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Why TOTP Won’t Cut It (And What to Consider Instead)

NetSpi Technical

In this article we’ll explore security risks of TOTP and an alternative 2FA method to increase security. Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) is a common two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism used across the internet. Would the app still let me authenticate?

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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DAY 2023: Advice from Cyber Pros

CyberSecurity Insiders

Our in-house product of identity manager and access manager ensure that we are following standards. Identity Verification and Validation: Users' and devices' identities should be confirmed and authenticated before granting access to systems and data. This can help guard against identity theft and help prevent unwanted access.

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Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication. The need to manage users and authenticators in a secure and timely way is important with any PKI-based deployment. Certificate-based and software authentication solutions and OTP. Simply put, strong authentication helps verify data security. PKI Management.

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Microsoft Suffers Breach by Notorious SolarWinds Hackers

SecureWorld News

While Microsoft found no evidence yet of impacts on customers, production systems, or source code, the months of unauthorized access raises serious concerns. Surprisingly, the adversary managed to stay persistent in the cloud infrastructure for more than two months before being discovered."

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How To Secure Remote Access Right Now

Duo's Security Blog

As the months and years tick by, secure remote access is the name of the game and the most effective and efficient way to keep workers productive. The most effective way to protect credentials is through MFA or 2FA ( multi-factor authentication also known as two-factor authentication.

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Introducing portability of Google Authenticator 2SV codes across Android devices

Google Security

Posted by Dongjing He, Software Engineer; Teddy Katz, Software Engineer; Christiaan Brand, Product Manager Today is World Password Day, and we found it fitting to release an update that'll make it even easier for users to manage Google Authenticator 2-Step Verification (2SV) codes across multiple devices.

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Chart a course to the passwordless future on World Password Day

SC Magazine

Does the organization use a shared secret to authenticate users? If the company’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) uses multiple insecure factors based on shared secrets, then it’s leaving the attack surface wide open to hackers. Keep productivity top of mind. Make it secure, but make it easy.