Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Going beyond the hype, passwordless authentication is now a reality. Cisco Duo’s passwordless authentication is now generally available across all Duo Editions. “ Cisco Duo simplifies the passwordless journey for organizations that want to implement phishing-resistant authentication and adopt a zero trust security strategy.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The post Axiad and Okta Partner to Revolutionize Authentication with Phishing Resistant MFA appeared first on Axiad. The post Axiad and Okta Partner to Revolutionize Authentication with Phishing Resistant MFA appeared first on Security Boulevard. Malicious actors can.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Cybercriminals are exploiting DocuSign’s APIs to send highly authentic-looking fake invoices, while DocuSign’s forums have reported a rise in such fraudulent campaigns in recent months. The post Hackers Exploit DocuSign APIs for Phishing Campaign appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about malicious email campaigns leveraging a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit called Rockstar 2FA with an aim to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials.

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The State of Security

JULY 14, 2022

Microsoft has shared details of a widespread phishing campaign that not only attempted to steal the passwords of targeted organisations, but was also capable of circumventing multi-factor authentication (MFA) defences. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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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. Trustwave researchers are monitoring malicious activity associated with Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, their latest report focuses on a toolkit called Rockstar 2FA.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 30, 2024

Not only does this trick innocent victims into downloading malware or losing their data to phishing sites, it also erodes trust in brands and by association in Google Search itself. This was the case here with this ad for Authenticator: The truth is Larry Marr has nothing to do with Google, and is likely a fake account.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 30, 2023

They'd observed a phishing campaign that had collected 68k credentials from unsuspecting victims and asked if HIBP may be used to help alert these individuals to their exposure. Last week I was contacted by CERT Poland. Data accumulated by the malicious activity spanned from October 2022 until just last week.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Thales and Microsoft partner to provide Azure customers with FIDO and CBA phishing-resistant authentication. The impact and cost of cyber-attacks have skyrocketed, driving the need for better identity protection with phishing-resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Now, Azure AD users can authenticate using X.509

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web. In fact, according to Verizon’s most recent data breach report, approximately 80 percent of all breaches are caused by phishing and stolen credentials.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We identified a new wave of phishing for banking credentials that targets consumers via Microsoft’s search engine. One particularly interesting detail is how a phishing website created barely two weeks ago is already indexed and displayed before the official one. We have reported the fraudulent sites to Microsoft already.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2024

Just a few days earlier, threat researchers at Proofpoint reported a phishing campaign by the well-known threat group TA577 that targets Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication information. The post Protecting Against Attacks on NTLM Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard. The fallout remains unknown.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Roger Grimes on why multifactor authentication isn’t a panacea : The first time I heard of this issue was from a Midwest CEO. His organization had been hit by ransomware to the tune of $10M. Operationally, they were still recovering nearly a year later. And, embarrassingly, it was his most trusted VP who let the attackers in.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 6, 2023

The post Generative AI is Making Phishing Attacks More Sophisticated… But You Can Remove the Bait with Passwordless Authentication appeared first on Axiad. The post Generative AI is Making Phishing Attacks More Sophisticated… But You Can Remove the Bait with Passwordless Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

JULY 11, 2024

Introduction Bulk phishing email campaigns tend to target large audiences. Yet, certain elements of spear phishing recently started to be used in regular mass phishing campaigns. Spear phishing vs. mass phishing Spear phishing is a type of attack that targets a specific individual or small group.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 7, 2024

Last week, Microsoft announced the public preview of external authentication methods (EAM) for Entra ID. As a close partner, HYPR has worked extensively with Microsoft on the new offering and we are excited to be one of the first external authentication method integrations.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “ The Manipulaters ,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. Manipulaters advertisement for “Office 365 Private Page with Antibot” phishing kit sold on the domain heartsender,com.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. And so, when I received the following SMS earlier this week I was expecting a parcel and I was expecting phishing attacks: So. Parcel or phish?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against five individuals accused of orchestrating sophisticated phishing campaigns tied to the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group. As this case shows, phishing and hacking has become increasingly sophisticated and can result in enormous losses.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

Attackers believed to have ties to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are using Microsoft Teams chats as credential theft phishing lures. In the phishing attacks the group leverages previously compromised Microsoft 365 instances, mostly owned by small businesses, to create new domains that look like technical support accounts.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 1, 2024

Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don't meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks. [.]

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) successful implementation of phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) using Fast IDentity Online... The post USDA Pioneers Phishing-Resistant MFA with Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. How can we combine the best of two worlds in a single phishing-resistant MFA solution?

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 25, 2024

Cybercriminals have been increasingly using a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named 'Tycoon 2FA' to target Microsoft 365 and Gmail accounts and bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) protection. [.]

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com. The INTERPOL statement says the platform sold hacking tools to compromise more than 70,000 users in 43 countries.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Secure Your World with Phishing Resistant Passkeys madhav Thu, 10/10/2024 - 05:12 As we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024 with the theme "Secure Our World," exploring innovative technologies is crucial to help us achieve this goal. One such advancement that's revolutionizing online security and user authentication is passkeys.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Microsoft added certificate-based authentication (CBA) to the Azure Active Directory to help organizations enable phishing-resistant MFA that complies with US federal requirements. The change paves the way for enterprises to migrate their Active Directory implementations to the cloud.

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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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Penetration Testing

MAY 10, 2024

The cybersecurity landscape faces a growing threat as Tycoon 2FA, a sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, continues to evolve and evade detection.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The FBI is warning businesses about a new series of cyberattacks that can circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.”

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2022

The massive phishing campaign does not exploit a vulnerability in MFA. Instead, it spoofs an Office 365 authentication page to steal credentials.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Once delivered, a phish typically wants to invoke emotion and prey on our natural desires to act and help fix a problem, such as “you have to do X, or else X will happen”. Phishing requires you to act with a specific set of instructions Don’t engage and trust nothing. Look beyond the email sender and website URLs used.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

Resecurity uncovered a cybercriminal group that is providing a sophisticated phishing kit, named V3B, to target banking customers in the EU. “Currently, it is estimated that hundreds of cybercriminals are using this kit to commit fraud, leaving victims with empty bank accounts.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin , a software package used to administer what’s being called “one of the world’s largest phishing services.” The U-Admin phishing panel interface. Image: fr3d.hk/blog. ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. Lillian knew that a shift in authentication couldn't wait. FIDO is an overarching framework for secure and passwordless authentication.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Experts reported that since April, the Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to spread LockBit Black ransomware. Password Management : Use strong, unique passwords and implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible, prioritizing authentication apps or hardware tokens over SMS text-based codes.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Phishing for 2FA codes is the latest in specialized bots that make it easier and quicker for fraudsters to fool their targets into providing their authentication codes or OTPs. The post Bots Are Now Robocalling to Phish For Your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Codes appeared first on Radware Blog.

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