Graham Cluley

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter has revealed that the vast majority of its users have ignored advice to protect their accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA) - one of the simplest ways to harden account security. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 18, 2024

If too many generic 2FA fails occur, the user account is locked for one hour. If too many consecutive failed TOTP attempts occur, TOTP is disabled on the user account until they re-enable it after authenticating with another form of 2FA. There are two situations an account lockout could happen in.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Whether you’re looking for a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device or something else, or even just signing up for an account online, you want to make sure your kids are protected. Keep your online accounts secure. You need to put in as much friction as possible in order to protect your kids’ accounts.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

How do you protect your users from phishing attacks? Duo’s modern access security protects your users and applications by using a second source of validation. FEITIAN, a Duo Technology Partner, is well known for creating tokens and security keys that support authentication protocols OTP , FIDO U2F , and WebAuthn or FIDO2.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 4, 2020

With the arrest of 17-year-old hacker Graham Ivan Clark in Tampa, Florida and more than 30 charges later, we’re starting to get a better understanding of the July 15 hack that compromised 130 Twitter high-profile accounts. . As suspected by many, including us, the hack deployed a spearphishing attack on Twitter employees. .

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If someone obtains the thing that you know then it's (probably) game over and they have access to your account. Indeed, when you store your TOTP secret in the same place that you keep your password for a site, you do not have second factor security. It's most damaging when account recovery can be facilitated via SMS alone (i.e.

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Identity IQ

MAY 2, 2023

Research shows that 52% of people reuse passwords for multiple accounts. Luckily, password managers can help by creating and storing strong passwords for different websites and apps securely. Using a password manager can improve your online security and make password management easier. How Does a Password Manager Work?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Company officials also used the first week of October – which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – to remind users of the company’s plan to enable two-factor authentication by default to many accounts, and that it will enable it for 150 million accounts before the end of 2021. ‘Cybersecurity Is a Team Sport’ In an Oct.

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Elie

MARCH 31, 2019

Accounts which are exposed via data breach are. We decided to release Password Checkup as early as possible, as an experimental Chrome extension, so we could work with the security community to ensure that its protocol strikes the right balance between security, privacy, and performance. times more likely to be compromised. ,

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