Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. Text messages, emails and phone calls warning recipients about potential fraud are some of the most common scam lures. Just hang up, full stop.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

.” Last month, Coinbase disclosed that malicious hackers stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass the company’s SMS multi-factor authentication security feature. Don’t put them on hold while you call your bank; the scammers can get around that, too. Just hang up.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

“I was able to answer the credit report questions successfully, which authenticated me to their system,” Turner said. That’s because Experian does not offer any type of multi-factor authentication options on consumer accounts. But now he’s wondering what else he could do to prevent another account compromise.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

Airbnb could help by adding some type of robust multi-factor authentication, such as Security Keys — which would defeat these Airbnb phishing pages. According to twofactorauth.org , Airbnb currently does not support any type of multi-factor authentication that users can enable. co.uk , airbnb.pt-anuncio[.]com

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Much of this fraud exploits weak authentication methods used by states that have long sought to verify applicants using static, widely available information such as Social Security numbers and birthdays. Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. are using it.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“The threat actor was able to capture the employee’s master password as it was entered, after the employee authenticated with MFA, and gain access to the DevOps engineer’s LastPass corporate vault.” The vulnerability exploited by the intruders was patched back in 2020, but the employee never updated his Plex software.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. The emails encouraged recipients to click a link to accept the cash back offer, and the link went to a look-alike domain that requested bank information. customers this month.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Sure, the card associations and your bank are quick to point out that you’re not liable for fraudulent charges that you report in a timely manner, whether it’s debit or a credit card. Does the bank reimburse you when your credit score takes a ding because your mortgage or car payment was late? Don’t hold your breath.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Rose said even though a successful SIM swap often gives the perpetrator access to traditional bank accounts, the attackers seem to be mainly interested in stealing cryptocurrencies. He advises people instead use a mobile app like Authy or Google Authenticator to generate the one-time code. ” FAKE IDs AND PHONY NOTES. .

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

. “At this point, we believe this to be an email phishing incident in which an unauthorized third party used a third-party system to generate an email campaign to deliver what we believe to be a banking trojan,” said Dan Higgins , UR’s chief information officer.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Contacted by KrebsOnSecurity, GoDaddy acknowledged the authentication weakness documented by Guilmette. Facebook ; Gap (Apparel) Inc ; Fifth Third Bancorp ; Hearst Communications ; Hilton Interntional ; ING Bank ; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); McDonalds Corp. ; NBC Universal Media ; NRG Energy ; Oath, Inc (a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

“This is much bigger than the banks are prepared to say.” Thus, the authentication requirement for doing so defaulted to sending the customer a one-time code via SMS. They could also recommend that financial institutions use more secure authentication methods for mobile wallet provisioning.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

27 — Thanksgiving Day weekend — Jim got a series of rapid-fire emails from MSF saying they’ve received his loan application, that they’d approved it, and that the funds requested were now available at the bank account specified in his MSF profile. Then on Nov. A portion of the Jan.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers figured out that many major companies have uploaded massive amounts of valuable and sensitive customer data to Snowflake servers, all the while protecting those Snowflake accounts with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Sushil Chetal’s LinkedIn profile says he is a vice president at the investment bank Morgan Stanley. From there the target was social engineered over the phone into resetting multi-factor authentication and sending Gemini funds to a compromised wallet.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

In these attacks, the hackers will identify email addresses associated with law enforcement personnel, and then attempt to authenticate using passwords those individuals have used at other websites that have been breached previously. In other cases, hackers will try to guess the passwords of police department email systems. EDR OVERLOAD?

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