Terraform Enterprise Organization-Level MFA Requirement Was Not Enforced

Summary Terraform Enterprise did not enforce the organization-level setting to require all users within an organization to enable two-factor authentication. This vulnerability, CVE-2021-3153, was fixed in Terraform Enterprise v202103-1. Background Terraform Enterprise organizations are a shared...

How to enable Facebook’s hardware key authentication for iOS and Android

Since 2017 desktop users have had the opportunity to use physical security keys to log in to their Facebook accounts. Now iOS and Android users have the same option too. Physical security keys are a more secure option for two-factor authentication 2FA than SMS which is vulnerable to SIM swap...

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0450-1 Security update for froxlor

This update for froxlor fixes the following issues: - Upstream upgrade to version 0.10.23 boo846355 - Upstream upgrade to version 0.10.22 boo846355 - BuildRequire cron as this contains now the cron directories - Use %license for COPYING file instead of %doc boo1082318 Upstream upgrade to version...

Finding the Cracks in the Wall - How Modern Scams Bypass MFA

In my previous blog, I discussed the important role multi-factor authentication MFA plays in further securing access to enterprise and consumer services. We also established the fact that although MFA increases authentication security and decreases the risk of account takeover, MFA can, and is,...

Phish-Proof Multi-Factor Authentication with Akamai MFA

Today, Akamai announced Akamai MFA, a phish-proof multi-factor authentication MFA service for the workforce that delivers all of the security benefits of FIDO2 with the frictionless end-user experience of a mobile push on a smartphone. Why has Akamai introduced this new service? When an employee...

FBI warns of increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting education

On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued a "Flash" alert on PYSA ransomware after an uptick on attacks this month against institutions in the education sector, particularly higher ed, K-12, and seminaries. According to the alert PDF, the United Kingdom and 12 states in the US...

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0415-1 Security update for froxlor

This update for froxlor fixes the following issues: - Upstream upgrade to version 0.10.23 boo846355 - Upstream upgrade to version 0.10.22 boo846355 - BuildRequire cron as this contains now the cron directories - Use %license for COPYING file instead of %doc boo1082318 Upstream upgrade to version...

Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Has a Silver Lining

The streaming service is making account owners enter two-factor codes in a limited test. That's … actually not so bad...

EPA scan results are not getting displayed in ns.log when EPA policies are configured through N-Factor Authentication.

When EPA policies are configured through N-Factor Authentication, then EPA Scan results will not be displayed in the ns.log despite Debug log level is enabled...

There is an unspecified vulnerability in Joomla

Joomla is the U.S. Open Source Matters team of a set of PHP and MySQL development using open source, cross-platform content management system CMS. Joomla suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from insufficient length for the use of 2FA secret sharing. No details of the vulnerability ar...

Joomla Encryption Problem Vulnerability

Joomla is the U.S. Open Source Matters team of a set of PHP and MySQL development using open source, cross-platform content management system CMS. Joomla suffers from a cryptographic issue vulnerability that stems from not using the secure rand function during the generation of 2FA keys. No...

CVE-2021-21329

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

CVE-2021-21329

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

Authentication flaw

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

CVE-2021-21329

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

CVE-2021-21329

CVE-2021-21329 affects the RATCF open-source framework. The vulnerability allows users with MFA enabled to log in without a valid token, indicating an authentication bypass in the login flow. The issue is fixed in commit cebb67b9d16a8296121201805332365ffccb29638. Connected feeds corroborate the M...

CVE-2021-21329 Multi Factor Authentication Token Improperly Validated On User Login

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

CVE-2021-21329

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...

RATCF Authorization Issue Vulnerability

RATCF is an open source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. RATCF suffers from an authorization issue vulnerability that originates from the fact that a user with multi-factor authentication enabled can log in without a valid token...

CVE-2021-21329: Improper Authentication

RATCF is an open-source framework for hosting Cyber-Security Capture the Flag events. In affected versions of RATCF users with multi factor authentication enabled are able to log in without a valid token. This is fixed in commit cebb67b...