CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This content can realistically replicate or alter appearance, voice, mannerisms or vocabulary with the aim of tricking targets both human and autonomous into believing that what they see, hear or read is authentic and trustworthy. Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. |

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web. The next big thing is passwordless authentication. First and foremost, most solutions rely on connected devices like mobile phones to authenticate users.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The FBI is warning businesses about a new series of cyberattacks that can circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.”

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But as it turns out, John was a victim of a phishing scam, a type of social engineering attack where the cybercriminal impersonated John’s IT department to gain his trust and trick him into revealing his login credentials. What is social engineering? If it is, access is granted.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Researchers have found several weaknesses in Windows Hello fingerprint authentication on Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops. Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked the researchers to evaluate the security of the top three fingerprint sensors embedded in laptops.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Some of it is positive, but the general consensus is that people don’t love multi-factor authentication (MFA); they see it as a necessary evil at best. That’s why I’m so excited to announce our vision to streamline Duo’s authentication workflows, a feature that will deliver seamless, secure login experiences.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Read on to learn how to recognize social engineering attacks, their consequences, and tactics to avoid falling for them. Hi, Please, can you help me?

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to access security, one recommendation stands out above the rest: multi-factor authentication (MFA). With passwords alone being simple work for hackers, MFA provides an essential layer of protection against breaches. However, it's important to remember that MFA isn't foolproof. It can be bypassed, and it often is.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

s namesake platform that enables end users to securely be authenticated on-demand using any device is now generally available. The post Badge Makes Device-Independent Authentication Platform Available appeared first on Security Boulevard. Badge Inc.'s

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – Anthony Gavazzi, Ryan Williams, Engin Kirda, Long Lu, Andre King, Andy Davis, Tim Leek – A Study of Multi-Factor and Risk-Based Authentication Availability appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recently, Amazon announced that it will require all privileged Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) , starting in mid-2024. Multi-factor authentication is so much more secure, and with that a lot more forgiving, than passwords alone. .” So we wholeheartedly agree with Amazon on this.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? Engaging social engineering training is a must.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recent breaches show just how easy it is for hackers to use social engineering tactics to call an IT service desk, impersonate an end user to gain access, and then elevate privileges, install malware, or even shut down entire systems. Additionally, the shift towards remote and hybrid work models has brought new avenues of attack.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack. [.]

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The FBI warns of cybercriminals using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and defraud users. The FBI is warning of cyber criminals using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and direct users to websites that were used to defraud users. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 9, 2022

As social engineers, we may wear different hats (sometimes literally) when it comes to getting into character for our pretexts. The first live APSE (Advance Practical Social Engineering) class in two years! Working as a social engineer has taught me that I can do almost anything when I get into character and believe my pretext.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2024

This advisory details an authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2024-0204, that allows an unauthenticated attacker to create an […] The post CVE-2024-0204: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Authentication Bypass Deep-Dive appeared first on Horizon3.ai. On January 22, 2024 Fortra posted a security advisory for their GoAnywhere MFT product.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Not all forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA) are created equal and the forms that are based on one-time passcodes have turned into corporate liabilities. If the user is given a stronger form of authentication control, the problem between the keyboard and chair can be mitigated. Attacks like this are all too common.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Cryptocurrency apps were the most high risk for exposing sensitive information, a reverse-engineering study shows.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability could be exploited by remote attackers to Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs). “An attacker who is able to extract the secret key would be able to authenticate to any Rockwell Logix controller.” ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of a third-party service, credentials are easily the most vulnerable point in defending corporate systems. An obvious way forward in enhancing access security is multifactor authentication (MFA).

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. Turn on Multifactor Authentication Even strong, secure passwords can be exposed by attackers.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A security awareness program backed by multi-factor authentication can help protect your critical assets, says NordVPN Teams.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 5, 2022

Part of the job of a social engineer is creating a good pretext or a good story, that you tell others to influence them to take a certain action. Attending APSE class (Advanced Practical Social Engineering) pushed me to get out of my comfort zone. Be Authentic. Authentically Inauthentic. So, you don’t even try.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

From these instances the group reaches out through Teams messages and persuades targets to approve multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompts initiated by the attacker. In both cases they require the user to enter a code that is displayed during the authentication flow into the prompt on the Microsoft Authenticator app on their mobile device.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. Phishing, Social Engineering are Still Problems.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2023

Ivanti EPMM is a mobile management software engine that enables IT to set policies for mobile devices, applications, and content. The vulnerability exists in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), formerly known as MobileIron Core, and impacts all supported versions as well as unsupported and end-of-life releases. releases 11.10, 11.9

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2021

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user. How did GitHub fix the issue?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

As the companies face nine federal lawsuits for failing to protect customer data, it’s abundantly clear hackers have checkmated multi-factor authentication (MFA). But the coup de gras was how easily they brushed aside the multi-factor authentication protections. How they steamrolled multi-factor authentication is a reason for pause.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Facebook shuts down their face recognition system and deletes more than a billion facial recognition templates, how phone bots are being used to trick victims into giving up their multi-factor authentication codes, and the US blacklists the NSO Group and 3 other companies for malicious cyber activities. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Face […].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. LW: Let’s come back to ‘adaptive authentication.’

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 20, 2018

Sounds like a really good idea, but Andreas Gutmann points out an application where this could become a vulnerability: when authenticating transactions: Transaction authentication, as opposed to user authentication, is used to attest the correctness of the intention of an action rather than just the identity of a user.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Risk-Based Authentication (RBA) intelligently leverages more secure forms of authentication—like verified push—to help organizations respond to risk and step-up security measures to frustrate attackers, not trusted users. How does Risk-Based authentication reduce third-party risk?

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Hacker's King

MAY 20, 2023

Two-factor authentication (2FA) has become an essential security measure in the digital age. By impersonating the authenticated user, they can bypass the 2FA process altogether. Social Engineering: Guarding Against Manipulation Social engineering remains a potent tool in hackers’ arsenal.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

In a major move forward for passwordless authentication, Google is introducing passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. As Apple software engineering manager Ricky Mondello put it earlier today, “Step 1: Build everyone’s confidence in passkeys. Microsoft began its own move toward passwordless in Sept.

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