2 factor authentication – Page 3

Apple iOS 13.3 is here, bringing support for keyfobby authentication

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping. Continue reading Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts→

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

The SIM-swap victim knew he was in trouble when he got a 3:30 a.m. message about his phone service being cut off. Continue reading Sextortionist whisks away sex tapes using just a phone number→

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

…and wouldn’t know 2FA from a hole in the ground, according to Pew Research. Continue reading Most Americans don’t have a clue what https:// means→

Posted on October 11, 2019 by John E Dunn

Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies. Continue reading Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns→

Posted on October 10, 2019 by John E Dunn

Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads. Continue reading Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising→

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Lisa Vaas

100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes. Continue reading YouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished→

Posted on September 16, 2019 by John E Dunn

Google has discovered a flaw in a Chromebook security feature which allows owners to press their device’s power button to initiate U2F 2FA.
Continue reading Google fixes Chromebook 2FA flaw in ‘built-in security key’→