Multifactor Authentication
Why Gen Z is Ditching Smartphones for Dumbphones
Tom Eston | | cloud storage, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Detox, Digital Minimalism, Digital Ownership, Digital Privacy, Doom Scrolling, Dumb Phones, Episodes, Gen Z, Information Security, Infosec, Mental Health, mobile devices, Multifactor Authentication, Nostalgia, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Retro Technology, Screen Time, security, smartphones, social media, Tech Burnout, technology, Technology Trade-offs, Weekly Edition
Younger generations are increasingly ditching smartphones in favor of “dumbphones”—simpler devices with fewer apps, fewer distractions, and less tracking. But what happens when you step away from a device that now functions ...
‘Aggressive’ Akira Ransomware Blitz Clubs SonicWall 2FA to DEATH
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor, 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA/MFA, Akira, Akira ransomware, CVE-2024-40766, hacking two factor, MFA, MFA hacks, mfa login, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, multifactorauthentication, OTP, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, SonicWall, SonicWall VPN, ssl vpn, two factor authentication, two-factor, two-factor athentication, two-factor-authentication.2fa
Strange factors: Yet another security problem plaguing SonicWall customers ...
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Reveal Security Unveils Preemptive Approach to Securing Applications and Cloud Services
Reveal Security this week unfurled a platform designed to enable cybersecurity teams to preemptively manage access to multiple applications and cloud infrastructure resources both before and after end users have logged in ...
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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 01/17/25
David Lindner, Director, Application Security | | Application Detection and Response (ADR), CFO, CISO, CISO Insights, Cybersecurity ROI, Data breach, encryption, healthcare cybersecurity, HIPAA, HIPAA Amendments, MFA, Multifactor Authentication, Threat Intelligence
Insight No. 1: HIPAA amendments: More bureaucratic BS? Most media reports are hyping proposed HIPAA amendments, claiming they'll magically close security gaps. Yeah, right. Like forcing already overwhelmed healthcare providers to jump ...
Best of 2024: AT&T Says 110M Customers’ Data Leaked — Yep, it’s Snowflake Again
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, ATT, Cloud MFA, Data leak, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, MFA, mult-factor authentication, multi-factor authenication, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, NYSE:SNOW, NYSE:T, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, ShinyHunters, snowflake, threats, two factor authentication, UNC5537
Should’ve used MFA: $T loses yet more customer data—this time, from almost all of them ...
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100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, ALPHV, ALPHV ransomware, Blackcat, BlackCat ransomware, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, Change Healthcare, HIPAA, hipaa laws, hipaa rule, MFA, multi-factor authenication, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), multi-factor-auth, Multifactor Authentication, multifactorauthentication, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, Steven Martin, two-factor-authentication.2fa, UHG, UnitedHealth
Not cute: $UNH’s Change Healthcare unit paid a big ransom—its IT was as weak as a kitten ...
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AT&T Says 110M Customers’ Data Leaked — Yep, it’s Snowflake Again
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, ATT, Cloud MFA, Data leak, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, MFA, mult-factor authentication, multi-factor authenication, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, NYSE:SNOW, NYSE:T, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, ShinyHunters, snowflake, threats, two factor authentication, UNC5537
Should’ve used MFA: $T loses yet more customer data—this time, from almost all of them ...
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Ticketmaster is Tip of Iceberg: 165+ Snowflake Customers Hacked
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, Advance Auto Parts, Brad Jones, Breach Forums, BreachForums, Buying event tickets online and cybersecurity, Cloud MFA, Data leak, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, Event ticketing industry, infostealer, infostealers, LendingTree, Mandiant, Mandiant report, MFA, mult-factor authentication, multi-factor authenication, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, NYSE:SNOW, Privacy, QuoteWizard, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, ShinyHunters, snowflake, Taylor Swift, threats, Ticketmaster, two factor authentication, UNC5537
Not our fault, says CISO: “UNC5537” breached at least 165 Snowflake instances, including Ticketmaster, LendingTree and, allegedly, Advance Auto Parts ...
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SIM Swappers Try Bribing T-Mobile and Verizon Staff $300
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, bypass 2FA, Industry Insider, Insider, Insider attack, Insider Attacks, insider breach, Insider Fraud, insider risk, malicious social engineering, MFA, MFA hacks, mfa login, MFA Methods, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, sms scam, SMS scams, SMS Spam, SMS Spamming, social engineeering, T-Mobile, t-mobile breach, t-mobile data breach, T-Mobile hack, two factor authentication, two-factor-authentication.2fa, verizon, verizon data breach, Verizon Wireless
Not OK: SMS 2FA — Widespread spam targets carrier employees, as scrotes try harder to evade two-factor authentication ...
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Jason’s Deli Restaurant Chain Hit by a Credential Stuffing Attack
Jeffrey Burt | | credential stuffing attack, Multifactor Authentication, password reuse, passwordless
The personal information of more than 340,000 customers of popular restaurant chain Jason’s Deli may have been victims of a credential stuffing attack, a scheme in which the hacker uses stolen or ...
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