Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Since surfacing in late 2021, LAPSUS$ has gained access to the networks or contractors for some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung. ” My CXO source said LAPSUS$ succeeds because they simply refuse to give up, and just keep trying until someone lets them in.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? In one case, $3.1

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Twilio states that threat actors have identified the phone numbers of users of its two-factor authentication app, Authy, TechCrunch reported. This week the messaging firm told TechCrunch that “threat actors” identified data of Authy users, a two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio, including their phone numbers.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2021

Email spoofing is a common tactic hackers use in phishing and social engineering attacks. How to identify a spoofed email How to prevent email spoofing in 2021 Email spoofing is a constantly evolving threat. Social engineering tactics usually include spear phishing or whaling. How to prevent email spoofing in 2021.

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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

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

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. On that last date, Twilio disclosed that on Aug.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This post has been updated for 2021. Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. At this point, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has permeated most applications, becoming a minimum safeguard against attacks. Rise of multi-factor authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. What authentication methods does the provider support? Train your staff.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

The video game industry is soaring, not in the least thanks to the lockdowns, which forced people to look for new ways to entertain themselves and socialize. billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion in the first half of 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2021

On Tuesday this week, the bug dubbed as CVE-2021-28372 was reported to US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by the researchers of FireEye Mandiant. And CISA is expected to release an emergency alert on this note by this weekend. ThroughTek has issued a fix of 3.1.10

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 23, 2021

Riviera Cybersecurity Webinar held on March 16th, 2021 gave a conclusion that the shipping employees and the companies need to be well prepared as the coming months will be tough on those indulging in various business activities in Maritime Industry.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

For that reason, SIM swapping can be used to get around two-factor authentication (2FA) codes sent by SMS message. SIM swapping can be done in a number of ways, but perhaps the most common involves a social engineering attack on the victim’s carrier.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Well, the stats are even scarier with over 50% increase in ransomware attacks in 2021, compared to 2020. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access your applications and services, especially for admin access to platforms and backend systems. Ransomware? I think you may have heard of it, isn’t the news full of it?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. We may think we know how to recognize a social engineering attack or phishing email, but with the amount of information available to attackers through open platforms and stolen information, they may know far more about us than we realize.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 21, 2021

HHC 2021 will be just as exciting , despite having to make some changes to our or iginal plans. The HHC was created by Chris Hadnagy, the CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. After running several social engineering villages at other conferences, Chris was inspired to create his own conference. Hope to See You At HHC 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) shared the results of their analysis on the evolution of Iran-linked threat actors at the CyberWarCon 2021. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Three men have pleaded guilty to operating OTP.Agency, an online service that allowed crooks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication (MFA). These OTPs, used in multi-factor authentication, allowed criminals to bypass security and access victims’ bank accounts to steal funds. ” reported the popular investigator Brian Krebs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap , that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Most organizations, 72 percent, plan to ditch VPNs , according to Zscaler’s 2021 VPN Risk Report , which found that 67 percent of organizations are considering remote access alternatives. Growing security risks have prompted companies to move away from virtual private networks (VPNs) in favor of a zero-trust model.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

CVE-2021-30883 internally referred to as Clicked2, marked as being exploited in-the-wild by Apple in October 2021. CVE-2021-30983 internally referred to as Clicked3, fixed by Apple in December 2021. A Hermit spyware campaign starts off as a seemingly authentic messaging app users are deceived into downloading.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Jetpack reports that it found an Authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability and a Stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue. Authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability. This one is listed as CVE-2021-24869 and received a CVSS score of 9.6 WP Fastest Cache.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been around for many years now, but few enterprises have fully embraced it. In fact, according to Microsoft’s inaugural “ Cyber Signals ” report, only 22 percent of all its Azure Active Directory (AD) enterprise clients have adopted two-factor authentication (2FA), a form of MFA.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. billion in reported losses. since Q3 of 2007. Business targets.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

While not deeply sensitive, the information could still be used by malicious actors to quickly and easily find new targets based on the criminals’ preferred methods of social engineering. Read more about the April 2021 LinkedIn scrape: Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online.

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SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. “B” is obviously the correct choice, but not all companies succeed in motivating their workers to learn the ins and outs of phishing, social engineering and other cyber threats.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Prior to 2021, supply chain attacks were assumed to exclusively be a tool for sophisticated state-sponsored threat actors only. In July 2021, this assumption was smashed. With users and the systems they access outside of the traditional office environment, the question of how to authenticate users has become increasingly important.

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SecureList

AUGUST 17, 2022

Coming back from the COVID hiatus, the conferences were enthusiastically full compared to the 2021 ghost town. Amongst all the village dazzle , DEF CON included a social engineering village, and talks included policy discussion, panels on getting a start in social engineering, and more.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

He added that as of 2021, there was approximately $110 billion of court-ordered restitution outstanding from federal, state, county, and city courts. "91% Email Authentication: A Cloud Email Essential Rarely Done Right. Hacks That Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication and How to Make Your MFA Phishing Resistant.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” LAPSUS$ doesn’t appear to be using overtly sophisticated intrusion methods but instead relying on social engineering and purchased accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

This trend is demonstrated in the latest Thales Data Threat Report 2021 ; 55% of the survey respondents reported that more than 40% of their data now resides in a cloud platform. The IBM Cost of Data Breach 2021 report indicates that data breaches have become more expensive by 10% compared to 2020, amounting to $4.24

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

We have come to the realization that the distributed workforce due to the coronavirus will last well into 2021. is an electronic cyberattack that targets a user by email and falsely poses as an authentic entity to bait individuals into providing sensitive data, corporate passwords, clicks on a malicious web link, or execute malware.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Until 31 July 2021, it had received over 16,000 sextortion complaints, with victims losing a combined $8M USD at least. That this simple social engineering tactic works is evident from countless email campaigns over several years, targeting users of both PC and Mac. The pandemic saw a surge in sextortion cases in 2020.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2023

Education was the most targeted industry in 2022, with attacks increasing by 576%, while the retail and wholesale sector dropped by 67% from 2021. Additionally, sophisticated adversary-in-Middle (AiTM) attacks are helping attackers bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA security measures).

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