Credential attacks · Question 10 of 12

A user receives dozens of push requests to confirm a sign-in at night and finally taps "Approve". Which technique is the attacker using?

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Answer

  • D MFA fatigue through push requests

Explanation

With MFA fatigue, an attacker who already knows the password floods the user with push requests until the user approves by mistake or out of annoyance. Number matching, request limits and reporting unwanted requests help against it.

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