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Russia-backed hackers attack Microsoft: senior leadership hacked

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

date2 months ago
GitHub soon to make 2FA mandatory; quick activation desired

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

date3 months ago
1Password set to roll out passkey support next month

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

date10 months ago
GitHub to require 2FA for all developers who contribute code

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. ... Read more

date1 year ago
PyPI packages under attack after phishers target developers

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

date2 years ago
GitHub imposes 2FA on all contributors

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

date2 years ago
GitHub announces two-factor authentication mechanism

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

date2 years ago
Google plans to turn on 2FA by default for 150M users

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

date2 years ago
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