Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. iMessage is getting it : The feature is called Contact Key Verification, and it does just what its name says: it lets you add a manual verification step in an iMessage conversation to confirm that the other person is who their device says they are.

Authentication 336

Authentication Encryption Accountability 336

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Examples included: Azure Active Directory API Keys GitHub OAuth App Keys Database credentials for providers such as MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL Dropbox Key Auth0 Keys SSH Credentials Coinbase Credentials Twilio Master Credentials.

Authentication 338

Authentication Cryptocurrency Accountability Software 338

Krebs on Security

JULY 26, 2024

Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder at third-party services that allow logins through Google’s “Sign in with Google” feature.

Accountability 318

Accountability Authentication Cryptocurrency Web Fraud 318

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Booking.com said it now requires 2FA , which forces partners to provide a one-time passcode from a mobile authentication app (Pulse) in addition to a username and password. Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA.

Phishing 261

Phishing Accountability Artificial Intelligence Cybercrime 261

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. The phishers also abused legitimate Google services to send Tony an email from google.com, and to send a Google account recovery prompt to all of his signed-in devices.

Phishing 335

Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability Social Engineering 335

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Fortifications, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and password managers, proved to be mere speed bumps. Our brains just won’t do it.”. Coming advances.

Authentication 342

Authentication Passwords Banking Digital transformation 342

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

Hacking 278

Hacking Accountability Government Social Engineering 278

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Hackers are acutely aware that basic corporate account credentials present a significant vulnerability, increasing the stakes for SMBs in particular. The post Securing SMBs in a Cloud-Driven World: Best Practices for Cost-Effective Digital Hygiene Through Verified Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Authentication 124

Authentication Accountability Cybersecurity 124

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2025

The attackers, identified as TGR-UNK-0011, or JavaGhost, leverage exposed AWS credentials to gain access to cloud accounts and use legitimate services like Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and WorkMail to distribute phishing messages. Setting up SES and WorkMail accounts to send phishing emails that appear legitimate.

Phishing 94

Phishing Accountability Authentication Risk 94

NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 8, 2025

More from TrendMicro While we wont be going into model poisoning or AI jailbreaks in this post, we will cover a method to abuse excessive Storage Account permissions to get code execution in notebooks that run in the AML service. The supporting Storage Account is named after the AML workspace name (netspitest) and a 9-digit number.

Accountability 96

Accountability Authentication Identity Theft Social Engineering 96

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 13, 2025

They then compromised the legitimate accounts of paying customers. The resulting requests were designed to mimic legitimate Azure OpenAPI Service API requests and used compromised API keys to authenticate them. They combined those two things to create a fee-based platform people could use. Slashdot thread.

Hacking 278

Hacking Authentication Accountability 278

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

.” But in June 2024 testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, it emerged that the intruders had stolen or purchased credentials for a Citrix portal used for remote access, and that no multi-factor authentication was required for that account. Last month, Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Healthcare 294

Healthcare Insurance Computers and Electronics Data breaches 294

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those accounts state that the intruders assaulted Tylerb’s mother in the home invasion, and that they threatened to burn him with a blowtorch if he didn’t give up the keys to his cryptocurrency wallets.

Identity Theft 252

Identity Theft Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability 252

Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2025

The lawsuit claims that this gave Bathula login credentials for the victims’ personal accounts and systems, including bank accounts, emails, home surveillance systems, Dropbox accounts, Google Drives, dating applications, Google Nests, and iCloud accounts. Use multi-factor authentication. Protect your webcam.

Accountability 97

Accountability Spyware Passwords Password Management 97

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Meanwhile, only partially redacted names of CIA employees were sent over an unclassified email account. Third, and most critically, is the issue of system control: These operators can alter core systems and authentication mechanisms while disabling the very tools designed to detect such changes.

Government 363

Government Artificial Intelligence Banking Software 363

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Now, a cybercriminal using the monicker Jurak, leaked sensitive information related to roughly 12 million accounts, which allegedly stems from a breach that happened last year. Protecting yourself after a data breach Losing data related to a financial account can have severe consequences. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

Accountability 89

Accountability Data breaches Passwords Phishing 89

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2025

He may even have been able to passively receive Microsoft Windows authentication credentials from employee computers at affected companies. Caturegli said while he does have an account on Bugcrowd, he has never submitted anything through the Bugcrowd program, and that he reported this issue directly to MasterCard. ” from Moscow.

DNS 361

DNS Internet Internet Risk 361

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 25, 2022

Here’s a phishing campaign that uses a man-in-the-middle attack to defeat multi-factor authentication: Microsoft observed a campaign that inserted an attacker-controlled proxy site between the account users and the work server they attempted to log into.

Phishing 357

Phishing Authentication Passwords Accountability 357

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Of those malicious apps, 5,200 could subvert one of the strongest security practices available today, called multifactor authentication, by prying into basic text messages sent to a device. With vigilance, safe behavior, and some extra support, you can avoid Android phishing apps and protect your accounts from cybercriminals.

Phishing 132

Phishing Passwords Mobile Authentication 132

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

Criminals ripping off other crooks is a constant theme in the cybercrime underworld; Accountz Club’s slogan — “the best autoshop for your favorite shops’ accounts” — just normalizes this activity by making logins stolen from users of various cybercrime shops for sale at a fraction of their account balances.

Hacking 343

Hacking Cybercrime Passwords Authentication 343

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2023

No passcode fallback is available in the event that the user is unable to complete Face ID or Touch ID authentication. For especially sensitive actions, including changing the password of the Apple ID account associated with the iPhone, the feature adds a security delay on top of biometric authentication.

Authentication 344

Authentication Passwords Accountability 344

Daniel Miessler

MARCH 10, 2022

People are starting to get the fact that texts (SMS) are a weak form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). It might have been a text, or it could have been something “strong”, like a mobile authenticator app like Google Authenticator or Authy. It completely changes how authentication is done.

Authentication 364

Authentication Phishing Passwords Accountability 364

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Bot operators and scalpers have refined their tactics, leveraging fake account creation as a primary tool to bypass purchase limits. By deploying bots at scale, they quickly create multiple accounts to snatch up inventory, preventing genuine customers from securing these high-demand products.

Accountability 59

Accountability Retail Authentication Risk 59

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The attackers employ a phishing technique called device code phishing, which tricks users into logging into productivity apps while capturing login tokens that can be used to take over compromised accounts. ” Device code phishing attacks exploit authentication flows to steal tokens, granting attackers access to accounts and data.

Phishing 112

Phishing Authentication Telecommunications Accountability 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

This week, Sophos researchers warned that ransomware operators are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication to create rogue accounts and deploy malware. Attackers accessed targets via VPN gateways lacking multifactor authentication, some of which ran outdated software. concludes Sophos.

Backups 129

Backups VPN Ransomware Authentication 129

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a different email address. So once again I sought to re-register as myself at Experian.

Accountability 337

Accountability Authentication Passwords Identity Theft 337

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. In a previous disclosure on Nov. In a previous disclosure on Nov.

Authentication 294

Authentication Accountability Passwords Antivirus 294

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many companies had uploaded sensitive customer records to accounts at the cloud data storage service Snowflake that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).

Hacking 239

Hacking Government Identity Theft Accountability 239

Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2025

Last year a burger restaurant sent customers into a spin after sending them a fake order confirmation email, which led to customers fearing that their accounts had been hacked. Use a different password for every account. If you get your username and password stolen on one account you dont want scammers to be able to use it on another.

Scams 142

Scams Passwords Accountability Password Management 142

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

“Those payments would instead be redirected to a financial account the perpetrators controlled, resulting in significant losses to victims,” the DOJ wrote. “These tools were also used to acquire victim user credentials and utilize those credentials to further these fraudulent schemes.

Phishing 252

Phishing Cybercrime Advertising Malware 252

Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

Accountability 336

Accountability Passwords Authentication Password Management 336

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

CVE-2024-51567 – is an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in CyberPanel (prior to patch 5b08cd6) that allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands through /dataBases/upgrademysqlstatus by manipulating the statusfile property with shell metacharacters, bypassing secMiddleware.

Firewall 124

Firewall Authentication Accountability Risk 124

Tech Republic Security

JULY 30, 2024

Hackers managed to compromise “a few thousand” Google Workspace accounts by circumventing the verification process.

Authentication 191

Authentication Accountability 191

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Phishing tool Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 credentials, it uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks to bypass multi-factor authentication. Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 accounts and bypasses multi-factor authentication with adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. ” concludes the report.

Phishing 111

Phishing Accountability Authentication Advertising 111

Hacker's King

DECEMBER 26, 2024

If your account falls into the wrong hands, it can lead to the loss of personal memories, private messages, or even a damaged online reputation. While hacking attempts continue to evolve, so do the strategies to secure your account. What to Watch For: Sudden changes in account settings, such as linked emails or phone numbers.

Accountability 52

Accountability Hacking Social Engineering Passwords 52

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Transcript Cookie theft is a cyberattack where hackers exploit session data stored in cookies, like login credentials, to gain unauthorized access to your accounts. They could even conceal dangerous malware in photos or links on secure websites you visit, and a single click can activate the code, even overcoming multifactor authentication.

Identity Theft 109

Identity Theft Passwords Phishing Accountability 109

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

Those who fall for the scam are asked to provide payment card data, and eventually will be asked to supply a one-time password sent via SMS or a mobile authentication app. A notice from MassDOT cautions that “the targeted phone numbers seem to be chosen at random and are not uniquely associated with an account or usage of toll roads.”

Phishing 298

Phishing Scams Mobile Passwords 298