How Do SMEs Fight Off Cyberattacks?

I'd like to address some of the concerns that small and medium sized enterprises SMEs may have around cybersecurity, especially in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack and a continuous news flow around successful attacks on high profile companies. Does the fact that well-known brands are...

How to sacrifice security using a public YubiKey Linux guides

This month I moved to YubiKey as a authentication token for my personal daily usage. One of the convents applications of this device it’s a login screen authentication. I found some popular guides how to use YubiKey with a Linux lock screen tools and these guides surprised me. Please find these...

Zeus - AWS EC2 / S3 Auditing & Hardening Tool

Zeus is a powerful tool for AWS EC2 / S3 best hardening practices. It checks security settings according to the profiles the user creates and changes them to recommended settings based on the CIS AWS Benchmark source at request of the user. Identity and Access Management Avoid the use of the "roo...

Nextcloud: Password of failed (2FA) login attempt is stored in log

If I try to log in on Webdav with my usual Nextcloud password, it doesn't work due to 2FA. I need an application password. The password of a failed login attempt by any user is stored plain text in the log: ...OCA\\DAV\\Connector\\Sabre\\Auth-validateUserPass'matthes', 'THEPASSWORD'... Even...

Telegram 4.0.1 Two Factor Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Exploit for multiple platform in category remote exploits Title: =============== Telegram 4.0.1 - "TwoFactor Authentication" ByPass 0day Author: =============== Shahab Shamsi Vendor Homepage =============== https://telegram.org/ Date: =============== 2017-06-25 Exploitation-Technique:...

Telegram 4.0.1 Two Factor Authentication Bypass

Title: =============== Telegram 4.0.1 - "TwoFactor Authentication" ByPass 0day Author: =============== Shahab Shamsi Vendor Homepage =============== https://telegram.org/ Date: =============== 2017-06-25 Exploitation-Technique: =============== Local,Remote References: =============== Video1:...

Enterprise Security: EAA Exceeds Compliance Standards

I sat down again with John Payne, Akamai's Chief Architect of Infrastructure and Security, as well as Keith Hillis, Director IT Risk & Security. We spoke about enterprise security compliance, and how Enterprise Application Access EAA exceeds Akamai's requirements and simplifies the process for...

FTC Recommends Steps to Protect Against Mobile Phone Theft

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert about the theft of mobile phones and the best way to prepare for and recover from this kind of theft. Precautionary steps include regularly backing up the data on the phone, using strong passwords, and using two-factor authentication on any...

Open Source LoRa CSS PHY Implementation: gr-lora

Open Source LoRa CSS PHY Implementation LoRa is a wireless LPWAN PHY that is developed and maintained by Semtech. It is designed to provide long range, low data rate connectivity to IoT-focused devices. A reasonable analogy is that LoRa is like cellular data service, but optimized for embedded...

FreeBSD : duo -- Two-factor authentication bypass (738e8ae1-46dd-11e7-a539-0050569f7e80)

The duo security team reports : An untrusted user may be able to set the httpproxy variable to an invalid address. If this happens, this will trigger the configured 'failmode' behavior, which defaults to safe. Safe mode causes the authentication to report a success. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

FBI Releases Article on Protecting Business Email Systems

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article on Building a Digital Defense with an Email Fortress. FBI warns that scammers commonly target business email accounts with phishing and social engineering schemes. Strategies for preventing email compromises include avoiding the use ...

FTC Releases Alert on Identity Theft

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert about how quickly criminals begin using your personal information once it is posted to a hacker site by an identity thief. FTC researchers found that it can take as few as 9 minutes for crooks to access stolen personal information posted to...

Should SaaS Companies Publish Customers Lists?

A few weeks back, HR and financial management firm Workday.com sent a security advisory to customers warning that crooks were sending targeted malware phishing attacks at customers. At the same time, Workday is publishing on its site a list of more than 800 companies that use its services, making...

duo -- Two-factor authentication bypass

The duo security team reports: An untrusted user may be able to set the httpproxy variable to an invalid address. If this happens, this will trigger the configured 'failmode' behavior, which defaults to safe. Safe mode causes the authentication to report a success...

Senate's Use of Signal A Good First Step, Experts Say

On Tuesday the United States Senate made it official and approved the use of encrypted messaging app Signal by staffers. Encryption advocates applauded the measure, but say more needs to be done to protect “civic” infrastructure critical to democracy. “The move to secure communications...

Is Your Security Team Setup To Fail?

The ingredients for strong cybersecurity aren’t a secret. In fact, they haven’t changed significantly over the past 20 years—the ingredients are available to almost every organization out there. On the surface, doing security isn’t that hard: | Patch quickly and frequently. Use reasonable securit...

SSA.GOV To Require Stronger Authentication

The U.S. Social Security Administration will soon require Americans to use stronger authentication when accessing their accounts at ssa.gov. As part of the change, SSA will require all users to enter a username and password in addition to a one-time security code sent their email or phone. In thi...

Criminals are Now Exploiting SS7 Flaws to Hack Smartphone Two-Factor Authentication Systems

I've previously written about the serious vulnerabilities in the SS7 phone routing system. Basically, the system doesn't authenticate messages. Now, criminals are using it to hack smartphone-based two-factor authentication systems: In short, the issue with SS7 is that the network believes whateve...

Strengthening Network Access Security with Multi-Factor Authentication

As technology continues to develop, more and more applications become not just convenient, but necessary. It was less than a decade ago that it was inconceivable we would 'need' to carry a consumer device to access the internet in our pockets. Today, it is essential. The same is true with the...

Security News This Week: Oh Good, Hackers Beat Two-Factor to Rob Bank Accounts

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Oh Good, Hackers Beat Two-Factor to Rob Bank Accounts appeared first on WIRED...