Update, Dec. 03, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 02, now updated to reflect the 2FA-bypass security threat beyond Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The busiest period of online shopping, ...

Over 10,000 Internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting a five-year-old two-factor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Dec. 25, 2024: This story, originally published Dec.

Scattered Spider now targeting airlines. Bypasses 2FA via help desk tricks. Strict security protocols are necessary for prevention. The FBI has issued a fresh cybersecurity alert, warning that the ...

A bug-bounty hunter found an issue in Meta's Instagram API endpoints that could allow a threat actor to launch brute-force attacks and bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) on Facebook. The ...

In today’s technological age, most people believe that using two-factor authentication is their last line of defense. While this assumption is not wrong, there are ways hackers can bypass 2FA and ...

Security researchers discovered a new malicious browser extension called Rilide, that targets Chromium-based products like Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, and Microsoft Edge. The malware is designed to ...

A security bug in the file-sharing cloud app could have allowed attackers using stolen credentials to skate by one-time SMS code verification requirements. A security hole in Box, the cloud-based file ...

A bug in a new centralized system that Meta created for users to manage their logins for Facebook and Instagram could have allowed malicious hackers to switch off an account's two-factor protections ...

Cybercriminals use automated bot to bypass 2FA authentication at wide scale Your email has been sent Single-factor authentication should not be used anymore 2FA can still be bypassed Bot technique for ...