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Failures in Twitter’s Two-Factor Authentication System

Schneier on Security

Twitter is having intermittent problems with its two-factor authentication system: Not all users are having problems receiving SMS authentication codes, and those who rely on an authenticator app or physical authentication token to secure their Twitter account may not have reason to test the mechanism.

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Apple to Add Manual Authentication to iMessage

Schneier on Security

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. Instead of relying on Apple to verify the other person’s identity using information stored securely on Apple’s servers, you and the other party read a short verification code to each other, either in person or on a phone call.

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Protecting Against Attacks on NTLM Authentication

Security Boulevard

Last week, Microsoft said in an SEC filing that that information stolen in a hack of senior leaders’ email accounts is now being used to “gain or attempt to gain access” to company source code repositories and other internal systems. The post Protecting Against Attacks on NTLM Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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How to Prevent Phishing Attacks with Multi-Factor Authentication

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to protect yourself and your sensitive information from phishing attacks by implementing multi-factor authentication.

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Beware of Pixels & Trackers on U.S. Healthcare Websites

The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers.

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Using “Master Faces” to Bypass Face-Recognition Authenticating Systems

Schneier on Security

” Abstract: A master face is a face image that passes face-based identity-authentication for a large portion of the population. These faces can be used to impersonate, with a high probability of success, any user, without having access to any user-information.

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Vibrator virus steals your personal information

Malwarebytes

The vibrator, Spencer’s Sexology Pussy Power 8-Function Rechargeable Bullet Vibrator, was infected with an information stealer known as Lumma. Lumma steals information from cryptocurrency wallets and browser extensions, as well as two-factor authentication details. Always use security software.

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