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Duo's Passwordless Authentication is Coming!

Duo's Security Blog

When the number of computers on the internet could be counted with two hands, there was the password. Lo was the first word sent across the internet. What’s Coming I’m excited to share that Cisco is announcing Duo’s passwordless authentication. Workforces are ready for passwordless authentication.

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SHARED INTEL: ‘Credential stuffers’ leverage enduring flaws to prey on video game industry

The Last Watchdog

The video game industry saw massive growth in 2020; nothing like a global pandemic to drive people to spend more time than ever gaming. Now comes a report from Akamai detailing the extent to which cyber criminals preyed on this development. Related: Credential stuffers exploit Covid 19 pandemic. European policy debates.

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Administrator’s Guide, Part 2: Passwords Are Safer Than Biometrics, PINs Are Just Passwords, and Other Tall Tales

Duo's Security Blog

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. The most critical difference is the context in which it is used for authentication in WebAuthn. The only way to unlock the credential is for the user to locally, often physically, interact with the authenticator device and enter the PIN.

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Future Forward: Cybersecurity 2021 Predictions

Duo's Security Blog

There will be spoilers ahead, both for the year to come and for the cyberpunk cult classic. Any Device, Any Location, Any Service From Beijing to Newark, Johnny accesses the Internet from borrowed computers and back alleys. In fact, it’s very common to deploy Duo and find people are using many more personal devices than expected.

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NY AG Investigation Highlights Dangers of Credential Stuffing

eSecurity Planet

Virtually every website and app uses passwords as a means of authenticating its users,” investigators wrote in the report. AG Letitia James’ office ran a months-long investigation into credential attacks in the state, uncovering credentials for more than 1.1 Credential stuffing has become a steadily popular attack tool for bad actors.