# Security

### [The Threat of Data Breach on Hospitals](/content/the-threat-of-data-breach-on-hospitals/index.html)
In May of this year over one million patients and staff members of Tampa General Hospital were effected by a cybersecurity breach. (source) This attack went on for 18 days before unusual activity was detected...

### [School District Cyber Attacks](/content/school-district-cyber-attacks/index.html)
In November of 2020 the Baltimore County Public School district lost close to $10 Million in damages from a cyber attack. This is becoming increasingly more dangerous as hackers target school districts due to the...

### [Okta MFA Cloud Service Hack Exposed Customer Data](/content/okta-mfa-cloud-service-hack-exposed-customer-data/index.html)
The Lapsus$ hacking group allegedly hacked into Okta, a major provider of cloud-based identity and access management services early this year. The Lapsus$ group has leaked screenshots of data from Okta’s internal systems. The Lapsus$...

### [Advantages of on-premise MFA](/content/advantages-of-on-premise-mfa/index.html)
When considering MFA solutions, organizations may weigh cloud offerings versus on-premise deployments. As GreenRADIUS is primarily an on-premise MFA solution, there are key advantages over cloud MFA providers: GreenRADIUS deployments can be deployed within your...

### [GreenRADIUS not vulnerable to Log4j vulnerabilities](/content/greenradius-not-vulnerable-to-log4j-vulnerabilities/index.html)
Summary CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 (Log4Shell or LogJam) are both zero-day vulnerabilities in the widely used Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Since it is widely used in many popular products, customers have contacted Green Rocket Security...

### [SolarWinds Hack Highlights The Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication](/content/solarwinds-hack-highlights-the-importance-of-multi-factor-authentication/index.html)
A large-scale cyber-attack was confirmed earlier this week that includes breaches into United States federal government agencies. On Monday, SolarWinds confirmed that Orion – its flagship network management software – had served as the unwitting...

### [A GreenRADIUS Two-Factor Authentication Plugin for WordPress](/content/a-greenradius-two-factor-authentication-plugin-for-wordpress/index.html)
Weak passwords and cross-site password reuse are two of the most common ways to break into a WordPress installation. Fortunately, WordPress plugins are able to augment the system’s default authentication. Our GreenRADIUS WordPress Authentication Plugin...

### [2FA for GNOME Desktop for Linux](/content/2fa-for-gnome-desktop-for-linux/index.html)
Did you know that the GNOME Desktop Manager supports two-factor authentication for protection? The GNOME Desktop Manager (GDM) performs its user authentication through PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module). PAM is a highly configurable system used to...

### [YubiRADIUS No Longer Works With YubiCloud v1 Protocol](/content/yubiradius-no-longer-works-with-yubicloud-v1-protocol/index.html)
As Yubico announced a few months ago, Yubico is no longer supporting the YubiCloud v1 protocol. This took full effect on February 4 of this year. As such, any YubiRADIUS systems utilizing the YubiCloud will...

### [2FA for Palo Alto Networks Firewalls in FIPS Mode Supported by GreenRADIUS](/content/2fa-for-palo-alto-networks-firewalls-in-fips-mode-supported-by-greenradius/index.html)
Palo Alto Networks (PAN) firewalls are FIPS-140-2 certified. FIPS certification is generally required for use of firewalls in the government space. Equally important as FIPS 140-2 mode is the ability to use 2FA (two-factor authentication)...