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Overcoming the roadblocks to passwordless authentication

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Aug

2022

It’s a well-known fact that humans are the weakest link in any security strategy. Verizon’s latest annual data breach report found that over 80% of breaches in the “Basic Web Application Attacks” incident pattern were due to stolen credentials. Not surprisingly, the root causes of most breaches are social engineering, default passwords, or sharing passwords, […]

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Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Bypasses MFA

13

Jul

2022

Microsoft researchers have uncovered a massive phishing campaign that can steal credentials even if a user has multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled and has so far attempted to compromise more than 10,000 organizations. The campaign, which has been active since September 2021, depends upon the use of adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites in the initial attacks to […]

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Identity theft: keeping fraudsters at bay

17

Jun

2022

By now, businesses are well aware of the standard cyber security protocols surrounding passwords, the importance of sharing data securely, and so on. Yet, identity theft and fraud are still prevalent problems for companies across every industry. Identity theft(opens in new tab) is a criminal act whereby an individual or a business’ identity is illegally […]

Category Cyber-crime Identity theft Written by Techradar 0 Comments

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