sa.global

Tag

MFA

Multi-factor authentication in Office 365

Multi-factor authentication is a necessity these days.  As mentioned in our previous blog post (LINK), scammers are actively trying to gain access to end-user mailboxes for their own malicious activities. Most people think of this attack as hacking, but this couldn’t be further from the truth; often access is gained…

Multi-factor authentication is a necessity these days.  As mentioned in our previous blog post (LINK), scammers are actively trying to gain access to end-user mailboxes for their own malicious activities. Most people think of this attack as hacking, but this couldn’t be further from the truth; often access is gained…

Office 365 & MFA Bypass – Security hole for the sake of legacy support?

Recently there was an article published by Proofpoint (LINK) that discovered a security hole, for the sake of legacy email protocols, in Office 365’s MFA (And G-Suite for that matter). When using the legacy email protocols of IMAP or POP users (hackers) are not prompted for MFA and therefore can…

Recently there was an article published by Proofpoint (LINK) that discovered a security hole, for the sake of legacy email protocols, in Office 365’s MFA (And G-Suite for that matter). When using the legacy email protocols of IMAP or POP users (hackers) are not prompted for MFA and therefore can…