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Phishing-Resistant MFA: Why FIDO is Essential

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Todays threat actors use AI to craft compelling phishing campaigns and advanced social engineering tactics to slip past MFA, resulting in credential theft and account takeovers. Device-bound passkeys: For high-risk scenarios, guarantee that authentication occurs only on the specific device where the passkey was originally generated.

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Who is Hero?

Security Boulevard

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Intro to Phishing: How Dangerous Is Phishing in 2023?

Duo's Security Blog

Totaling up to billions of Australian Dollars at risk each year from hackers and various online scams, it's crucial that organisations (and individuals!) Accounting for nearly a quarter of reported incidents in Australia, phishing is a broad category of social engineering with several variations. What is phishing?

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Identity-Based Breaches: Navigating the Aftermath

Duo's Security Blog

As organizations continue to rely on digital identities for access control and authentication, the risk of identity compromise grows. They can pose significant risks to its operations, reputation, and stakeholders. This precaution helps mitigate the risk of undetected compromised accounts and enhances overall security.

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Watching the Watchmen: Securing Identity Administrators

Duo's Security Blog

In this blog, we will explore the importance of securing identity admins, highlight the risks of poorly managed admin accounts and provide best practices to mitigate these risks. The risks of poorly managed administrator accounts Poorly managed identity administrator accounts can lead to significant security risks.

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Why Cybersecurity Strategy Must Start With Identity

Duo's Security Blog

However, attackers have become adept at finding the gaps where MFA is not required or subverting MFA altogether through technical mechanisms like adversary-in-the-middle or even just particularly nuanced social engineering. Addressing these posture gaps is crucial for strengthening defenses and reducing the risk of breaches.

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New Duo E-Book, Attack Vectors Decoded: Securing Organizations Against Identity-Based Threats

Duo's Security Blog

They can take advantage of the less secure methods of authentication, like one-time passcodes, and socially engineer a user to hand over codes or intercept them before they reach the end user. Some of the solutions are easy policy changes that organizations can turn on immediately, like Duo’s Risk-Based Authentication (RBA).