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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

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Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.

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Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks

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Meanwhile, anyone in the compromised Discord channel who notices the scam and replies is banned, and their messages are deleted by the compromised admin account. Scavuzzo said the administrator’s account was hijacked even though she had multi-factor authentication turned on.

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How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

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Holden said each time a new victim submitted credentials at the Coinbase phishing site, the administrative panel would make a loud “ding” — presumably to alert whoever was at the keyboard on the other end of this phishing scam that they had a live one on the hook.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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” The operation was carried out in coordination with the FBI and authorities in Australia, which was particularly hard hit by phishing scams perpetrated by U-Admin customers. Perhaps the biggest selling point for U-Admin is a module that helps phishers intercept multi-factor authentication codes. Image: fr3d.hk/blog.

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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

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Miller said that after months of complaining and sharing fake profile information with LinkedIn, the social media network appeared to do something which caused the volume of group membership requests from phony accounts to drop precipitously. of spam and scams. Miller said these profiles are all listed in the order they appeared.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.