Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The vulnerability allow an attacker to hijack any account. I asked for technical detail so I could validated the authenticity of his claim and the info duly arrived. On a surface of it, things looked bad: complete account takeover with a very trivial attack. Full account takeover.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook, Instagram , TikTok , and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. Facebook said it targeted a number of accounts tied to key sellers on OGUsers, as well as those who advertise the ability to broker stolen account sales. THE MIDDLEMEN.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 26, 2024

Authenticator apps provide an extra layer of security. Learn about the best authenticator apps to secure your online accounts and protect your privacy.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 19, 2020

Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. Both are avid gamers on Microsoft’s Xbox platform, and for years their father managed their accounts via his own Microsoft account.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Not only are passwords vulnerable to brute force attacks, but they can also be easily forgotten and reused across multiple accounts. The next big thing is passwordless authentication. First and foremost, most solutions rely on connected devices like mobile phones to authenticate users. They are simply not good enough.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to constantly create large numbers of new throwaway email accounts. The service in question — kopeechka[.]store ” “Are you working on large volumes and are costs constantly growing? The service in question — kopeechka[.]store

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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.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

Researchers in the computer science department at Princeton University say they sampled 259 phone numbers at two major wireless carriers, and found 171 of them were tied to existing accounts at popular websites, potentially allowing those accounts to be hijacked. Or better yet, a physical security key if that’s an option.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 30, 2024

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

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Passwordless Authentication without Secrets! This highlights an increasing demand for advanced authentication methods like passkeys and multi-factor authentication (MFA), which provide robust security for most use cases. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your online accounts wherever feasible. The HaveIBeenPwned project, which collects and analyzes hundreds of database dumps containing information about billions of leaked accounts, has incorporated the data into his service. According to a Jan.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning that cybercriminals are taking over email accounts via stolen session cookies, allowing them to bypass the multi-factor authentication (MFA) a user has set up. Cybercriminals could use your account to spread spam and phishing emails to your contacts.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2021

Happily, identifying and tracking these fake reviewer accounts is often the easiest way to spot scams. Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data. Image: chrome-stats.com.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 30, 2024

If you were trying to download the popular Google Authenticator (a multi-factor authentication program) via a Google search in the past few days, you may have inadvertently installed malware on your computer. Fake site leads to signed payload hosted on Github The fraudulent site chromeweb-authenticators[.]com

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

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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.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ubiquiti , a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. In an email sent to customers today, Ubiquiti Inc.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 16, 2021

Lucky225 showed how anyone could do the same after creating an account at a service called Sakari , a company that helps celebrities and businesses do SMS marketing and mass messaging. From there, the attacker can reset the password of any account which uses that phone number for password reset links.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily. Accounts with commit access can push updates and changes to plugins and themes used by millions of WordPress sites worldwide," the

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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.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. These services are springing up because they work and they’re profitable.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 30, 2024

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

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Rather, we should treat SSN as just another piece of personally identifiable information (PII) like an email address – confidential information but not a sensitive one that unlocks your bank accounts. Governments can create a digital identity at birth to replace SSN in its current use. That identity is tied to specific vendors.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 26, 2022

To do so, they ask you to perform a form of Google authentication in which, to confirm your identity, you need to provide them with a number that will be sent to your phone by either text or voice message. As such, the criminal’s request may seem innocuous, when it is anything but. What if you already were scammed?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2023

The IT world relies on digital authentication credentials, such as API keys, certificates, and tokens, to securely connect applications, services, and infrastructures. It is a program that must coordinate people, tools, and processes, and also account for human error. Errors cannot be prevented, but their effects can be.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

Assuming the user manages not to fat-finger the wrong button on the umpteenth password reset request, the scammers will then call the victim while spoofing Apple support in the caller ID, saying the user’s account is under attack and that Apple support needs to “verify” a one-time code. ” Ken said.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

After logging in, the user might see a prompt that looks something like this: These malicious apps allow attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication, because they are approved by the user after that user has already logged in. “Now, they’re compromising accounts in credible tenants first,” Proofpoint explains.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who had his freeze thawed without authorization through Experian’s website, and it reminded me of how truly broken authentication and security remains in the credit bureau space. Dune Thomas is a software engineer from Sacramento, Calif. and $24.99

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Google's cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security. "We

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Bill said this criminal group averages between five and ten million email authentication attempts daily, and comes away with anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 of working inbox credentials. Because these accounts can all be cleaned out and deposited onto a gift card number that can be resold quickly online for 80 percent of its value.

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