Tag: mfa
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Ransowmare: Akira umgeht MFA von SonicwallKonten
Die Cybererpresser melden sich erfolgreich bei vollständig gepatchten SSL-VPN-Firewalls an. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/ransowmare-akira-umgeht-mfa-von-sonicwall-vpn-konten-2509-200593.html
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Akira ransomware breaching MFA-protected SonicWall VPN accounts
Ongoing Akira ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall SSL VPN devices continue to evolve, with the threat actors found to be successfully authenticating despite OTP MFA being enabled on accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/akira-ransomware-breaching-mfa-protected-sonicwall-vpn-accounts/
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Meet LockBit 5.0: Faster ESXi drive encryption, better at evading detection
the Windows binary uses heavy obfuscation and packing: it loads its payload through DLL reflection while implementing anti-analysis techniques like Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) patching and terminating security services;the Linux variant maintains similar functionality with command-line options for targeting specific directories and file types;the ESXi variant specifically targets VMware virtualization environments, and is designed…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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How to Enable MFA Before RDP and SSH Sessions
Remote access is essential for modern enterprises. IT administrators, DevOps teams, and vendors need to connect to critical infrastructure using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) or Secure Shell (SSH). But many organizations still allow these sessions without enforcing a critical security… Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/how-to-enable-mfa-before-rdp-and-ssh-sessions/
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Hacker umgehen immer häufiger MFA
Der Sicherheitsanbieter Ontinue hat seinen Threat Intelligence Report für die erste Hälfte des Jahres 2025 veröffentlicht. Die Analyse zeigt: Cyberkriminelle nutzen Schwachstellen heute schneller und professioneller aus als je zuvor. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/hacker-umgehen-haeufiger-mfa
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Hacker umgehen immer häufiger MFA
Der Sicherheitsanbieter Ontinue hat seinen Threat Intelligence Report für die erste Hälfte des Jahres 2025 veröffentlicht. Die Analyse zeigt: Cyberkriminelle nutzen Schwachstellen heute schneller und professioneller aus als je zuvor. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/hacker-umgehen-haeufiger-mfa
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GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security
GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options “in the near future” in response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the npm ecosystem, including the Shai-Hulud attack.This includes steps to address threats posed by token abuse and self-replicating malware by allowing local publishing with required two-factor…
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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The Future of Multi-Factor Authentication in an AI-Driven Content Marketing Agency
Discover how multi-factor authentication shapes the future of AI-driven content marketing agencies with advanced security and frictionless protection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/the-future-of-multi-factor-authentication-in-an-ai-driven-content-marketing-agency/
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Why Human IAM Strategies Fail for Machines
5 min readThe core problem is that human IAM was never built for machine scale or behavior… The amount of non-human identities continues growing”, 10 to 1 will turn into 45 to 1, then 100 to 1, then 200 to 1. Nothing stops this growth. Unlike people, machines can’t use MFA or log in with…
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New Wave of Self-Replicating NPM Malware Exposes Critical Gaps in Software Supply Chain Security
The Shai-Hulud NPM worm highlights rising open-source supply chain threats. Secure builds with SBOMs, MFA, signed packages, and zero-trust defenses. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/new-wave-of-self-replicating-npm-malware-exposes-critical-gaps-in-software-supply-chain-security/
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Microsoft schaltet gefährliches Phishing-Netzwerk ab
Über die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 sollen mehr als 5.000 Microsoft-Accounts in 94 Ländern kompromittiert worden sein.Die Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) von Microsoft hat die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 lahmgelegt. Wie das Unternehmen aus Redmond berichtet, wurden dabei 338 Webseiten beschlagnahmt, um die Infrastruktur zu zerstören.Das von Microsoft als Storm-2246 verfolgte kriminelle Netzwerk hinter der Plattform hat sich auf…
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Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups
Tags: attack, authentication, backup, breach, cloud, computer, computing, credentials, data, defense, encryption, firewall, Hardware, login, mfa, password, phishing, software, technology, threatWhat are brute force attacks?: Brute force attacks use trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys. They’ve been around since the beginning of the computer age, yet are still effective. Why? In part because people still use easily guessable passwords like ‘1234’, or their company’s name, or default passwords left on…
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Warning: Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups
Tags: attack, authentication, backup, breach, cloud, computer, computing, credentials, data, defense, encryption, firewall, Hardware, login, mfa, password, phishing, software, technology, threatWhat are brute force attacks?: Brute force attacks use trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys. They’ve been around since the beginning of the computer age, yet are still effective. Why? In part because people still use easily guessable passwords like ‘1234’, or their company’s name, or default passwords left on…
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Warning: Hackers have inserted credential-stealing code into some npm libraries
Tags: api, attack, authentication, ciso, cloud, credentials, github, google, hacker, Hardware, incident response, malware, mfa, monitoring, open-source, phishing, sans, software, supply-chain, threatMore than 40 packages affected: One of the researchers who found and flagged the hack Monday was French developer François Best, and it was also described in blogs from StepSecurity, Socket, ReversingLabs and Ox Security. These blogs contain a full list of compromised packages and indicators of compromise.Researchers at Israel-based Ox Security said there was a…
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Ransomwareangriff: Mitarbeiter hatte Recovery Codes auf dem Desktop gespeichert
Ein Mitarbeiter eines Unternehmens war bei der Einrichtung seiner MFA nachlässig. Die Folge: Hacker konnten sich unbemerkt im Netzwerk austoben. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/ransomwareangriff-mitarbeiter-hatte-recovery-codes-auf-dem-desktop-gespeichert-2509-200126.html
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New ransomware Yurei adopts open-source tools for double-extortion campaigns
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, control, data, edr, extortion, flaw, intelligence, Internet, mfa, network, open-source, phishing, powershell, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, switch, threat, tool, windowsBigger risks beyond downtime: The double-extortion ransomware appears to be an early version, as it has loopholes. Ransomware often targets and deletes shadow copies to block victims from using Windows’ built-in recovery options. But Yurei did not delete the shadow copies, which, if enabled, can allow the victim to restore their files to a previous…
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VoidProxy PhaaS Targets Microsoft 365 and Google Accounts in New Campaign
Phishing-as-a-Service operation called VoidProxy that uses advanced adversary-in-the-middle techniques to bypass traditional multi-factor authentication and steal session tokens from Microsoft 365 and Google accounts. The five steps of a SIM-swap attack illustrating how fraudsters bypass multi-factor authentication to compromise accounts Okta has uncovered a sophisticated new emergence of VoidProxy, a highly evasive Phishing-as-a-Service platform that…
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New VoidProxy Phishing Service Bypasses MFA on Microsoft and Google Accounts
Okta Threat Intelligence exposes VoidProxy, a new PhaaS platform. Learn how this advanced service uses the Adversary-in-the-Middle technique… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/voidproxy-phishing-service-bypasses-mfa-microsoft-google/
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Researchers warn VoidProxy phishing platform can bypass MFA
The service has been targeting Microsoft and Google accounts for months, opening the door to possible BEC attacks and data exfiltration. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/researchers-voidproxy-phishing-bypass-mfa/760017/
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Ransomware gang going after improperly patched SonicWall firewalls
Tags: authentication, awareness, data-breach, defense, firewall, Internet, mfa, phishing, ransomware, updatepatch all internet-exposed systems as soon as fixes are released;enable phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication for all users;monitor the internet for leaked credentials;run a regular phishing security awareness campaign for employees.CISOs can also refer to the IST’s Blueprint for Ransomware Defense for more tips. First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4056080/ransomware-gang-going-after-improperly-patched-sonicwall-firewalls.html
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Microsoft under fire: Senator demands FTC investigation into ‘arsonist selling firefighting services’
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cio, ciso, computer, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, email, encryption, finance, government, hacker, mfa, microsoft, network, password, ransomware, service, software, technology, threat, updateThe technical reality behind the failures: Security experts have long criticized Microsoft’s reliance on outdated encryption standards. “RC4 should have been retired long ago, yet it still lurks in Active Directory and continues to enable attacks like Kerberoasting,” Gogia noted.Microsoft’s justification centered on backward compatibility concerns. “Microsoft’s line has been that switching it off overnight…
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How npm Security Collapsed Thanks To a 2FA Exploit
Billions (No, that’s not a typo, Billions with a capital B) of files were potentially compromised. If you thought Node Package Manager (npm), the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js’s default package manager, had finally stopped having serious security problems, you thought wrong. This time, a two-factor authentication (2FA) phishing attack left developers frustrated, angry, and in..…
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Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks
Patch, turn on MFA, and restrict access to trusted networks”¦or else First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/akira_ransomware_abusing_sonicwall/