Authentication DNS Social Engineering VPN 
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
“This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. “Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees. ” In the early morning hours of Nov. and 11:00 p.m.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 24, 2020
In the case of e-hawk.net, however, the scammers managed to trick an OpenProvider customer service rep into transferring the domain to another registrar with a fairly lame social engineering ruse — and without triggering any verification to the real owners of the domain. ” REGISTRY LOCK.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 25, 2022
RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 28, 2021
The truth is that solutions like single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can spell disaster if initial access is all a malicious actor needs to traverse the network’s resources. Whether it’s a VPN , firewall , or remote access server, unauthorized entry via network gateways is a problem.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 22, 2023
Virtual Private Network (VPN) : For remote access, remote desktop protocol (RDP) no longer can be considered safe. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution. For improved security using mobile phones, free authentication apps are available from Google, Microsoft, and others.
Security Boulevard
JUNE 28, 2023
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