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Google Cloud to make MFA mandatory by the end of 2025
Google has announced that multi-factor authentication (MFA) will be mandatory on all Cloud accounts by the end of 2025 to enhance security.
- November 05, 2024
- 03:07 PM
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Microsoft Entra "security defaults" to make MFA setup mandatory
Microsoft says it will improve security across Entra tenants where security defaults are enabled by making multifactor authentication (MFA) registration mandatory.
- October 30, 2024
- 03:18 PM
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Microsoft: Enable MFA or lose access to admin portals in October
Microsoft warned Entra global admins on Thursday to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for their tenants until October 15 to ensure users don't lose access to admin portals.
- August 16, 2024
- 03:06 PM
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Hackers abused API to verify millions of Authy MFA phone numbers
Twilio has confirmed that an unsecured API endpoint allowed threat actors to verify the phone numbers of millions of Authy multi-factor authentication users, potentially making them vulnerable to SMS phishing and SIM swapping attacks.
- July 03, 2024
- 12:43 PM
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Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA
A scathing report by Australia's Information Commissioner details how misconfigurations and missed alerts allowed a hacker to breach Medibank and steal data from over 9 million people.
- June 18, 2024
- 01:25 PM
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Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts
Microsoft has announced new cybersecurity enhancements for Outlook personal email accounts as part of its 'Secure Future Initiative,' including the deprecation of basic authentication (username + password) by September 16, 2024.
- June 15, 2024
- 10:12 AM
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- June 13, 2024
- 10:01 AM
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AWS adds passkeys support, warns root users must enable MFA
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced FIDO2 passkeys as a new method for multi-factor authentication (MFA) to enhance account security and usability.
- June 12, 2024
- 03:38 PM
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Microsoft to start enforcing Azure multi-factor authentication in July
Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources.
- May 17, 2024
- 02:53 PM
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Bitwarden launches new MFA Authenticator app for iOS, Android
Bitwarden, the creator of the popular open-source password manager, has just launched a new authenticator app called Bitwarden Authenticator, which is available for iOS and Android devices.
- May 02, 2024
- 04:20 PM
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What to do when receiving unprompted MFA OTP codes
Receiving an unprompted one-time passcode (OTP) sent as an email or text should be a cause for concern as it likely means your credentials have been stolen.
- December 17, 2023
- 11:06 AM
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Discord adds Security Key support for all users to enhance security
Discord has made security key multi-factor authentication (MFA) available for all accounts on the platform, bringing significant security and anti-phishing benefits to its 500+ million registered users.
- December 14, 2023
- 01:21 PM
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Microsoft Authenticator now blocks suspicious MFA alerts by default
Microsoft has introduced a new protective feature in the Authenticator app to block notifications that appear suspicious based on specific checks performed during the account login stage.
- November 07, 2023
- 10:40 AM
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Microsoft will roll out MFA-enforcing policies for admin portal access
Microsoft will roll out Conditional Access policies requiring multifactor authentication from administrators when signing into Microsoft admin portals such as Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365, Exchange, and Azure.
- November 06, 2023
- 03:00 PM
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Steam enforces SMS verification to curb malware-ridden updates
Valve has announced implementing additional security measures for developers publishing games on Steam, including SMS-based confirmation codes. This is to deal with a recent outbreak of malicious updates pushing malware from compromised publisher accounts.
- October 15, 2023
- 11:12 AM
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Amazon to make MFA mandatory for 'root' AWS accounts by mid-2024
Amazon will require all privileged AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for stronger protection against account hijacks leading to data breaches, starting in mid-2024.
- October 05, 2023
- 01:06 PM
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Retool blames breach on Google Authenticator MFA cloud sync feature
Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack.
- September 15, 2023
- 03:15 PM
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W3LL phishing kit hijacks thousands of Microsoft 365 accounts, bypasses MFA
A threat actor known as W3LL developed a phishing kit that can bypass multi-factor authentication along with other tools that compromised more than 8,000 Microsoft 365 corporate accounts.
- September 06, 2023
- 06:33 AM
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Ongoing Duo outage causes Azure Auth authentication errors
Cisco-owned multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider Duo Security is investigating an ongoing outage that has been causing authentication failures and errors starting three hours ago.
- August 21, 2023
- 12:26 PM
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LastPass users furious after being locked out due to MFA resets
LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
- June 24, 2023
- 10:15 AM
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