Russia-backed hackers attack Microsoft: senior leadership hacked
Russian-backed hackers managed to gain access to the mail accounts of important people within Microsoft. Microsoft itself reported this in a blog post last night. Customers need not worry about this hack, the company indicated. However, internal procedures may be tightened a bit.
The group behin... Read more
GitHub soon to make 2FA mandatory; quick activation desired
GitHub users should activate two-factor authentication (2FA) soon. In fact, as of Jan. 19, 2024, it will be mandatory. Otherwise, they will lose a lot of functionality, the developer platform reports.
That's according to emails to users. If they are not using 2FA by then, the functionality of th... Read more
1Password set to roll out passkey support next month
The popular password management app will allow users to save passkeys and synchronize them across devices and platforms.
Starting from June 6th this year, anyone with a 1Password account will be able to use it to save and manage their passkeys, according to The Verge.
A passkey is a biometr... Read more
Google adds account synchronisation to its 2FA authenticator app
The update aims to help users recover their credentials if a device is lost or stolen.
This week Google announced an important update to Google Authenticator, its multi-factor authentication app. The update is in response to user feedback that identified a need to help users avoid losing access... Read more
GitHub to require 2FA for all developers who contribute code
The move aims to strengthen the software supply chain and prevent attacks from bad actors through social engineering or similar account takeover attempts. The two-factor authentication mandate was initially announced by GitHub last May with the intention of making it mandatory by the end of 2023.
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GitHub will require two-factor authentication from all users in 2023
The new policy applies to anyone who contributes code to the platform.
GitHub announced this week that it will require all users to enable two-factor authorization (2FA) by the end of 2023. To be clear, the policy will apply not just to developers who contribute code to the GitHub website, but t... Read more
PyPI packages under attack after phishers target developers
Developers and maintainers of PyPI are under attack by digital scammers through email phishing.
Several PyPI developers and maintainers have fallen for phishing scams conducted by digital scammers. The malicious campaign was disclosed by Adam Johnson, a project board member at Django, who receiv... Read more
GitHub imposes 2FA on all contributors
GitHub wants to arm itself against supply chain attacks. Two-factor authentication (2FA) will be mandatory for all users who upload code to the platform.
Users who contribute code, use Actions, open pull requests or merge and publish packages are obliged to use 2FA. Every end user lacking 2FA w... Read more
GitHub announces two-factor authentication mechanism
Github realizes the need for the hour and has announced its very own two-factor authentication mechanism.
The world is realizing the importance of data security. Thus, Github has recently announced the integration of two-factor authentication into its platform. They have enabled this through an ... Read more
Google plans to turn on 2FA by default for 150M users
In May, Google announced that it plans to enable 2FA (two-factor authentication/two-step verification) by default to enhance security for accounts. As it celebrates Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google is once again reminding us that it will enable two-factor for 150 million more accounts by the e... Read more