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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

Booking.com said it now requires 2FA , which forces partners to provide a one-time passcode from a mobile authentication app (Pulse) in addition to a username and password. “2FA is required and enforced, including for partners to access payment details from customers securely,” a booking.com spokesperson wrote.

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

. “So, the attacker receives the invitation to fill out the form – and when they complete it, they enter their intended victim’s email address into the form, not their own,” Cluely wrote in a December 2023 post. You may also wish to download Google Authenticator to another mobile device that you control.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

For example, in its most recent transparency report (PDF) Verizon said it received more than 127,000 law enforcement demands for customer data in the second half of 2023 — including more than 36,000 EDRs — and that the company provided records in response to approximately 90 percent of requests. dot-gov emails get hacked.

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16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach.  Many vendors are now exploring passwordless authentication. Apple and Microsoft intend to follow suit.  Your MacBook is getting a big upgrade.

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Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach.  Many vendors are now exploring passwordless authentication. Apple and Microsoft intend to follow suit. 

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5 Best Bot Protection Solutions and Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

The solution should differentiate between bots and humans accurately and provide mechanisms for users to prove their identity and authenticity quickly. See the Top Deception Tools Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) 2FA is a proven security measure that can help protect against a wide range of cyber threats, including bot attacks.

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How Microsoft's highly secure environment was breached

Malwarebytes

An investigation by Microsoft has finally revealed how China-based hackers circumvented the protections of a "highly isolated and restricted production environment" in May 2023 to unlock sensitive email accounts belonging to US government agencies.