Tag: mfa
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Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026
With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged access management, and the extent of multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage are First seen on thehackernews.com…
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PayPal launches latest struggle to get rid of SMS for MFA
Tags: authentication, ceo, ciso, communications, compliance, cybersecurity, email, finance, fraud, government, group, login, mfa, mobile, nfc, passkey, password, phishing, risk, service, strategy, switch, updateMuddled effort, mixed messages Flavio Villanustre, CISO for the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group, says he’s “always found it odd” that PayPal still supports SMS as its primary secondary authentication factor.”Everyone in financial services and government has abandoned it for not being sufficiently secure and are moving to even phishing-resistant authentication, such as passkeys, Yubikeys,” he…
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10 Passwordless-Optionen für Unternehmen
Um Passwörter hinter sich zu lassen, gibt es bessere Lösungen. Wir zeigen Ihnen zehn. Passwörter sind seit Jahrzehnten der Authentifizierungsstandard für Computersysteme, obwohl sie sich immer wieder aufs Neue als anfällig für diverse Cyberangriffsformen erwiesen haben und kompromittierte Benutzerkonten auf regelmäßiger Basis zum Einfallstor für kriminelle Hacker werden. Ein Mittel für CISOs, um diesem Problem…
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BestClass ‘Starkiller’ Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA
A user-friendly PhaaS tool beats standard methods for detecting phishing attacks by live-proxying legitimate login sites. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/starkiller-phishing-kit-mfa
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better-auth Flaw Allows Unauthenticated API Key Creation
A better-auth flaw lets attackers create API keys for arbitrary users, risking account takeover and MFA bypass. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/better-auth-flaw-allows-unauthenticated-api-key-creation/
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Starkiller: New ‘Commercial-Grade’ Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA
A new cybercriminal toolkit uses proxies to mimic popular online services and represents a “significant escalation in phishing infrastructure,” warn researchers at Abnormal First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/starkiller-phishing-kit-bypasses/
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Starkiller: New ‘Commercial-Grade’ Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA
A new cybercriminal toolkit uses proxies to mimic popular online services and represents a “significant escalation in phishing infrastructure,” warn researchers at Abnormal First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/starkiller-phishing-kit-bypasses/
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Shadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud AI Stack
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, data, encryption, framework, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, iot, jobs, login, mfa, password, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, toolShadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud & AI Stack madhav Thu, 02/19/2026 – 06:30 The machines we don’t see are the ones running our businesses. Unfortunately, most IAM systems do not track them. In an ironic twist, the ghost in the machine has become the machine itself: invisible, autonomous, and increasingly beyond human…
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Malicious Chrome Extension Exposes Facebook Business Manager Accounts to 2FA and Analytics Theft
A malicious Google Chrome extension, CL Suite by @CLMasters, which masquerades as a productivity tool for Meta Business Suite while silently stealing sensitive authentication data. Although the extension markets itself as a solution to >>remove verification popups<>generate 2FA codes,<< its actual function is to exfiltrate Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) seeds, one-time codes, and detailed business […] The…
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Was CISOs über OpenClaw wissen sollten
Tags: ai, api, authentication, browser, bug, chrome, ciso, cloud, crypto, cyberattack, ddos, DSGVO, firewall, gartner, github, intelligence, Internet, jobs, linkedin, LLM, malware, marketplace, mfa, open-source, risk, security-incident, skills, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLesen Sie, welches Sicherheitsrisiko die Verwendung von OpenClaw in Unternehmen mit sich bringt.Das neue Tool zur Orchestrierung persönlicher KI-Agenten namens OpenClaw früher Clawdbot, dann Moltbot genannt erfreut sich aktuell großer Beliebtheit. Die Open-Source-Software kann eigenständig und geräteübergreifend arbeiten, mit Online-Diensten interagieren und Workflows auslösen kein Wunder, dass das Github-Repo in den vergangenen Wochen Millionen von…
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Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Business Data, Emails, and Browsing History
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Google Chrome extension that’s designed to steal data associated with Meta Business Suite and Facebook Business Manager.The extension, named CL Suite by @CLMasters (ID: jkphinfhmfkckkcnifhjiplhfoiefffl), is marketed as a way to scrape Meta Business Suite data, remove verification pop-ups, and generate two-factor authentication (2FA) codes. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Dutch police arrest 21-year-old for alleged involvement in JokerOTP password stealer
The Dordrecht native was detained on Tuesday by police in East Brabant on accusations he distributed a bot called JokerOTP, which is used widely by cybercriminals to intercept the codes delivered by many platforms as part of multi-factor authentication sign-ins. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/dutch-police-arrest-man-over-jokerotp-password-stealer
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What CISOs need to know about the OpenClaw security nightmare
OpenClaw exposes enterprise security gaps: The first big lesson of this whole OpenClaw situation is that enterprises need to do more to get their security fundamentals in place. Because if there are any gaps, anywhere at all, they will now be found and exploited at an unprecedented pace. In the case of OpenClaw, that means…
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How to Prevent Vishing Attacks Targeting Okta and other IDPs
<div cla Vishing as the Front Door to MFA Bypass Threat reporting tied to ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider-linked activity shows voice phishing (vishing) being operationalized as a coordinated access vector against enterprise identity systems. Rather than relying solely on email-based phishing, attackers now call employees directly, impersonating IT support, security teams, or identity administrators. These…
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How to Prevent Vishing Attacks Targeting Okta and other IDPs
<div cla Vishing as the Front Door to MFA Bypass Threat reporting tied to ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider-linked activity shows voice phishing (vishing) being operationalized as a coordinated access vector against enterprise identity systems. Rather than relying solely on email-based phishing, attackers now call employees directly, impersonating IT support, security teams, or identity administrators. These…
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Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-seller-of-jokerotp-mfa-passcode-capturing-tool/
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Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-seller-of-jokerotp-mfa-passcode-capturing-tool/
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In Bypassing MFA, ZeroDayRAT Is ‘Textbook Stalkerware’
With access to SIM, location data, and a preview of recent SMSes, attackers have everything they need for account takeover or targeted social engineering. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/zerodayrat-brings-commercial-spyware-to-mass-market
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Attackers exploit decade”‘old Windows driver flaw to shut down modern EDR defenses
The kill list excluded Huntress: The EDR killer binary used in the Huntress-observed attack packed a 64-bit Windows executable and a custom encoded kernel driver payload, which it decoded into OemHwUpd.sys and installed as a kernel-mode service. Because Windows still honors its cryptographic signature, the attackers were able to load the driver.Once the vulnerable driver…
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Product showcase: 2FAS Auth Free, open-source 2FA for iOS
Online accounts usually rely on a password, but passwords alone can be weak if they’re reused, easily guessed, or stolen. Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a second layer … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/03/product-showcase-2fas-auth-free-open-source-2fa-ios/
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New phishing attack leverages PDFs and Dropbox
Masquerading as a safe document format: But after so many warnings about this over time, why are people still so trusting of PDFs and Dropbox?”Because, historically, they’ve actually been trained to be,” said Avakian. PDFs are routinely used in the business world and have been positioned as a safe, read-only document format for invoices, contracts,…
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ShinyHunters Leads Surge in Vishing Attacks to Steal SaaS Data
Several threat clusters are using vishing in extortion campaigns that include tactics that are consistent with those used by high-profile threat group ShinyHunters. They are stealing SSO and MFA credentials to access companies’ environments and steal data from cloud applications, according to Mandiant researchers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/shinyhunters-leads-surge-in-vishing-attacks-to-steal-saas-data/
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ShinyHunters flip the script on MFA in new data theft attacks
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is supposed to defend against phishing attacks, but threat actors operating under the ShinyHunters banner are using it as a pretext in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/02/shinyhunters-mfa-social-engineering/
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Google Uncovers Major Expansion in ShinyHunters Threat Activity Using New Tactics
Tags: authentication, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, extortion, google, identity, mfa, phishing, service, software, tactics, threatA substantial expansion in cybercrime operations using tactics consistent with ShinyHunters-branded extortion campaigns. These sophisticated operations employ advanced voice phishing (vishing) and victim-branded credential harvesting websites to compromise corporate environments by stealing single sign-on (SSO) credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. While the methodology of targeting identity providers and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms remains consistent with…
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ISMG Editors: Real-Time Vishing Is Breaking MFA
Also: Why AI Agents Are Colliding, What Good Governance Ought to Look Like. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed real-time vishing attacks that are defeating MFA, the growing problem of AI agents making conflicting decisions inside of enterprises and why the next phase of AI adoption depends on governance, accountability and control. First…