MFA plays a rising role in major cyberattacks, research finds
- Multifactor authentication appeared in almost half of all security incidents the Cisco Talos incident response teams encountered during the first quarter of the year, according to data released Tuesday.
- In 25% of cases, incident response specialists responded to fraudulent MFA push notifications sent by attackers, Cisco Talos found.
- Users did not properly implement MFA in 1 in 5 Cisco Talos engagements, the firm said.
Dive Insight:
Multifactor authentication is, more often, playing a role in determining whether attackers can successfully penetrate network defenses.
Poorly configured MFA appeared in two of the biggest attack campaigns so far in 2024: a ransomware attack against Change Healthcare and dozens of attacks against Snowflake customers.
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