Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Threat actors have dramatically escalated their attacks – targeting security controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA), conducting wily social engineering attacks and extorting businesses large and small with ransomware. For strategic guidance and access to hands-on labs, register for one of our free Zero Trust Workshops.

Authentication 122

Authentication Risk Social Engineering InfoSec 122

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

They'd left a MongoDB instance exposed to the public without a password and someone had snagged all their data. Or maybe he's done this enough times now (which subsequent replies to this thread with his previous attempts suggest) that he's learned enough social engineering to know not to go too hard on the first approach.

Scams 69

Scams Data breaches InfoSec Social Engineering 69

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Fortunately, there are those in the InfoSec world, who are actively looking at the subject and speaking out at conferences, such as Black Hat. Vamosi: That talk focused on the fact that there are InfoSec hackers openly working to address this problem. Black Mirror brainstorms, a workshop in which you create Black Mirror episodes.

Technology 52

Technology Software Surveillance Media 52