Buh-bye, original way of tweeting. Twitter said it’s to keep our accounts safe, referring to unspecified SMS-enabled vulnerabilities.
Tag Archives: MFA
Watch out for Office 365 and G Suite scams, FBI warns businesses
The FBI has warned users of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite hosted email about Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams.
99% of compromised Microsoft enterprise accounts lack MFA
Cybercriminals compromise over a million Microsoft enterprise accounts each month as too few customers use multi-factor authentication.
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.
Most Americans don’t have a clue what https:// means
…and wouldn’t know 2FA from a hole in the ground, according to Pew Research.
Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns
Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.
Twitter slaps back SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.
Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher
Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.
Online shops fear 2FA at checkout will increase abandoned carts
A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) wholeheartedly.