Most Organizations Using Weak Multifactor Authentication

Most organizations are still using weak forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA), a survey by Nok Nok has found. These forms of MFA can be bypassed if an employee falls for a social ...
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Russian Hackers Breached Government Agencies' MFA Using Microsoft Teams: Is Your Business Next?

Microsoft's recent blog post raised eyebrows through the cybersecurity community. State-backed hackers linked to Russia, known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, have executed “highly targeted” ...
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[Eye Opener] HTML Phishing Attacks Surge by 100% in 12 Months

The Cyberwire reported: "Barracuda released a study this morning indicating that HTML attacks have doubled since last year.
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Will AI and Deepfakes Weaken Biometric MFA

You should use phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) when you can to protect valuable data and systems. But most biometrics and MFA are not as strong as touted and much of ...
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A Close Call – PayPal Scam Warning

On Sunday, I received an urgent message from a friend. PayPal had sent him an email saying that a co-worker had sent him money. This was not unexpected, as he was collecting contributions ...
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Is Your Organization’s Password Complexity Requirement Strong Enough? Probably Not

Is your organization’s password complexity strong enough?
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Less Than One-Third of Organizations Leverage Multiple Authentication Factors to Secure Their Environment

Demonstrating a complete lack of focus on the need for additional authentication factors, surprising new data highlights a material security gap that enables cybercrime.
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Interest in Infostealer Malware Within Cyberattacks Spikes as MFA Fatigue Attacks Increase

New analysis of dark web forums shows an increase in discussions around the use of infostealer malware as part of both the first attack within a campaign or as part of an initial access ...
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CISA Phishing Infographic Contains a Lot of Good Information

On December 8th, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a great phishing infographic about data collected, lessons learned and recommendations learned from ...
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MFA Fatigue Attacks

Researchers at Specops Software describe a technique attackers are using to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). In an article for BleepingComputer, the researchers explain that ...
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Cookie-stealing Feature Added by Phishing-as-a-Service Provider To Bypass MFA

The Robin Banks phishing-as-a-service platform now has a feature to bypass multi-factor authentication by stealing login session cookies, according to researchers at IronNet. The phishing ...
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Number Matching Push-Based MFA Is Only Half the Solution

When push-based multifactor authentication (MFA) first came out, I was a big fan. I promoted it as a strong and safe MFA option in my book, Hacking Multifactor Authentication. That was ...
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Phishing Resistant MFA Does Not Mean Un-Phishable

Human societies have a bad habit of taking a specific, limited-in-scope fact and turning it into an overly broad generalization that gets incorrectly believed and perpetuated as if it ...
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Do Not Use Easily Phishable MFA and That Is Most MFA!

Everyone should use multifactor authentication (MFA), where they can, to protect valuable information. Everyone!
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So, Your MFA is Phishable, What To Do Next

We’ve written a lot about multi-factor authentication (MFA) not being the Holy Grail to prevent phishing attacks, including here:
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New Multi-Factor Authentication Prompt “Bombing” Attacks Give Access to Laptops, VPNs, and More

While multi-factor authentication (MFA) significantly reduces an organization’s threat surface by making the stealing of credentials much harder, a new attack takes advantage of phone ...
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Hovering Over Links Will Protect You More Than MFA

Microsoft Security recently released a report which detailed a widely successful phishing attack technique used against over 10,000 of its customers…a phishing attack that worked even if ...
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[On-Demand Webinar] Hacks That Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication and How to Make Your MFA Solution Phishing Resistant

The average person believes using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) makes them significantly less likely to be hacked. That is simply not true! Hackers can bypass 90-95% of MFA solutions ...
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Innovative Way to Bypass MFA Using Microsoft WebView2 Is Familiar Nevertheless

An interesting way to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) was recently announced by Bleeping Computer. This particular attack method requires a potential victim to be tricked into ...
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What About Password Manager Risks?

In KnowBe4’s new Password Policy ebook, What Your Password Policy Should Be, we recommend that all users use a password manager to create and use perfectly random passwords. A perfectly ...
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