---
id: 8159
title: "Targeting RSA Emergency Access Tokencodes for Fun and Profit"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/targeting-rsa-emergency-access-tokencodes-fun-profit/"
published_at: "2017-06-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["authentication", "brute-force", "mfa-bypass", "2fa", "rsa-securid"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8159"
lang: en
---

# Targeting RSA Emergency Access Tokencodes for Fun and Profit

## Summary

Shows how an attacker with domain credentials can request an RSA Emergency Access Tokencode from the self-service console and brute force the numeric PIN, turning recovery features into a 2FA bypass.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/targeting-rsa-emergency-access-tokencodes-fun-profit/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8159