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On my d-link router, a DIR-819, there is by default an open SSH port (22), which accepts a default username and password, namely root/root and admin/admin.
I found this by running a network scanner and it identified these de… Continue reading How to change the default root password on my DIR-819 router (SSH login flaw)?
Emotet had a 730% increase in activity in September after being in a near dormant state, Nuspire discovered. Emotet, a modular banking Trojan, has added additional features to steal contents of victim’s inboxes and steal credentials for sending outboun… Continue reading Researchers discover massive increase in Emotet activity
Fraud increased 30% overall in Q3 2019 and bot-driven account registration fraud is up 70% as cybercriminals test stolen credentials in advance of the holiday retail season, according to Arkose Labs. After analyzing over 1.3 billion transactions spanni… Continue reading Cybercriminals are testing exposed credentials for future account takeover attacks
The housewares giant disclosed a breach with few details– but security researchers have some theories. Continue reading Murky Details Surround Bed, Bath and Beyond Breach
I’m building a web application which configures and interconnects other applications through web services.
In all the data I have to save for each applications, there are some that are quite sensitive : the credentials.
Unf… Continue reading Store sensitive decryptable data in database
Credential-stuffing attacks are indicative of the much larger issue of account takeover. Adaptive authentication can help improve the digital experience for low-risk users.
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I have a problem, that so far I can’t find a complete answer on. I’m writing a script to connect to firewalls and update the configurations. Specifically Cisco ASA’s. I’m using Linux CentOS 7 to do this.
I’ve setup the syste… Continue reading Automation And Credential Security
There’s a significant prevalence and impact of cyberattacks that use stolen hashed administrator credentials, also referred to as Pass the Hash (PtH) attacks, within businesses today, according to a survey from One Identity. Among the survey’s mo… Continue reading Impact and prevalence of cyberattacks that use stolen hashed administrator credentials
AWS has a feature called Instance Metadata, which on EC2 gives you access to the AWS credentials through HTTP calls:
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/<role>
The feature itself is intentional, t… Continue reading How to harden against credential stealing in EC2 via the http://169.254.169.254 API?
If your identity and access management (IAM) and physical security initiatives are not working as one, your organization may be suffering from unnecessary grief — and increasing risk.
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