MFA Fatigue, WordPress Vuln, Iranian Code, & Free Crypto! (Scams) - Wrap Up - SWN #188 - podcast episode cover

MFA Fatigue, WordPress Vuln, Iranian Code, & Free Crypto! (Scams) - Wrap Up - SWN #188

Feb 18, 202225 min
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Episode description

This week, Guest Host Aaran Leyland talks: Phishers, WordPress, Free Crypto Scams, Ukraine & Russia, MFA and more on the along with the show Wrap Ups for this week in the Security News!

Story Links: Ukraine accuses Russia of cyber-attack on two banks and its defence ministry

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/16/ukraine-accuses-russia-of- cyber-attack-on-two-banks-and-its-defence-ministry

Iranian State Broadcaster Clobbered by ‘Clumsy, Buggy’ Code https://threatpost.com/iranian-state-broadcaster-clumsy-buggy-code/178524/ Phishers Spoof Power BI to Visualize Your Credential Data

https://cofensestaging.wpengine.com/blog/phishers-spoof-power-bi-to-visualize-your-credential-data?web_view=true

Vulnerability found in WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations https://www.zdnet.com/article/vulnerability-found-in-wordpress-plugin-with-over-3-million-installations/&web_view=true

MFA fatigue attacks: Users tricked into allowing device access due to overload of push notifications https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/mfa-fatigue-attacks-users-tricked-into-allowing-device-access-due-to-overload-of-push-notifications?&web_view=true FreeCryptoScam 

A New Cryptocurrency Scam That Leads to Installation of Backdoors and Stealers https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/freecryptoscam-new-cryptocurrency-scam-leads-installation-backdoors-and?&web_view=true

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