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GitHub rolling out two-factor authentication to millions of users

Tech Republic Security

Over the next nine months, the largest internet hosting service for software development and collaboration will make all code contributors add another layer of electronic evidence to their accounts. The post GitHub rolling out two-factor authentication to millions of users appeared first on TechRepublic.

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MY TAKE: Businesses gravitate to ‘passwordless’ authentication — widespread consumer use up next

The Last Watchdog

Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Fortifications, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and password managers, proved to be mere speed bumps. Coming advances.

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7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing

Identity IQ

7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing IdentityIQ With the internet, we can access vast amounts of information with only a click or tap. This year, the total number of internet users worldwide reached 5.18 And as immense as the internet is, so are the risks. Many threats lurk in its corners.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Related: Pushing the fly-by-wire envelope This is especially true because systems are more interconnected and use more complex commercial software than ever before, meaning a vulnerability in one system could lead to a malicious actor gaining access to more important systems. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since.

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Over 92,000 Internet-facing D-Link NAS devices can be easily hacked

Security Affairs

Netsecfish reported that over 92,000 Internet-facing devices are vulnerable. This trick allows attackers to obtain bypass authentication. Products that have reached their EOL/EOS no longer receive device software updates and security patches and are no longer supported by D-Link.”

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RSAC insights: Software tampering escalates as bad actors take advantage of ‘dependency confusion’

The Last Watchdog

If that wasn’t bad enough, the attack surface companies must defend is expanding inwardly, as well – as software tampering at a deep level escalates. This now includes paying much closer attention to the elite threat actors who are moving inwardly to carve out fresh vectors taking them deep inside software coding. Obfuscated tampering.

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NEW TECH: Silverfort helps companies carry out smarter human and machine authentications

The Last Watchdog

Doing authentication well is vital for any company in the throes of digital transformation. Digital commerce would fly apart if businesses could not reliably affirm the identities of all humans and all machines, that is, computing instances, that are constantly connecting to each other across the Internet. We spoke at RSA 2020.