Guidance on deploying and managing multi-factor authentication effectively. These posts cover authenticator app selection, hardware key implementation, enrollment workflows, recovery procedures, and policies that maximize MFA security across your organization.
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In 2022, Uber's entire internal network was compromised because a single contractor approved a push notification on their phone. The threat actor had already stolen the contractor's password through social engineering — all they needed was that one tap. That breach exposed internal tools, source code, and
In January 2024, a threat actor compromised a Microsoft corporate email system by spraying passwords against a legacy test tenant account that lacked multi-factor authentication. The attackers — identified as the Russian-linked group Midnight Blizzard — spent weeks inside executive mailboxes before anyone noticed. One account. No MFA. That's all
In September 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered a help desk employee into resetting credentials — for an account that lacked robust secondary verification. One phone call. One bypassed identity check. Nine-figure damage. If you've ever wondered what is multi-factor authentication and
In January 2022, the Crypto.com breach exposed a brutal truth: 483 accounts were compromised and roughly $34 million drained — in part because attackers found ways around weak authentication controls. That incident is just one in a long line of breaches where stolen or bypassed credentials were the root cause.
In July 2020, a teenager orchestrated one of the most embarrassing breaches in social media history — compromising 130 high-profile Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Apple. The attack vector? Social engineering employees and exploiting accounts that lacked robust internal authentication controls. It was a masterclass in what happens
A Single Stolen Password Cost This Company Everything In May 2021, a single compromised password shut down Colonial Pipeline and triggered fuel shortages across the U.S. East Coast. The attackers used a leaked VPN credential — one that had no multi-factor authentication protecting it. That one missing layer of security
