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Security Boulevard, Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Stopping MFA Fatigue Attacks Before They Start: Securing Your Entry Points

Vol 325 · Issue 1 · 2025-04-03

Yet another challenge is undermining the effectiveness of MFA: MFA fatigue attacks. In an MFA fatigue attack (sometimes also referred to as an 'MFA bombing' or 'push bombing' attack), a hacker who already possesses a valid username and password bombards the rightful user with repeated MFA login approval requests until the user, out of confusion or frustration, finally approves one.

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Stopping MFA Fatigue Attacks Before They Start: Securing Your Entry Points