Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cybersecurity threat intelligence firm Intel 471 describes U-Admin as an information stealing framework that uses several plug-ins in one location to help users pilfer victim credentials more efficiently. Perhaps the biggest selling point for U-Admin is a module that helps phishers intercept multi-factor authentication codes.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 31, 2024

More than a million domain names — including many registered by Fortune 100 firms and brand protection companies — are vulnerable to takeover by cybercriminals thanks to authentication weaknesses at a number of large web hosting providers and domain registrars, new research finds. Image: Shutterstock.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This candid view inside the Disneyland Team comes from Alex Holden , founder of the Milwaukee-based cybersecurity consulting firm Hold Security. Holden’s analysts gained access to a Web-based control panel the crime group has been using to keep track of victim credentials (see screenshot above). .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

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. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

. “GSA is working with the appropriate authorities and has already implemented additional fraud prevention controls,” the agency wrote, without elaborating on what those additional controls might be. KrebsOnSecurity did get a substantive response from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , a division of the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 30, 2023

Scavuzzo said the administrator’s account was hijacked even though she had multi-factor authentication turned on. KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a trusted source in the cybersecurity industry who dealt firsthand with one of these attacks and asked to remain anonymous.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Alex Holden is founder of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. Holden’s team gained visibility into discussions among members of two different ransom groups: CLOP (a.k.a.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The post Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all appeared first on NuData Security. The post Escaping the echo chamber: How to make cybersecurity accessible for all appeared first on Security Boulevard. We’ve all experienced digital growing pains in the era of COVID-19.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Which is why the best practice for many cybersecurity enthusiasts has long been to store their seed phrases either in some type of encrypted container — such as a password manager — or else inside an offline, special-purpose hardware encryption device, such as a Trezor or Ledger wallet.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Mandiant (recently acquired by Google ) told Bloomberg that hackers working for the North Korean government have been copying resumes and profiles from leading job listing platforms LinkedIn and Indeed, as part of an elaborate scheme to land jobs at cryptocurrency firms. . of spam and scams.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. Allison Nixon is chief research officer for the New York City-based cybersecurity firm Unit 221B. T-Mobile declined to answer questions about what it may be doing to beef up employee authentication.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

Although he didn’t technically have an account with MSF, their authentication system is based on email addresses, so Jim requested that a password reset link be sent to his email address. That worked, and once inside the account Jim could see more about the loan details: The terms of the unauthorized loan in Jim’s name from MSF.

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