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General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack

May 28, 2022 0 Comments buick, cadillac, chevrolet, credential stuffing, general motors, gmc, MFA, my gm rewards, PII, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 13:00:55 +0000

US car producer General Motors says its Rewards platform was the victim of a credential stuffing attack last month.

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College closes down after ransomware attack

May 12, 2022 0 Comments covid-19, department of higher education and higher learning commission, first school to close down due to ransomware, how to protect universities from ransomware, lincoln college, lock and code, lock and code podcast, matt crape, MFA, Ransomware, ransomware security tips

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 10:21:16 +0000

Lincoln College is the first US college or university ransomware affected so badly that it could not cope and had to close shop.

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Google, Apple, and Microsoft step hand in hand into a passwordless future

May 8, 2022 0 Comments Apple, authentication, fido, Google, MFA, Microsoft, passwordless, pin, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 11:51:58 +0000

Three tech giants used World Password Day to announce their commitment to a passwordless future using FIDO Alliance standards.

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Google, Apple, and Microsoft walk hand-in-hand into a passwordless future

May 8, 2022 0 Comments Apple, authentication, fido, Google, MFA, Microsoft, passwordless, pin, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 11:51:58 +0000

Three tech giants used World Password Day to announce their commitment to a passwordless future using FIDO Alliance standards.

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FBI warns food and agriculture to brace for seasonal ransomware attacks

April 28, 2022 0 Comments blackbyte, blackmatter, conti, crystal valley cooperative, fa sector, farmers' co-op, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, five hands, Food and Agriculture, hellokitty, lock and code, lock and code podcast, lockbit, maze cartel, MFA, multi-factor authentication, new cooperative, Podcast, Ransomware, revil, sick codes, Sodinokibi, suncrypt, Vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:48:18 +0000

For the second time, the FBI has warned the food and agriculture sector about the risk of ransomware attacks.

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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

March 16, 2022 0 Comments cafepress, data breach, FTC, MFA, password, plain text, Reports, ssn, unencrypted

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:57:42 +0000

The FTC has taken action against CafePress for the cover up of a data breach. The company is accused of lax security and deceptive practices.

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CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater”

February 25, 2022 0 Comments APT, Awareness, cisa, csa, cybersecurity advisory, earth vetala, FBI, iranian apt, mercury, MFA, muddywater, ncsc, NSA, phishing, seedworm, static kitten, temp.zargos

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:54:27 +0000

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) on MuddyWater, an Iranian APT.

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Microsoft: Slow MFA adoption presents “dangerous mismatch” in security

February 9, 2022 0 Comments 2fa, azure active directory, cyber signal, Google, grzegorz milka, MFA, Microsoft, multi-factor authentication, npm, security world, twitter, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:55:24 +0000

Microsoft says its corporate users are not using MFA, another layer of security that keeps accounts safe. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated problem.

Categories: Security world

Tags: 2fa Azure Active Directory Cyber Signal Google Grzegorz Milka mfa microsoft multi-factor authentication npm twitter two-factor authentication

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Evolved phishing: Device registration trick adds to phishers’ toolbox for victims without MFA

February 2, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, MFA, microsoft 365 defender, Microsoft security intelligence, phishing

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:00:00 +0000

We uncovered a large-scale, multi-phase campaign that adds a novel technique to traditional phishing tactics by joining an attacker-operated device to an organization’s network to further propagate the campaign.

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Explained: the strengths and weaknesses of the Zero Trust model

January 28, 2020 0 Comments byod, Cloud, explained, framework, identity management, insider threats, IoT, lateral threat movement, MFA, perimeter, RDP, Security, security orchestration, strategy, Zero Trust, zero trust model, zero trust security model

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Zero Trust is an information security framework that insists its users “never trust, always verify.” Is this the best security model for organizations today? We examine its strengths and weaknesses.

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Tags: byod cloud framework identity management insider threats IoT lateral threat movement mfa perimeter rdp security security orchestration strategy zero trust zero trust model zero trust security model

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