Tag: 2-Factor Authentication
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Uber hit with criticism of “useless” two-factor authentication
Uber is in the computer security news again, this time over allegations that its 2FA is no good. ZDNet, for instance, doesn’t mince its …
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90% of Gmail users could improve their security easily, but don’t
Google has finally admitted something alarming about the world’s one billion regular Gmail users – barely any have turned on two-step …
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Google study reveals how criminals break into Gmail accounts
Google, it’s fair to say, is no fan of relying on passwords to secure online accounts. Reading the recent study the company commissioned …
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Email fraudsters foiled by a smiley
Annie Giles is a grapegrower in Marlborough, New Zealand, located at the top of the South Island, famous for winemaking and home of world-renowned …
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Why SMS two-factor authentication puts your bitcoins at risk
For years, we’ve known that there’s a flaw in the backbone of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) that makes it vulnerable to hackers, crooks and surveillance-happy governments. The flaw is in Signaling System No. Read full news article on Naked Security
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News in brief: Warning over Bitcoin scam app; Samsung facial recognition bypassed; Apple squares up to India
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Don’t fall for this Bitcoin scam With the (now slightly abating) boom in Bitcoin prices, it was only a matter of time before scams to entrap the unwary started popping up, designed to hook those not au fait with the nitty-gritty of how…
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Most Popular 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) Compared – Updated
Please look below for the added Password Managers review and also take a look at our updated comparison table. Google Authenticator vs Authy vs Yubico vs Duo vs FreeOTP vs Authenticator Plus vs SoundLogin Do you, by any chance, use the same password for more than one website? Do you download software straight from the Internet? Or click on sketchy…
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Google wants you to bid farewell to SMS authentication
Google’s campaign to nudge its vast user base towards more secure two-step (2SV) and two-factor (2FA) authentication continues: from this week anyone logging into its services using SMS codes will start receiving notifications from something called “Google prompt”. Read full news article on Naked Security
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Two-factor via your mobile phone – should you stop using it?
Our friends over at The Register just documented yet another real-world example of a cybercrime known as SIM swapping. In its most up-front form, here’s the sort of thing that happens. Read full news article on Naked Security
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