Month: October 2020

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

While passwords may not be going away completely, 92 percent of respondents believe passwordless authentication is the future of their organization, according to a LastPass survey. Passwordless authentication reduces password related risks by enabling users to login to devices and applications without the need to type in a password. Technologies such as biometric authentication, single-sign-on…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

Addressed on August 2020 Patch Tuesday, the flaw was identified in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC) and can be abused by remote attackers to compromise Active Directory domain controllers and gain administrator access. To exploit the flaw, which is tracked as CVE-2020-1472, an unauthenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application…