Recognize MFA fatigue and approval-prompt manipulation during a live support pretext.
The prompt and the call arrive together. Find the active MFA social-engineering issue. The unexpected approval prompt on the smartphone Correct. The unsolicited prompt is the access decision. The caller is trying to explain it into approval. The headset call with the supposed security person The call is part of the pretext, but the irreversible action is approving the prompt. The laptop with a blurred login screen The laptop gives context, but the risk is granting access on a prompt Drew did not initiate. The employee badge lying on the desk A visible badge is not ideal, but it is…
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