Text Messages, Once a Bulwark of Security, Now Seen as Vulnerable
All companies should be using two-factor authentication at least to secure their systems but relying on text messages alone is foolish, cybersecurity experts say.
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Bots Used to Steal 2FA Codes
The bots convincingly and effortlessly help hackers break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts.
Twitter will soon let you use a security key as your only 2FA method
Twitter is planning a future update that will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the only authentication method.
Dutch DPA fines company for not using 2FA
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an order for incremental penalty payments of 150,000 euros per month with a maximum […]
Phone numbers users provided for security Twitter used for ad
Twitter revealed Tuesday that it mishandled an unspecified number of users’ email addresses and phone numbers, allowing that data to […]
Microsoft: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks
Old advice like “never use a password that has ever been seen in a breach” or “use really long passwords” […]
Facebook’s Phone Number Policy Could Push Users to Not Trust Two-Factor Authentication
Users are angry that Facebook is letting others, including advertisers, look up users via the phone numbers they provided to […]
2-factor authentication may be hackable, expert says
Cybersecurity professionals have advised enabling two-factor to add an extra layer of security — but according to at least one […]
How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale
Hackers can bypass these protections, as we’ve seen with leaked NSA documents on how Russian hackers targeted US voting infrastructure […]