million cryptocurrency tokens worth $24 million were lifted from his digital wallet at an...

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...

CVE-2018-8340

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services AD FS improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests, aka "AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Servers...

CVE-2018-8340

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services AD FS improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests, aka "AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Servers...

CVE-2018-8340

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services AD FS improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests, aka "AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Servers...

EUVD-2018-19991

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services AD FS improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests, aka "AD FS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 Servers...

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...

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...

Nextcloud Server Authorization Issues Vulnerability

Nextcloud is a client-server software suite for creating network hard disks. An authorization issue vulnerability exists in versions of Nextcloud Server prior to 12.0.3, which can be exploited by an attacker to obtain user credentials and bypass two-factor authentication...

Authentication flaw

Improper Authentication in Nextcloud Server prior to version 12.0.3 would allow an attacker that obtained user credentials to bypass the 2 Factor Authentication...

CVE-2018-3775

Improper Authentication in Nextcloud Server prior to version 12.0.3 would allow an attacker that obtained user credentials to bypass the 2 Factor Authentication...

CVE-2018-3775

Improper Authentication in Nextcloud Server prior to version 12.0.3 would allow an attacker that obtained user credentials to bypass the 2 Factor Authentication...

CVE-2018-3775

CVE-2018-3775 concerns Nextcloud Server prior to version 12.0.3, where an attacker with valid user credentials could bypass two‑factor authentication due to improper authentication. The NVD entry lists CVSSv3.1 impact as high (C/H/I/H/A/H) and CVSSv2 as medium (I/P, no confidentiality/availabilit...

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...

GHSA-72FG-JQHX-C68P Open Redirect in st

st is a module for serving static files. An attacker is able to craft a request that results in an HTTP 301 redirect to an entirely different domain. A request for: http://some.server.com//nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e would result in a 301 to //nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e which most browsers treat as a...

Open Redirect in st

st is a module for serving static files. An attacker is able to craft a request that results in an HTTP 301 redirect to an entirely different domain. A request for: http://some.server.com//nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e would result in a 301 to //nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e which most browsers treat as a...

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,...