Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. ” “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA [2-factor authentication] or OTP [one-time passwords].

Social Engineering 281

Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Accountability 281

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Most recently, Bushnell helped oversee the company’s partnership with Bitdefender® Total Security with Premium VPN to add award-winning internet security software to the IdentityIQ suite of benefits. For more than two decades, Bushnell has been a technology and product leader in the consumer credit and identity theft protection industry.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Data breaches Consumer Services Marketing 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 7, 2021

The traditional IAM model has been to extend remote employees to access applications to employees from VPN and add multifactor authentication (MFA) to add layers of security to the VPN connection. Originally developed for consumer services, the FIDO2 standard evolved and was adopted by Microsoft for Windows Hello.

Authentication 62

Authentication VPN Passwords Risk 62

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Most recently, Bushnell helped oversee the company’s partnership with Bitdefender® Total Security with Premium VPN to add award-winning internet security software to the IdentityIQ suite of benefits. For more than two decades, Bushnell has been a technology and product leader in the consumer credit and identity theft protection industry.

Identity Theft 52

Identity Theft Data breaches Consumer Services Marketing 52

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. Access sellers. As soon as such a vulnerability is disclosed, they compromise as many affected servers as possible before the defenders have applied the corresponding updates.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 145

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

Energy and Utilities (10%), Finance (10%), Professional and Consumer Services (10%), Transportation (7%), and Healthcare (7%) were also at the top of their list. Make sure commercial VPN solutions and other server-side software are always up to date as exploitation of this type of software is a common infection vector for ransomware.

Ransomware 127

Ransomware Encryption Malware Energy and Utilities 127

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

In certain cases, they used spear-phishing campaigns to install Cobalt Strike RAT, while other attacks involved exploiting a vulnerable internet-facing service (e.g., Citrix ADC/NetScaler or Pulse Secure VPN) or weak RDP credentials to breach the network. Maze primarily targeted businesses and large organizations. Conclusion.

Ransomware 140

Ransomware Mobile Malware Encryption 140