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Finding the Cracks in the Wall – How Modern Scams Bypass MFA

Security Boulevard

In my previous blog, I discussed the important role multi-factor authentication (MFA) plays in further securing access to enterprise and consumer services. We also established the fact that although MFA increases authentication security and decreases the risk of account takeover, MFA can, and is, being bypassed in the wild.

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How we can use strong authentication to instantly activate digital banking cards

CyberSecurity Insiders

In today’s digital world, using our mobile phones to consume services is now a part of everyday life. With the average person now spending 2 hours and 51 minutes on their phone each day, service providers like ecommerce sites and entertainment channels have had to adapt their interfaces so that they also work on a smartphone.

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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

Related: The Internet of Things is just getting started The technology to get rid of passwords is readily available; advances in hardware token and biometric authenticators continue apace. The hitch, of course, is that password-enabled account logins are too deeply engrained in legacy network infrastructure.

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

“They would just keep jamming a few individuals to get [remote] access, read some onboarding documents, enroll a new 2FA [two-factor authentication method] and exfiltrate code or secrets, like a smash-and-grab,” the CXO said. “These guys were not leet , just damn persistent.” ” HOW DID WE GET HERE?