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Multifactor Authentication Bypass Attacks: Top Defenses

Data Breach Today

Joe Toomey of Cyber Insurer Coalition Details Rise in Attacks Targeting Weak MFA Adversaries seeking easy access to enterprise networks continue to probe for weak multifactor authentication deployments, oftentimes via nontargeted attacks that lead to phishing pages designed to steal one-time codes, said Joe Toomey, head of security engineering at cyber (..)

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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CIAM in insurance: A unified, secure user experience with a single login

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

CIAM in insurance: A unified, secure user experience with a single login madhav Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:33 In recent years, the insurance industry has transformed from a singularly focused entity to a multi-brand or multi-service type of business. Adding value to the user experience (a top priority for 59% of insurers) 2.

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Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage. With cyber attacks amounting to a question of when and not if, cyber insurance becomes crucial for ensuring business continuity and mitigating the business impact of attacks – should they occur. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: Start-up Anetac rolls out a solution to rising ‘service accounts’ exposures

The Last Watchdog

From MFA to biometrics, a lot has been done to reinforce user ID and password authentication — for human users. A just-out-of-stealth start-up, Anetac , has secured $16 million in funding to address this gaping blind spot. We spoke to major banks, insurance companies, and even small businesses,” Nicholas says.

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First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Krebs on Security

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. No authentication was required to read the documents. First American Financial Corp. Image: Linkedin.

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EvilProxy Bypasses MFA by Capturing Session Cookies

Data Breach Today

The latest ISMG Security Report discusses a new phishing-as-a-service toolkit designed to bypass multi-factor authentication, the decision by Lloyd's of London to exclude nation-state attacks from cyber insurance policies, and challenges at Okta after it acquired customer identity giant Auth0.

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