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Security 101: What Is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack?

Issued by: Dark Reading

Specific numbers are hard to pin down on man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, but according to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018, more than one-third of exploitation of inadvertent weaknesses involved MitM attacks. Exactly how do these hacks play out? How do criminals get in and steal information – and how are their techniques evolving? Here’s a…

Malware & Threats

Phishing attacks that bypass 2-factor authentication are now easier to execute

Issued by: CSO

Penetration testers and attackers have a new tool in their arsenal that can be used to automate phishing attacks in a way that defeats two-factor authentication (2FA) and is not easy to detect and block. The tool makes such attacks much easier to deploy, so organizations should adapt their anti-phishing training accordingly. The new toolkit…