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Experts from IBM X-Force reflect on the past year and also share security predictions for 2020, including evolutions in ransomware, AI adoption and targets for cybercriminals.
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What a difference a year makes. As related in AppDev Magazine’s recent newsletter, just one year after NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued guidance that found SMS insecure and no longer suitable as a strong authentication mechanism; it has backpedaled to reduce their previously strong statements and instead offers a new, softer recommendation. According to this article, NIST proposed “deprecating” SMS 2FA last year because of vulnerabilities… Read more
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Two-factor authentication methods are more secure than passwords alone but require widespread adoption to be universally effective.
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Forgetting your Windows password, bidding farewell to SMS authentication, reviewing Black Hat USA 2017, Ubuntu Linux for Windows 10, and more. Jason Wood of Paladin Security joins us to discuss companies being breached due to misconfiguration on this episode of Hack Naked News! News Google wants you to bid farewell to SMS authentication – Google’s campaign to […]
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Online services are understandably reluctant to add steps to the login process, but a little two-factor authentication can significantly boost security.
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