2021 Authentication Web Fraud 
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
Matt Donahue is the former FBI agent who founded Kodex in 2021. Donahue said it’s still mostly email-based phishing, and credentials that are stolen by opportunistic malware infections and sold on the dark web. How are cybercriminals typically gaining access to police and government email accounts?
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
We don’t know much about the source of the November 2021 incident, other than GoDaddy’s statement that it involved a compromised password, and that it took about two months for the company to detect the intrusion. What else do we know about the cause of these incidents?
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Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The post 3 Cybersecurity Resolutions to Survive 2021 appeared first on NuData Security. The post 3 Cybersecurity Resolutions to Survive 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Predicting a global pandemic that reshaped how we interact with each other and our devices at a fundamental level […].
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. KrebsOnSecurity profiled OTP Agency in a February 2021 story about arrests tied to another phishing-related service based in the U.K.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 30, 2022
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. That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. To combat this scam Zelle introduced out-of-band authentication with transaction details.
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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