Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience. What is Strong Authentication? The IAM Security Boundary Strong authentication is a critical component of modern-day identity and access management.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. Jump to: What is multi-factor authentication? MFA can be hacked.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London and added it to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity researchers discovered a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised on the Dark Web. Following the recent Twilio hack leading to the leakage of 2FA (OTP) codes, cybercriminals continue to upgrade their attack arsenal to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns targeting users worldwide.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. In fact, the group often announces its hacks on social media.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Avoid entering any data if you see a warning message about a site’s authenticity. Also, consider using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to encrypt your data and make it unreadable to hackers. Invest in a VPN to encrypt your data and ensure websites you use have SSL/TSL certificates (look for “https” in the URL).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Related: Poll confirms rise of Covid 19-related hacks. Set-up 2-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication or two-step verification involves adding a step to add an extra layer of protection to accounts. Since a VPN tunnels traffic through a server in a location of your choosing. Keep an eye out for phishing emails.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December 2023. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. The emails are designed in a way that it appears to be authentic or belonging from a real business or authoritative source. Types of Phishing Attacks. There are different types of phishing attacks and each is deceiving and manipulative in its own unique way.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway are affected by a critical authentication bypass flaw. Citrix released security updates to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Citrix). reads the security bulletin published by Citrix. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Threat actors target GitHub users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform. GitHub is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting its users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The company states that one of its employees was compromised on August 27, 2023, via a spear phishing attack. The attackers deepfaked the actual voice of one of the IT staffers and tricked the employee into providing the multi-factor authentication (MFA) code. What we had originally implemented was multi-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Once obtained the credentials, the attackers launched voice phishing attacks in an attempt to trick the victim into accepting the MFA push notification started by the attacker. Upon achieving an MFA push acceptance, the attacker had access to the VPN in the context of the targeted user. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cisco).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Like other ransomware gangs, the group has developed a Linux encryptor to target VMware ESXi servers.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Now, let’s take a quick tour through the terrain of common cyber scams: Phishing scams Ah, phishing scams, the bane of our digital existence. government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at phishing-report@us-cert.gov. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

SonicWall’s email security solution is supposed to help protect customers from phishing attacks, business email compromise, ransomware and other email related threats. Short for “Uncategorized Groups,” UNCs are the label FireEye gives to observed clusters of hacking activities that may (or may not) be related. SonicWall).

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

Most often, communication between the service provider and the client takes place via VPN connections and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services. Access is set up using a certificate or a login/password pair, and in rare cases multi-factor authentication is added. Rounding out the top three is targeted phishing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. SecurityAffairs – hacking, YouTube creators ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA or OTP.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

With a VPN like Surfshark to encrypt your online traffic and keep it protected against any security breach, your valuable data isn’t going to get compromised easily anytime soon. Two-factor authentication . Use a VPN to protect your online security and privacy. Protecting your data is very simple. Anti-virus and anti-malware .

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The data in this story come from a trusted source in the security industry who has visibility into a network of hacked machines that fraudsters in just about every corner of the Internet are using to anonymize their malicious Web traffic. mail server responds “OK” = successful access).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2022

Introduction: Hacking forums often double up as underground marketplaces where cybercriminals buy, rent, and sell all kinds of malicious illegal products, including software, trojans, stealers, exploits, and leaked credentials. Use multi-factor authentication where applicable. Avoid visiting unknown sites. PWS.Blackguard.

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Javvad Malik

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cloud usage has increased, we’ve seen VPN’s crop up everywhere, and the shiny hotness that is MFA (multi factor authentication). At the beginning of lockdown, we saw phishing emails which claimed to be from IT asking unwitting staff to download the latest VPN. Spoiler alert, it wasn’t a VPN.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Lil’ skimmer, the Magecart impersonator What is the WireGuard VPN protocol ? Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is it Game Over for VR Advergaming ?

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In this ongoing war, some types of data storage are more prone to hacking because of the need to access, process, and analyze data quickly. Opportunistic employees in sensitive positions can abuse network privileges to obtain sensitive information, use weak passwords, or accidentally respond to phishing. Secure Your Network with a VPN.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

Cybercriminals could employ them to access and read confidential correspondence and take over a trusted email account to send phishing emails to clients and third parties. Cybercriminals may exploit hacked email accounts to distribute harmful files or links to unwary users within the company or externally.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 28, 2023

Having a cybersecurity plan ensures that you remain protected against data breaches, phishing scams , and other cybercrimes. On top of that, turn on two factor authentication. Use a VPN Using a VPN is essential when working with sensitive data or files. A VPN removes your IP address and switches your location.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

“Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).” Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. SecurityAffairs – hacking, D-Link). ” continues the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on people’s fears. Phishing emails have been driven up to 600% since the end of February as cybercriminals capitalize on people’s fears. How Phishing Attack Works?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 9, 2021

Reiterating the same that was said to the US Senate Committee last week, Blount stated that the Colonial Pipeline attack took place because the company was using a legacy VPN system that did not have a 2FA in place. And so the hacker accessed the network just by stealing the password via a phishing email. .

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

After seeing headlines like these, some executives and customers lose faith that multifactor authentication (MFA) technology, particularly Okta’s, will protect their organizations, but should they? Signin with password will issue MFA through a phone call or authentication app. OKTA ‘Breach’ #2: SMS MFA Theft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points. According to the advisory, the threat actors have exploited Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Theft of valid accounts is often combined with remote corporate services like VPNs or other access mechanisms. A mainstay of business-centric attacks, everything from spear phishing to CEO fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) lies in wait for unwary admins. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is not enforced. Valid accounts.

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