SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

In an update about the incident , Twitter confirmed that the attack occurred through a phone spear phishing effort to customer support: " The social engineering that occurred on July 15, 2020, targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear phishing attack. Spear phishing: what security experts are saying.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In this week’s episode (#135): we continue our series on the future of Passwords as we are joined by Guemmy Kim, a group product manager at Google in charge of that company’s account security initiatives. ?. Guemmy and I talk about Google’s fast evolving security program to protect user passwords and data. Phish talk.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

The hacker conducted a phishing attack, they set up a phishing site that impersonated the official BAYC site claiming that BAYC, MAYC and OthersideMeta holders were able to claim a free NFT for a short period of time. This then granted the scam the appearance of authenticity and made it easier to dupe the NFT holders.”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The accounts, Microsoft says, were accessed using forged authentication tokens: Microsoft investigations determined that Storm-0558 gained access to customer email accounts using Outlook Web Access in Exchange Online (OWA) and Outlook.com by forging authentication tokens to access user email.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. Phishing and poor password practices. The couple claimed that they were able to trick an employee into downloading malware from a phishing email. Category News, Social Engineering. Risk Level. The common theme?

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NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 18, 2024

Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) is a common two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism used across the internet. During authentication, the secret is used in combination with the time in a cryptographic hash function to produce a secure 6-digit passcode. But then it struck me.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. It is a universal method employed for both personal and corporate user accounts globally. By understanding hackers' common techniques to circumvent MFA, you can better safeguard your account against their potential ploys.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2021

One of the oldest scams around is skin phishing. Account compromise, and/or malware usually follows. Once the account is phished, the victim will have to go through Steam support to try and recover it. Accounts can have an awful lot of money tied to them. How can I keep my Steam account secure?

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Threatpost

JANUARY 16, 2020

iPhone users can now use Bluetooth to secure their Google accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

The employee may have been phished. What can you do to keep your Roblox account safe? This is how you can help to keep your own account safe from harm in the meantime: Watch out for phishing. Phishing attacks often follow on from breaches, although it may take days, or even weeks for an attempt to land in your mailbox.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

One may have assumed the first point of entry would be phishing gamers with fake logins and stealing their accounts. This is where additional security measures such as 2FA come in. A fake login site will ask for username and password, but then also ask the victim to enter their 2FA code on the phishing site.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. . million messages the scammers had sent other potential victims.

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Identity IQ

JULY 3, 2023

Receiving notifications or text messages for failed login attempts that you didn’t initiate could mean someone is trying to gain unauthorized access to your account. Unauthorized changes to account settings Another red flag that indicates account misuse is finding that your account settings have been changed without your knowledge.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

How do you protect your users from phishing attacks? Start with a zero-trust framework that begins at the access request with strong multi-factor authentication (MFA). Duo’s modern access security protects your users and applications by using a second source of validation. Most breaches involve weak, reused, or stolen passwords.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

This not only enables them to perform more effective social engineering, spear phishing, or other targeted attacks against you, but also those around you whose information they have also gleaned from your public profile. Be vigilant about unsolicited messages, emails, or links that prompt you to log in to your social media accounts.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

This not only enables them to perform more effective social engineering, spear phishing, or other targeted attacks against you, but also those around you whose information they have also gleaned from your public profile. Be vigilant about unsolicited messages, emails, or links that prompt you to log in to your social media accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The measure was necessary to prevent spear-phishing attacks against the users aimed at stealing credentials or at delivering malware designed to steal their funds. The Poloniex exchange’s support team confirmed on December 30 the authenticity of the message in a public Tweet. This is a real email!

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

Security researchers at Check Point have discovered several flaws in the popular game Fortnite that could be exploited to takeover gamers’account. Security experts at Check Point discovered several issues in the popular online battle game Fortnite. Facebook or Google) in turn, resends the authentication token.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 7, 2021

In fact, Gartner predicts that deepfakes will account for 20 percent of successful account takeover attacks by 2023, which results in cybercriminals gaining access to user accounts and locking the legitimate user out. Deploy strong authentication to stop large-scale spearphishing attacks.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Keep your online accounts secure Respect your privacy Capture and share with care Take care of your data Take care of your device Be wary of certain sites and content online Be kind. Keep your online accounts secure. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). C O N T E N T S. 7 Internet safety tips. Back up data.

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Google Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Our approach to multi-factor authentication – one of the most important controls to defend against phishing attacks – provides a great example. Since 2021, we’ve turned on 2-Step Verification (2SV) by default for hundreds of millions of people to add an additional layer of security across their online accounts.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

The post Google Whistles While OAuth Burns — ‘MultiLogin’ 0-Day is 70+ Days Old appeared first on Security Boulevard. What a Mickey Mouse operation: Infostealer scrotes having a field day with unpatched vulnerability.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Research by Verizon has shown that a third of all breaches in the past year involved phishing scams. Credential Stuffing: Credential stuffing is a hacking method where hackers use compromised username/password pairs to access online accounts. Never use the same password for multiple accounts. Install Anti-Malware Software.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “2FA has proven to be a powerful tool in securing communications channels. . ”

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

2FA, MFA, 2-Step They may all be familiar, but there are important differences that warrant explanation and we'll start with the acronym we most commonly see: 2FA is two-factor authentication. If someone obtains the thing that you know then it's (probably) game over and they have access to your account. It's a subset of MFA.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Account hacking. Account security is always a priority issue. Even if employees use only official clients, the security of messages potentially containing sensitive data often rests on the owner’s good faith, as does what actual information ends up in the dialog with the chatbot.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Company officials also used the first week of October – which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – to remind users of the company’s plan to enable two-factor authentication by default to many accounts, and that it will enable it for 150 million accounts before the end of 2021. ” Two-Factor Authentication is Key.

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Identity IQ

MAY 2, 2023

Sets Security Standards for Logins A password manager allows you to implement various security measures, such as requiring strong, lengthy passwords with specific features. Control Password Access Multiple passwords must be managed for various accounts, which may be general or specific to user roles.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 14, 2021

Gaming accounts had an essence of innate disposability to them, even if this wasn’t the case (how disposable is that gamertag used to access hundreds of dollars worth of gaming content)? These days, gaming security is taken very seriously indeed. It could be a fairly straightforward phish.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

Given the scope of the hack, it is unlikely the accounts were compromised via typical credentials phishing. Apparently, Twitter did not learn from that experience or take sufficient steps keep user credentials and accounts secure.” Ambuj Kumar, CEO, Fortanix “The Twitter hack is truly staggering.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

” Rose said mobile phone stores could cut down on these crimes in much the same way that potential victims can combat SIM swapping: By relying on dual authentication. Samy said a big challenge for mobile stores is balancing customer service with account security. ” Sgt. ” TWO-FACTOR BREAKDOWN. ” Lt.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Google TAG revealed that China-linked cyberespionage group APT31 is targeting Biden campaign staff, while the Iran-linked APT35 group is targeting Trump campaign staff with spear-phishing attacks. The groups involved are ones referred to as APT31 and APT35. — Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley) June 4, 2020. .

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