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Weak challenge questions by customer service reps make it easy for fraudsters to hijack a phone line and bypass 2FA to breach accounts.
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Are publicly released proof-of-concept exploits more helpful for system defenders — or bad actors?
News Wrap: PoC Exploits, Cable Haunt and Joker Malware
Are publicly-released PoC exploits good or bad? Why is the Joker malware giving Google a headache? The Threatpost team discusses all this and more in this week’s news wrap.
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The WeLeakInfo “data breach notification” domain is no more.
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