US EditionHackers Can Bypass FIDO MFA Keys, Putting Your Accounts at Risk - Here's What We Know
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Identity compromises and session tokens are the two main types of identity attack experienced by users, allowing attackers to usurp users' identities and unauthorised access to critical systems or data. Once access is obtained, attackers can be considered legitimate users and move laterally [...] The post Session hijacking: Detecting the compromise of identifiers or tokens appeared first on Social IT.
Phishing Attack Bypasses FIDO Key Authentication
A phishing campaign is bypassing FIDO key authentication by exploiting cross-device sign-in features, a managed detection and response (MDR) provider has discovered. The attack campaign, reported by Expel, doesn’t involve any vulnerabilities in FIDO keys, but rather exploits the cross-device sign-in functionality developed for user convenience that allows them to sign in on a device that doesn’t have a passkey by using a second device that does.…
Presented as one of the safest ways to connect, FIDO keys did not, however, prevent a group of hackers from taking control of protected accounts by relying on a poorly framed secondary authentication function.
PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing And Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
Jul 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Authentication Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to bypass Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals. FIDO keys are hardware- or software-based authenticators designed to eliminate phishing by binding logins to specific domains using public-pr…
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