Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity researchers discovered a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised on the Dark Web. Following the recent Twilio hack leading to the leakage of 2FA (OTP) codes, cybercriminals continue to upgrade their attack arsenal to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns targeting users worldwide.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . ” The agencies provide technical details about the attack technique used by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. Below are the job descriptions used to recruit the hackers.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Most of the top incident threats mirror last year’s report, with an increase in phishing, ransomware and credential theft in the wake of the worldwide pandemic and workforce’s rapid adoption of remote work. Social engineering and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks remain high. billion malicious login attempts through the year).”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Lil’ skimmer, the Magecart impersonator What is the WireGuard VPN protocol ? Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is it Game Over for VR Advergaming ?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

is an electronic cyberattack that targets a user by email and falsely poses as an authentic entity to bait individuals into providing sensitive data, corporate passwords, clicks on a malicious web link, or execute malware. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Theft of valid accounts is often combined with remote corporate services like VPNs or other access mechanisms. A mainstay of business-centric attacks, everything from spear phishing to CEO fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) lies in wait for unwary admins. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is not enforced. Valid accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. January 2022 : “Russian cyber criminal forums” were offering network and VPN credentials, both for sale or free to access. Implement user training to reduce the risk of phishing and social engineering.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Two-Factor Authentication Two-factor authentication , also known as 2FA, is a security process that requires two different methods of identity verification. Military personnel should consider enabling two-factor authentication for their email, banking, and social media accounts. This can be used for online accounts and systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. For example, as many companies continue to allow employees to work remotely, VPNs are becoming more and more crucial.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This challenge aligns with risks such as Broken Authentication (OWASP API2) and Broken Function Level Authorization (OWASP API5), where weak authentication mechanisms or flawed access controls can result in unauthorized access. Implementing multi-factor authentication, security software, and regular training are essential measures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Chinese fraudsters primarily target the United States for two reasons: the large population makes phishing attacks more effective, and credit card limits in the country are higher compared to other nations. These factors make the US an attractive market for card fraudsters. These elements can be acquired online through various channels.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vishing (also known as voice phishing) is a social engineering attack technique where attackers impersonate a trusted entity during a voice call in an attempt to trick victims into providing sensitive information. Then the attackers used a chatroom messaging service to conduct a phishing attack against this employee.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Retailers must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which mandates the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to help protect customers from data breaches. CSOonline.com reports that 94% of malware is delivered via email, and phishing attacks account for more than 80% of security incidents.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2023

Read First: Configure a Temporary Access Pass in Azure AD to register Passwordless authentication methods - Microsoft Entra Microsoft identity platform and OAuth2.0 On our red team engagements and penetration tests, conditional access policies (CAP) often hinder our ability to directly authenticate as a target user.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2021

They have been targeting large companies around the world using social engineering techniques, primarily vishing. Vishing attacks are voice phishing, which happens during a phone call to users of VoIP platforms. The cyber criminals used a chatroom messaging service to contact and phish this employee's login credentials.".

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

We’re excited to announce early access release of the Verified Duo Push, which will increase the security of our push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution. With modern phishing-resistant authentication methods, we need to ensure that organizations continue to have the best security around push-based MFA.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Such lapses in database security can (and often do) lead to hundreds of millions of people having their personal information exposed on the internet, allowing threat actors to use that data for a variety of malicious purposes, including phishing and other types of social engineering attacks , as well as identity theft.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Do you feel confident that everyone in your organization could identify a phishing email that contained ransomware? What if the recipient is in a hurry and under a lot of stress – will they be aware of how sophisticated and authentic-looking a well-crafted whaling attack can be?

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Connect to a secure network and use a company-issued Virtual Private Network (VPN). Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020. It is to these carefully crafted campaigns that Social-Engineer, LLC can attribute their success.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

You can test this by sending out planned phishing emails and tracking users who click through, and use that information to adjust or expand your cybersecurity training. MFA prompt bombing complacency Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a common cybersecurity measure taken by companies, but it can also reveal a security fatigue issue.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2021

of all computers attacked by the PseudoManuscrypt malware are part of industrial control systems (ICS) used by organizations in various industries, including Engineering, Building Automation, Energy, Manufacturing, Construction, Utilities, and Water Management. According to our telemetry, at least 7.2%

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

That’s why email-validation services are an attractive target for cybercriminals looking for a fresh batch of email addresses for their next wave of social engineering attacks. If cybercriminals had stumbled upon it, they could have used the information in targeted phishing attacks to gather additional information from victims.

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SecureList

JANUARY 19, 2022

We believe that initially stolen data is used by threat operators primarily to spread the attack inside the local network of the attacked organization (via phishing emails) and to attack other organizations in order to collect more credentials. Tactics, techniques, and procedures. Credential collection and abuse by threat actors.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

They are sending phishing emails to target senior engineers working for phone companies, they are targeting banks as well," Hacquebord says. Cyber mercenary investigation starts with a phishing attack. The journalist told Hacquebord something strange was happening: his wife was suddenly getting targeted phishing emails.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The security industry has diligently battled compromised credentials, evolving from passwords to multifactor authentication (MFA) to passwordless — our most secure and phishing-resistant method to date — and one that is fully supported in Duo. This means there are serious holes in our authentication armor today.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 8, 2021

Ransom payments are the fuel that propels the digital extortion engine, and today’s announcement demonstrates that the United States will use all available tools to make these attacks more costly and less profitable for criminal enterprises.". An outdated VPN account that had its password leaked on the dark web. just got $2.3

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

Phishing attacks? Critical — Multi-factor Authentication (enabled) — Least Privileged (Predictive). Critical — Secure EDP/VPN access- (Predictive). Critical — Proven and reliable email phishing security solution deployed. Social engineering through LinkedIn still works. Answer: More capacity! Make it faster!

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This includes your personally identifiable information as well as your online behavior and any authentication factors you use to verify your identity when accessing online services. A common example is phishing. This is particularly true for those sites that don’t require two-factor authentication. Awareness of Phishing Scams.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Generally, ransomware gets into a network courtesy of phishing emails. In addition to patching vulnerabilities from third-party software , AppSec teams might also work with their DevOps teams to add multifactor authentication (MFA) or similar identity authentication features into applications they build in-house.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. Jump to: What is multi-factor authentication? MFA can be hacked.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Threat actors also often gain access by exploiting virtual private networks (VPNs) or using compromised credentials. Implement phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all services, particularly for email, VPNs, and accounts that access critical systems. Drive-by-downloads. Malvertising.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Network security is another big theme this week: Whether it’s a VPN connection or an enterprise-grade networking platform, patch management solutions typically won’t update network devices, so admins may need to keep an eye on any flaws there too. of the Atlas VPN Linux client. via port 8076. score of 9.8 out of 10.0,

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cisco explains: "Initial access to the Cisco VPN was achieved via the successful compromise of a Cisco employee's personal Google account. The user had enabled password syncing via Google Chrome and had stored their Cisco credentials in their browser, enabling that information to synchronize to their Google account.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

This provides a glimpse into your online identity and can include personal information, search engine queries, and shared content. Whenever possible, it is best to add an extra layer of protection by enabling two-factor authentication. Strengthen your defenses by creating unique and complex passwords for each account.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Secure Cisco VPN logins in less than an hour Authenticate users in seconds Verify user + device posture Blog unmanaged devices Mitigate modern security threats with phishing-resistant authentication Join the thousands of Cisco firewall customers who take advantage of protecting Cisco VPN logins with Cisco Duo Single Sign-On via SAML 2.0

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