Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Many companies now require employees to supply a one-time password — such as one sent via SMS or produced by a mobile authenticator app — in addition to their username and password when logging in to company assets online. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

The international police organization INTERPOL said last week it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

“I was able to answer the credit report questions successfully, which authenticated me to their system,” Turner said. That’s because Experian does not offer any type of multi-factor authentication options on consumer accounts. But now he’s wondering what else he could do to prevent another account compromise.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. Contacted by KrebsOnSecurity, GoDaddy acknowledged the authentication weakness documented by Guilmette.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2020

Second, this attack is not exactly new: In 2017, for instance, phishers used a similar technique to plunder accounts at Google’s Gmail service. Also, the resulting compromise is quite persistent and sidesteps two-factor authentication, and thus it seems likely we will see this approach exploited more frequently in the future.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

‘Tis the season when even those who know a thing or two about Internet scams tend to let down their guard in the face of an eye-popping discount or the stress of last-minute holiday shopping. Postal Service , or their wireless phone provider and/or Internet Service Provider (ISP). Maybe this was once sound advice.

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