FBI, CISA Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting MFA and PrintNightmare Bug | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint advisory warning that Russia-backed threat actors hacked the network of an unnamed non-governmental entity by exploiting a combination of flaws.

"As early as May 2021, Russian state-sponsored cyber actors took advantage of a misconfigured account set to default [multi-factor authentication] protocols at a non-governmental organization (NGO), allowing them to enroll a new device for MFA and access the victim network," the agencies said.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Two-factor+authentication

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=2FA

 

https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=MFA