2fa Archives

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 engi...

Kimanthi Sammy March 10, 2023

The new policy applies to anyone who contributes code to the platform. GitHub announced this week that it ...

Joseph Brunoli December 16, 2022

Developers and maintainers of PyPI are under attack by digital scammers through email phishing. Several Py...

Ian Haynes August 29, 2022

GitHub wants to arm itself against supply chain attacks. Two-factor authentication (2FA) will be mandatory fo...

Geert van der Klugt May 5, 2022

Github realizes the need for the hour and has announced its very own two-factor authentication mechanism. ...

Ian Haynes January 27, 2022

In May, Google announced that it plans to enable 2FA (two-factor authentication/two-step verification) by def...

Kimanthi Sammy October 6, 2021

GitHub users are urged by the platform to enable two-factor authentication, as it seeks to change how account...

Kimanthi Sammy August 19, 2021

The use of two-factor authentication is pushed by security firm as one of the better methods for users to mon...

Erik Schurer February 27, 2020

GitHub has announced support for the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) security standard. The new standard aims to...

Erik Schurer August 27, 2019

ESET researchers have found apps that impersonate the Turkish BtcTurk crypto exchange, but in reality use new ...

Eveline Meijer June 18, 2019