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0 pointsgeraneum3y ago0 comments

This is real and a serious threat. Both the company I work in and I (personal account) have been targeted with this specific method. I got tens of random notification pop-ups on my phone in different days and I almost approved it once. It didn’t stop until I disabled login using that specific email address altogether.

Edit: I received the notifications for Microsoft Authenticator app

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lucumo3y ago

Wouldn't a password prompt before sending the message effectively put an end to that as well?

Phemist3y ago

YYMV: I'm on an OnePlus 8 using the Microsoft Authenticator App. OS update changed the PIN pad, which in turn soft-broke the M$ authenticator app's PIN lock security, rather than presenting a PIN pad to enter my PIN code, it now presents a full QWERTY keyboard... making it excedingly annoying to enter my PIN - to the point where I simply disabled the PIN lock on the app (not on my phone, obviously).

So yeah, MFA fatigue is a thing and a PIN lock on the notification is not going to survive for very long given these OEM shenanigans...

Edit: Also M$ Auth app offers no proper export of my MFA keys, so I am stuck in this walled garden :')

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