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Social engineering tactics bear fruit for digital scammers

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Credential compromise has been one of the top causes for network security breaches for a long time, which has prompted more organizations to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a defense. While enabling MFA for all accounts is highly encouraged and a best practice, the implementation details matter because attackers are finding ways around it.

One of the most popular ways is spamming an employee whose credentials have been compromised with MFA authorization requests until they become annoyed and approve the request through their authenticators app. It’s a simple yet effective technique that has become known as MFA fatigue and was also used in the recent Uber breach.

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The trial of former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan marks the first time a cybersecurity chief has faced potential criminal liability. Sullivan is charged with trying to conceal from federal investigators the details of a 2016 hack at Uber that exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million drivers and passengers. The two charges against Sullivan, obstruction of justice and failure to report a crime, carry potential jail time of five and three years, respectively, in a watershed case that has drawn the attention of security professionals.

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