Real-Time Attacks Against Two-Factor Authentication

Schneier on Security 2018-12-14

Summary:

Attackers are targeting two-factor authentication systems: Attackers working on behalf of the Iranian government collected detailed information on targets and used that knowledge to write spear-phishing emails that were tailored to the targets' level of operational security, researchers with security firm Certfa Lab said in a blog post. The emails contained a hidden image that alerted the attackers in real...

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Tags:

authentication

Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

12/14/2018, 11:28

Date published:

12/14/2018, 11:02