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Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication. Whether you want the ‘trick’ of a malevolent threat actor infiltrating your network by exploiting a compromised password or the ‘treat’ from the peace of mind associated with multifactor authentication, the choice is yours. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29.

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Device Security Beyond Enrollment: Securing the Self-Service Portal

Duo's Security Blog

Duo’s Self-Service Portal (SSP), which lets users manage their own authentication devices, saves time for both Duo users and admins. Often the first step for an attacker with stolen credentials is to try to fraudulently register an MFA device , giving persistent access to the user’s account. What’s the risk?

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FIFA 22 phishers tackle customer support with social engineering

Malwarebytes

The statement reads as follows: Through our initial investigation we can confirm that a number of accounts have been compromised via phishing techniques. The other approach is to talk to customer support with no action taken beforehand, and “simply” social engineer their way into full account control.

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September Snafus: Hackers Take Advantage of Unwitting Employees

Approachable Cyber Threats

Category News, Social Engineering. Risk Level. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. After getting an Uber employee’s login credentials, likely purchased from the dark web, the hacker then used social engineering to get around Uber’s multi-factor authentication.

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Top 7 MFA Bypass Techniques and How to Defend Against Them

SecureWorld News

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. It is a universal method employed for both personal and corporate user accounts globally. By understanding hackers' common techniques to circumvent MFA, you can better safeguard your account against their potential ploys.

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From Base Camp to Summit: Climbing from AD FS to Duo SSO

Duo's Security Blog

Duo SSO is the linchpin to our streamlined authentication experience in which users authenticate once at the start of their day and forget that Duo is there as we securely and automatically sign them into the rest of their Duo applications. This feature significantly reduces user frustration and enhances account security.

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Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Google Security

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. In this way, the attacker can count on their victim to solve any authentication challenge presented.

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