Facebook Touts 'Safer' Security Key Login

Facebook is giving privacy-minded users looking to fortify their accounts yet another layer of security. Brad Hill, a security engineer with the social network, announced on Facebook’s Security page on Thursday that effective immediately, it would let users tie a physical security key to their...

iPhone Secretly Sends Your Call History to Apple Even If iCloud Backups are Turned Off

In the fight against encryption, Apple has positioned itself as a staunch defender of its user privacy by refusing the federal officials to provide encryption backdoors into its products, as well as implementing better encryption for its products. However, a new report from a security firm sugges...

OWA and Offic365 two-factor authentication bypass-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Foreword Full disclosure: the BLACK HILLS information security very much in favor of responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities. 2 0 1 6 9 2 8, I to Microsoft reported this vulnerability, may have been to this article publishing 2016.11.2, Microsoft for this vulnerability is always without any...

Phony Android Flash Player Installs Banking Malware

Security researchers warn that a bogus Flash Player app aimed at Android mobile devices has surfaced and is luring victims to download and install banking malware that steals credit card information and can defeat two-factor identification schemes. Wells Fargo, Discovery Financial and Chase...

InTerCyber company in the message in the system discovered a serious vulnerability-a vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

According to foreign media the latest report, information security company InTheCyber Security Studies experts discovered a serious vulnerability, this vulnerability or can affect the message system security. Note that this vulnerability using the method is not difficult, an attacker can easily...

Joomla Update Fixes Two Critical Issues, 2FA Error

Web developers who run the content management system Joomla! are strongly encouraged to update their sites immediately. The company on Tuesday pushed out the most recent version of the CMS, 3.6.4, fixing two critical issues that can lead to account creation and elevated privileges, according to a...

King Phisher 1.5.2 - Phishing Campaign Toolkit

King Phisher is a tool for testing and promoting user awareness by simulating real world phishing attacks. It features an easy to use, yet very flexible architecture allowing full control over both emails and server content. King Phisher can be used to run campaigns ranging from simple awareness...

iCloud Phishing Campaign Zycode Back From the Dead

A phishing campaign aimed at Chinese Apple users that was thought to be in hibernation has been roused from its slumber. Researchers in June spotted the campaign, dubbed Zycode, targeting Apple iCloud users. A rash of suspended domains that month led to a lull for the campaign however; researcher...

Rotten Apples: Resurgence

In June 2016, we published a blog about a phishing campaign targeting the Apple IDs and passwords of Chinese Apple users that emerged in the first quarter of 2016 referred to as the “Zycode” phishing campaign. At FireEye Labs we have an automated system designed to proactively detect newly...

Rotten Apples: Resurgence

In June 2016, we published a blog about a phishing campaign targeting the Apple IDs and passwords of Chinese Apple users that emerged in the first quarter of 2016 referred to as the “Zycode” phishing campaign. At FireEye Labs we have an automated system designed to proactively detect newly...

SWIFT Warns Banks Of More Cyberattacks

Reports of additional attacks against banks that use SWIFT, the global financial transaction messaging network, came to light Wednesday. The attacks were reportedly persistent, sophisticated and in some cases successful, impacting an undisclosed number of financial institutions. It’s the latest...

On KeySniffer, Two Factor Authentication, LastPass, and Tor

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including a wireless keyboard vulnerability – KeySniffer, NIST’s statement on 2FA, a LastPass remote compromise bug, and a new Tor paper. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJuly292016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

NIST Recommends SMS Two-Factor Authentication Deprecation

A U.S. government agency said the end is nigh for SMS-based two-factor authentication, citing a lack of security around the feature. The latest draft version of the Digital Authentication Guideline issued this week by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology NIST said the practice...

End of SMS-based 2-Factor Authentication; Yes, It's Insecure!

SMS-based Two-Factor Authentication 2FA has been declared insecure and soon it might be a thing of the past. Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA adds an extra step of entering a random passcode sent to you via an SMS or call when you log in to your account as an added layer of protection. For exampl...

Configuring XenMobile for Certificate and Security Token Authentication

In highly secure environments where usage of LDAP credentials outside of an organization in public or insecure networks is considered a prime security threat for the organization, two-factor authentication using a client certificate and a security token is an option. You can configure NetScaler s...

Google Simplifies Two-Step Verification

Most major technology companies offer some take on two-factor authentication as an option for users to secure access to accounts and web-based services. Making users drink from that pond, however, has been a different story. Simplifying the process of using the second form of authentication, most...

Citrix GoToMyPC Suffers Major Password Reuse Attack

Citrix Systems is forcing all its GoToMyPC remote desktop access service customers to reset their passwords because of a “very sophisticated attack” that targeted the service over the weekend. John Bennett, product line director for Citrix said the attack was a result of leaked passwords from oth...

Github accounts Hacked in 'Password reuse attack'

Popular code repository site GitHub is warning that a number of users' accounts have been compromised by unknown hackers reusing email addresses and passwords obtained from other recent data breaches. Yes, GitHub has become the latest target of a password reuse attack after Facebook CEO Mark...

How to Hack Facebook Account Just by Knowing Phone Number

Hacking Facebook account is one of the major queries on the Internet today. It's hard to find — how to hack Facebook account or facebook messenger, but researchers found a way that can allow someone to hack Facebook account passwords with only the target's phone number and some resources. Yes, yo...

Twitter Forces Password Reset on Some Exposed Accounts

Twitter has forced a password reset on an unnamed number of accounts exposed this week in a dump of 32.8 million account names and credentials. A Russian hacker known as Tessa88 has been involved in a number of recent password disclosures with Twitter being the most recent. He shared the cache of...