Here you will find all the articles with the tag: 2fa.
GitHub users are urged by the platform to enable two-factor authentication, as it seeks to change how accounts are protected from attacks. GitHub’s Mike Hanley posted a blog this week saying that beginning August 13, GitHub stopped accepting account passwords when authenticating Git operations... Read more
3 years ago
The use of two-factor authentication is pushed by security firm as one of the better methods for users to monitor their login details, but researchers have uncovered a vulnerability. A new version of the malware Cerberus could pick up and use the codes generated by Google Authenticator. Google A... Read more
4 years ago
GitHub has announced support for the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) security standard. The new standard aims to make accounts more secure against cybercriminals. Inadequate security of GitHub accounts can lead to cyber criminals accessing backdoors in open source code or passwords. They could al... Read more
5 years ago
ESET researchers have found apps that impersonate the Turkish BtcTurk crypto exchange, but in reality use new techniques to bypass SMS-based two-step verification (2FA). This also circumvents Google's recent SMS authorisation restrictions. In March this year, Google decided to restrict the use of SM... Read more
5 years ago
Smartphones running Android 7.0 or higher can now be used as two-step verification (2FA) tools as part of Google's 2FA strategy. With this, the tech giant wants to improve the security of his online services. That's what Security Intelligence reports. According to Google, using devices such as secu... Read more
5 years ago
