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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

CIO

On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Once inside the system, the hacker gained access to files uploaded by Okta customers using valid session tokens from recent support cases.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. According to reports, the hacker groups identified as BlackCat/ALPHV and Scattered Spider are behind these attacks. This vulnerability is not unique to MGM nor Okta; it’s a systemic problem with multi-factor authentication.

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CVE-2023-20269: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Reportedly Exploited by Ransomware Groups

Tenable

Ransomware groups including LockBit and Akira are reportedly exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) appliances with VPN functionality enabled. The targeted system must be running a vulnerable version of Cisco ASA software, which includes versions 9.16

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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

CIO

The Burgeoning Complexity of IT and Security Solutions On a business level, complexity comes from growth through acquisition – when enterprises inherit systems of record and of work that, more often than not, are different from one another. Authentication. There’s the complexity of security in the organization. Password strategies.

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CVE-2023-46747: Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP

Tenable

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in F5’s BIG-IP could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute system commands. Analysis CVE-2023-46747 is a critical severity authentication bypass vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE).

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CVE-2020-6207: Proof of Concept Available for Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager

Tenable

A researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit script for a critical SAP vulnerability patched in March 2020 and attackers have begun probing for vulnerable SAP systems. CVE-2020-6207 is a missing authentication vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, which Onapsis refers to as SolMan. Identifying affected systems.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What’s the state of those systems? For example, you might want to offer a discount to a given group to provide incentive. If so, will you also have your own account system? Who are the customers?