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Strengthening Crypto Account Security: Beyond SMS 2FA

Security Boulevard

However, this new paradigm also comes with inherent risks, as cybercriminals constantly devise sophisticated methods to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access to crypto accounts. […] The post Strengthening Crypto Account Security: Beyond SMS 2FA appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Google Security

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. In this way, the attacker can count on their victim to solve any authentication challenge presented.

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YouTube Accounts Hijacked by Cookie Theft Malware

Hacker Combat

Some of the samples used different anti-sandboxing methods, including download IP cloaking, encrypted files and enlarged files. To add to their ill-intended scheme, scammers managed to register about 15,000 domains and accounts associated with fake companies. YouTube has hardened Channel-transfer workflows.

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Top Unexpected Ways to Utilise a Password Manager for Enhanced Security and Organisation

IT Security Guru

Users can save credit card details that can be easily filled on retail websites, as well as bank information such as account and routing numbers. This information can be securely shared with others with full end-to-end encryption, ensuring your most sensitive financial information is never exposed via unsecure channels.

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Google Sending Security Keys to 10,000 Users at High Risk of Attack

eSecurity Planet

Google is giving out 10,000 free security keys to high-risks users, an announcement that came a day after the company warned 14,000 of its high-profile users that they could be targeted by the notorious Russia-based APT28 hacking group. Also read: Homomorphic Encryption Makes Real-World Gains, Pushed by Google, IBM, Microsoft.

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How do password managers make sense

CyberSecurity Insiders

With the average internet user having more than 100 passwords to remember, it’s no wonder that people often resort to using weak passwords that are easy to remember or reuse the same passwords across multiple accounts. This can put personal and sensitive information at risk of being stolen by hackers. Enter password managers.

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Password Hygiene: LastPass Edition!

Approachable Cyber Threats

Category News, Awareness Risk Level. While LastPass may not have suffered a breach, it should be a wake up call to many who still use single-factor password-based authentication to their LastPass accounts and password vaults to do a little housekeeping. What is LastPass?”

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