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August 30, 2022

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

This post was originally published on this sitePhishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. In mid-June 2022, a flood of SMS phishing messages began targeting employees at commercial staffing firms that provide […]
October 10, 2023

Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS. Apple last week shipped emergency updates in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 in response to active attacks. The patch fixes CVE-2023-42724, which attackers have been using in targeted attacks to elevate their access on a local device. Apple said it also patched CVE-2023-5217, which is not listed as a zero-day […]