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Gmail’s multi-factor authentication bypassed by hackers to pull off targeted attacks

Malwarebytes

Russian hackers have bypassed Google’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Gmail to pull off targeted attacks, according to security researchers at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). We don’t just report on threats—we remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Crooks bank on Microsoft’s search engine to phish customers

Malwarebytes

We identified a new wave of phishing for banking credentials that targets consumers via Microsoft’s search engine. While Microsoft’s Bing only has about 4% of the search engine market share , crooks are drawn to it as an alternative to Google. We have reported the fraudulent sites to Microsoft already.

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OT Cybersecurity and the Evolving Role of Controls Engineers

SecureWorld News

The expectations placed on control engineers have evolved significantly due to the growth in required customer requirements, stronger cybersecurity, and increasing complexity of OT environments. I am an industrial networking professional, not a controls engineer. Sure, but I do not pretend to be a controls engineer.

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Why SMS two-factor authentication codes aren't safe and what to use instead

Zero Day

Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and prevent scammers from accessing our accounts through a password alone. New reports from both Bloomberg and collaborative investigative newsroom Lighthouse Reports shed light on how and why text-based codes can put people at risk.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. Fortunately, there are ways to address the risks.

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Opening the Black Box of Risk-Based Authentication

Duo's Security Blog

Duo’s Risk-Based Authentication (RBA) helps solve this by adapting MFA requirements based on the level of risk an individual login attempt poses to an organization. Risky authentications are stepped-up, and users are required to authenticate with a more secure factor. Will users get blocked?

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Streamlining detection engineering in security operation centers

SecureList

Instead, they rely on the default severity in the rule, which is often set randomly or based on an engineer’s opinion without a clear process. Detection engineering program Before diving into the program-level approach, we will first present the detection engineering lifecycle that forms the foundation of the proposed program.