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The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

August 2, 2018 admin @SecGuru_OTX, A Little Sunshine, Ashley Madison hack, Dashlane, exploit kit, geo-ip, Keepass, lastpass, LinkedIn breach, phishing, sextortion, The Coming Storm, typosquatting

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:11:45 +0000

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. And with good reason — sex sells (the second most-read piece here was my 2015 scoop about the Ashley Madison hack). But beneath the lurid allure of both stories lies a more unsettling reality: It has never been easier for scam artists to launch convincing, targeted phishing and extortion scams that are automated on a global scale. And given the sheer volume of hacked and stolen personal data now available online, it seems almost certain we will soon witness many variations on these phishing campaigns that leverage customized data elements to enhance their effectiveness.

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Google: Security Keys Neutralized Employee Phishing

July 23, 2018 admin 2fa, chrome, Dashlane, dropbox, Duo Security, Edge, Facebook, FIDO Alliance, Firefox, Firefox Quantum, GitHub, Google Advanced Protection, Keepass, lastpass, microsoft, opera, safari, Security Keys, Security Tools, U2F, Web Authentication API, WebAuthn, World Wide Web Consortium, Yubikey

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:34:38 +0000

Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity.