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Author Archives: Thomas
What does Transparent 2FA Solve?
Our previous article goes over 2FA/MFA and how it drastically cuts down the threat of automated authentication attacks. Despite the benefits, the adoption of 2FA is limited. The process of enabling and using 2FA creates extra steps for the user, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2FA, authentication, password, SIM swap, T2FA, transparent 2FA
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2-Factor and Multi-Factor Authentication
Talking about authentication just isn’t complete without mentioning 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Judging from the piling evidence of data breaches and weak password tendencies, using just a password as your only line of defense seems… risky. Let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2FA, authentication, authentication attack, brute force attack, data breach, MFA, password
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Data Breaches: Why You Should Update Your Old Passwords
Having a strong password is great when it comes to securing your account against traditional brute force and dictionary attacks. However, credential stuffing leverages passwords exposed in data breaches to crack accounts. More information about the different types of authentication … Continue reading
What is an Authentication Attack
“My account has been hacked!” It’s probably not the first time that you’ve heard those words, but what exactly does it mean for your account to be hacked? I’m not referring to cases where your Ex guessed your password and … Continue reading
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Tagged authentication, authentication attack, brute force, dictionary attack, hacked, hacker, password
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Blocklists are for more than just Spam
Blocklists, also known as Real-time Blackhole Lists (RBL) or Domain Name System-based Blackhole Lists (DNSBL), have historically been used to reject or flag email. This is typically done by checking whether the IP address of the sending mail server is … Continue reading
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Tagged authentication attack, blocklist, cloud networks, rbl, spam
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Trends in Networks: Spam #19
What else can be said about the Freenom and .xyz TLD abuse on Digital Ocean at this point. Perhaps it is time to just accept that email from these TLDs should never be accepted from the Digital Ocean network. Feb26 … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin spam, digital ocean, domain, freenom, freenom tld, phishing, Snowshoe spam, spam, spammer, top level domain
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Trends in Networks: Spam #18
It’s a shame that such simple fixes can’t or won’t be done by a company to make the world a better place. I wonder if the money is really worth knowingly turning a blind eye to malicious activity, activity that … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin spam, digital ocean, domain, freenom, freenom tld, phishing, snowshoe marketing, Snowshoe spam, spam, spammer, top level domain
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Trends in Networks: Spam #17
Never ending freenom and xyz TLD spam continues on Digital Ocean. A big burst came in on Valentines day from these newsgood.xyz domains. Feb12 159.65.97.208 x1 box.hasferst.xyz 164.90.222.36 x7 ocean.heurlin.xyz 167.71.236.182 x20 mail.gizmospace.ml Feb13 104.248.198.228 x1 box.tspsonghericeltd.xyz 188.166.212.60 x2 mail.granti.xyz … Continue reading
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Tagged digital ocean, domain, fake invoice spam, freenom, freenom tld, heficed, phishing, spam, spammer, top level domain
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