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Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal

SecureWorld News

The most effective controls combine microsegmentation with strong authentication and adaptive access and behavioral analytics. Techniques like chaos engineering for security testing, which stress-test defenses in unpredictable ways, and machine learningdriven anomaly detection offer fresh layers of defense.

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September Snafus: Hackers Take Advantage of Unwitting Employees

Approachable Cyber Threats

After getting an Uber employee’s login credentials, likely purchased from the dark web, the hacker then used social engineering to get around Uber’s multi-factor authentication. But I thought Multi-factor authentication was supposed to stop these kinds of attacks? How can I make sure this doesn’t happen to my company?

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Top 7 MFA Bypass Techniques and How to Defend Against Them

SecureWorld News

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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Google Whistles While OAuth Burns — ‘MultiLogin’ 0-Day is 70+ Days Old

Security Boulevard

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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Twitter's Cyber Attack and Takeover: It Was Spear Phishing

SecureWorld News

The hackers then used this level of account support to get through two-factor authentication (2FA) and access 130 widely followed Twitter accounts: Tweeting from 45. We are also improving our methods for detecting and preventing inappropriate access to our internal systems and prioritizing security work across many of our teams.