Blog Posts Tagged with "Authentication"
Password Policy: Sharing Passwords
May 02, 2012 Added by:benson dana
I once worked at a place where a senior manager collected the passwords of employees. There had been resistance to giving up this policy, and the excuse was that this unit's mission was unique and that this was necessary. How often does the internal auditor hear this excuse?
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Duty to Authenticate Identity: Online Banking Breach Lawsuits
April 26, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
The attenuated nature of online relationships creates an opportunity for criminals to steal or spoof online identities and use them for monetary gain. The ability of one party to authenticate the identity of the other party in an online transaction is of key importance...
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Super Security Guy
April 25, 2012 Added by:Wayde York
While I was talking to the bank operator, I tried to login to my account and when I put in the username/password, I couldn’t get in. The bad guys had changed my login, or so I thought. Red lights were flashing and the bulk of my security expertise poured in to the rescue...
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Social Media Security 101
April 24, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
EVERYTHING is compromised. Every web site, every data base, every place that touches the web – I assume this at all times. There is not one among us whose network has not been compromised. The security mantra in the past was “Risk Avoidance”. That is no longer the case...
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Military Evaluates SIPRNet Smart Card to Protect Networks
April 24, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"As we learned through the events of Wiki Leaks, we had a blind spot in protecting our classified networks... We have a national strategy and program to implement a Public Key Infrastructure hardware based authentication system on the classified network - hence the SIPRNet token..."
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Disagreement on Password Vault Software Findings
April 12, 2012 Added by:Brent Huston
Recently, some researchers have been working on comparing password vault software products and have found some issues. However, many of the vendors are quickly moving to remediate the identified issues, many of which were simply improper use of proprietary cryptography schemes...
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Pump Up Your P@$$w0rd$
April 03, 2012 Added by:Kevin Doel
The idea is to choose phrase that you will be able to remember and a simple algorithm for converting it to a strong password. Even the best encryption systems are not going to protect your data if you use weak passwords and a hacker gains physical access to your mobile device...
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Malicious Exploits: Hitting the Internet Waves with CSRF Part 2
March 27, 2012 Added by:Brent Huston
Using the HTTP specified usage for GET and POST, in which GET requests never have a permanent effect, while good practice is not sufficient to prevent CSRF. Attackers can write JavaScript or ActionScript that invisibly submits a POST from to the target domain...
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Howard Schmidt on Federal Cyber Security Priorities
March 27, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"Federal Departments and Agencies must defend their information systems in a resource-constrained environment, balancing system security and survivability while meeting numerous operational requirements requires robust risk management," said Schmidt...
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Fifteen Unsafe Security Practices that Lead to Data Breaches
March 21, 2012 Added by:Kelly Colgan
Database security is an essential element of overall security maturity at enterprise level. Underestimating its value and not dedicating sufficient attention to developing a comprehensive data security plan can, in many instances, lead to data compromise...
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Enterprise Security's Achilles Heel
March 16, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Have you ever wondered why enterprise security people are so downtrodden? Baffled by the impossible arrogance of penetration testers when they laugh at corporate security postures? The bottom line: people have always been and will always be the Achilles heel...
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Malware Variant Signed with Valid Digital Certificate
March 16, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Kaspersky has discovered malware in the wild identified as Trojan.Win32.Mediyes accompanied by a VeriSign digital certificate which appears to be part of a click-fraud operation designed to generate revenues for the attackers from a legitimate marketing service...
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Implementing Least Privilege
March 15, 2012 Added by:Ben Rothke
Least privilege is the notion that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment every module - such as a process, a user or a program depending on the subject - must be able to access only the information that is necessary for its legitimate purpose...
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NIST Steering Group to Support Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
March 15, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
"The committee will guide creation of an ‘Identity Ecosystem’ in which businesses and individuals can have more confidence in the security and privacy of their online transactions. The committee will also be responsible for identifying resources that will support the effort..."
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Examining the Top Ten Database Threats
March 14, 2012 Added by:PCI Guru
Most attacks are perpetrated inside the perimeter, so protection from an inside attack is important. Once an attacker is on the inside, it is easy to use SQL injection or other techniques to obtain data. Organizations are just beginning to understand the insider threat...
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CyLab Researchers Release Free Smartphone Security App
March 14, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"SafeSlinger provides you with the confidence that the person you are communicating with is actually the person they have represented themselves to be... SafeSlinger provides secure communications and file transfer even if the servers involved are tainted with malware..."
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