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Phishing kits' use of man-in-the-middle reverse proxies is growing, warns Proofpoint

  • February 3, 2022
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February 3, 2022  By Gareth Corfield

 

In the beginning we had passwords. Their hackability made a lot of people very angry and passwords were widely regarded as a bad move. Then we had two-factor authentication – and now Proofpoint reckons criminals online are able to start bypassing them with transparent reverse proxies.

Phishing kits, readymade deployables used by crooks to steal victims' login details, are increasingly capable of bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA), the company warned today.

 

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