Security News > 2022 > August > Tech news you may have missed: August 18 – 25

TL;DR: Users were instructed to remain calm and update iOS to version 15.6.1 and the latest versions of Monterey, Big Sur and Catalina.

Cookie theft threat: When multi-factor authentication is not enough.

Sophos recently released a report on a threat that could bypass multi-factor authentication called "Pass the cookie." The new threat is perpetrated by malware that duplicates session cookies used to validate authentication and passing those duplicates on to bad actors who can use them to open new sessions.

TL;DR: Bad actors can use the stolen cookie until the session expires, and session cookies can last up to several months.

TL;DR: While many of these tips could feel elementary to digital natives, Jack also details the reasons these tips work.

TL;DR: Another great resource to pass around in the next company newsletter, this sheet has all the basic tutorials and more.

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