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Twitter Hack Tied To Employee Spearphishing

Adam Levin

An official statement from Twitter confirmed the method of attack, announcing that a “small” number of employees had been duped by a social engineering campaign that provided hackers with unfettered access to several high-profile Twitter accounts, including those belonging to Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama. .

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How to Detect and Respond to Account Misuse

Identity IQ

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), last year there was a 13% increase in reports of misuse for both new and existing accounts compared to the year prior. Account misuse can result in alarming repercussions, including privacy breaches, financial losses, and identity theft.

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Beyond Passwords: 2FA, U2F and Google Advanced Protection

Troy Hunt

Passwords suffer from all the problems you're probably already aware of: they're often weak, they're regularly reused and they're also readily obtainable through attacks such as social engineering (phishing, smishing , vishing , etc.) I assumed it was then either a case of someone phishing the TOTP sent via SMS or.

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