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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

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. .” The phony booking.com website generated by visiting the link in the text message. SecureWorks said these attacks had been going on since at least March 2023.

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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

Krebs on Security

Several readers pointed out one likely source — the website thispersondoesnotexist.com, which makes using artificial intelligence to create unique headshots a point-and-click exercise. Our community is all about authentic people having meaningful conversations and to always increase the legitimacy and quality of our community.”

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

Krebs on Security

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers figured out that many major companies have uploaded massive amounts of valuable and sensitive customer data to Snowflake servers, all the while protecting those Snowflake accounts with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required).

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

Griffin said a follow-up investigation revealed the attackers had used his Gmail account to gain access to his Coinbase account from a VPN connection in California, providing the multi-factor code from his Google Authenticator app. You may also wish to download Google Authenticator to another mobile device that you control.