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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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Adam Levin

MAY 15, 2019

The hacking group, called “The Community” primarily used social engineering (trickery) and SIM card hijacking to steal funds and cryptocurrency from their victims. Once authenticated, the mobile phone number of the target victim is moved to the criminal’s phone.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday revealed that LAPSUS$ extortion gang gained access to its networks. ” LAPSUS$ leader White/Lapsus Jobs looking up the Department of Defense in T-Mobile’s internal Atlas system.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

March Madness is a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to deploy phishing lures, malicious apps, and social engineering tactics," warns Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of Product Strategy at mobile security firm Zimperium. These can be vehicles for delivering malware, committing fraud, or harvesting valuable data.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

They are scrambling to invent and deliver a fresh portfolio of mobile banking services that appeal to millennials. Related articles: Hackers revamp tactics, target mobile wallets. VASCO long ago established itself as a leading supplier of authentication technology to 2,000 banks worldwide. Today, it’s all about mobile.

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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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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.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Social Engineering: Investigate the human element of cybersecurity by exploring social engineering techniques and tactics used to manipulate individuals.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last week, T-Mobile disclosed that the personally identifiable information (PII) of 37 million of its past and present customers had been breached in an API attack. They also shared that the attack had been going on since November but was only caught January 5 by T-Mobile’s security team. Was the API known to T-Mobile?

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

” The perpetrators focus on social engineering new hires at the targeted company, and impersonate staff at the target company’s IT helpdesk. Consider using a formalized authentication process for employee-to-employee communications made over the public telephone network where a second factor is used to.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a well-known and well-established protection that many organizations rely on. Several common authentication methods include the use of one-time passcodes (OTP). Social Engineering: An attacker logs in with a user’s credentials and the real user gets sent an OTP.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

These smaller institutions, much like the giants, are hustling to expand mobile banking services. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

New research from security firm CloudSEK shows that more than 3,200 mobile applications were leaking Twitter API (Application Program Interface) keys, which can be used to gain access and take over user accounts. Along with OAuth, Twitter API also uses controls such as app-based authentication and user-based authentication.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 15, 2023

New capabilities fix security issues with MFA push notifications Zero Trust security models call for the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to ensure that only authorized users may access protected IT resources. As a new form of social engineering, MFA fatigue raises considerable security concerns.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

The risks to the privacy of Australian customers are at an all-time high, as the nation has reported the highest percentage of mobile threats globally, standing at 26.9%. The average Australian netizen uses web-based mobile apps to browse, entertain, communicate, and shop online. Australian Mobile Cybersecurity in 2022.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to protect your small business from social engineering Microsoft: You're already using the last version of Windows 10 Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission? Google Authenticator WILL get end-to-end encryption. Upcoming webinar: Is EDR or MDR better for your business?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In October, the Cloud identity and access management solutions provider said that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valid users. Many users of the customer support system are Okta administrators.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2022

The post Banking Trojan in Google Play App Store—‘2FA Authenticator’ drops Vultur RAT appeared first on Security Boulevard. An Android app has been found to drop the Vultur remote access Trojan. This “dangerous” and “advanced” banking malware was in the Google Play store. How did that happen?

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. Traditionally, this approach to authentication delivers a unique code to a user's email or phone, which is then inputted following the account password. SMS-based MFA MFA via SMS (i.e., However, MFA via SMS is not without its issues.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing. Mobile security All this makes it harder to exploit a desktop end user, but in a mobile world its very different. These are common misconceptions about mobile devices. What’s the attack? Why is that?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Don’t overlook mobile security. The workforce is increasingly using mobile devices to accomplish business objectives. Yet many businesses still do not fully understand the unique needs required to secure mobile devices. Mobile Threat Defense solutions are designed to protect mobile devices and these unique needs.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Image: Shutterstock.com Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data suggests. Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

As KrebsOnSecurity observed back in 2018 , many people — particularly older folks — proudly declare they avoid using the Web to manage various accounts tied to their personal and financial data — including everything from utilities and mobile phones to retirement benefits and online banking services. YOUR CREDIT FILES.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp. A redacted screen shot of one Sprint customer support thread exposed to the Web.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Such mobile malware, which Malwarebytes detects typically as Android/Trojan.Spy.Facestealer , usually arrives as an app disguised as a useful or entertaining tool. Mobile games falsely promising high-quality 3D graphics. This is a known social engineering tactic to entice users further to try an app.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

As enterprise IT environments have expanded to include mobile and IoT devices and cloud and edge technology, new types of tests have emerged to address new risks, but the same general principles and techniques apply. Additionally, tests can be internal or external and with or without authentication.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here are a couple of tools that can help you reduce your risk for some of Scattered Spider’s techniques: SIM Swaps Remove SMS and telephony authentication methods, limiting users to stronger factors like WebAuthn and Verified Duo Push. Devices you wouldn’t expect (available to Advantage and Premier customers).

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Accounting for nearly a quarter of reported incidents in Australia, phishing is a broad category of social engineering with several variations. These social engineering techniques tricked employees into revealing their login credentials, which allowed attackers to access additional systems and data. What is phishing?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

230 apps were leaking all four 0Auth authentication credentials and could be used to fully take over Twitter accounts to perform critical/sensitive actions. The Twitter API provides direct access to a Twitter account and OAuth tokens are used by the Twitter API for authentication. Twitter API. The vulnerability.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. Do you really need to do it?

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Passwords are a weak point in modern-day secure authentication practices, with Verizon highlighting that almost 50% of breaches start with compromised credentials. Until a fully password-free environment is deployed, accepted, and adopted by all users, less secure methods of authentication will still be relied on.

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