October 17, 2025

Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 5

This issue of the Counter Threat Unit’s high-level bimonthly report discusses noteworthy updates in the threat landscape during July and August

Threat Research

March 09, 2020

99% of compromised Microsoft enterprise accounts lack MFA

Cybercriminals compromise over a million Microsoft enterprise accounts each month as too few customers use multi-factor authentication.

Naked Security

October 16, 2019

Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what's a good security tool.

Naked Security

October 11, 2019

Most Americans don’t have a clue what https:// means

...and wouldn't know 2FA from a hole in the ground, according to Pew Research.

Naked Security

October 11, 2019

Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns

Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.

Naked Security

December 18, 2018

Sneaky phishing campaign beats two-factor authentication

Protecting an account with multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a no-brainer, but that doesn’t mean every method for doing this is equally secure.

Naked Security

September 18, 2018

State Department scores an F on 2FA security

Senators have discovered that the State Department is breaking the law by not using multi-factor authentication in its emails.

Naked Security

August 29, 2018

Listening Watch sounds out security idea with websites that listen

Listening Watch, a project based on earlier work by researchers Prakash Shrestha and Nitesh Saxena, uses the power of sound to log you into your favourite websites.

Naked Security

May 31, 2018

How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!

Thankfully, since we first reported on it, eBay has binned its cumbersome 2FA procedure and replaced it a much easier process.

Naked Security