Linux experts are crap at passwords!
Remember the Gentoo data breach story last week? Someone broke into the Linux distro’s GitHub repository, took it over completely by …
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Twitter introduces another way for you to better secure your account
Twitter has added the ability to authenticate to the service using hardware tokens such as Yubico’s YubiKey. Announced towards the end of …
Twitter gets physical – with support for hardware security keys
Twitter has given millions of users a way of making their accounts even harder to hack, with the introduction of support for physical keys. …
Twitter puts a tighter squeeze on spambots
Twitter has announced a range of actions intended to bolster efforts to fight spam and “malicious automation” (aka bad bots) on its …
Advantages of Two-Factor Authentication After GDPR
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018, establishing a set of regulations to …
The Google Pixelbook power button is now a 2FA token
If you own a Google Pixelbook, intriguing news – it appears the power button can now double as an alternative to using U2F (Universal …
How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!
A little under two years ago, I looked into how one might go about securing an eBay account using two-factor authentication (2FA). At the …
Your Firefox account can now be secured with 2FA
Mozilla is rolling out support for two-factor (or two-step) authentication for anyone who has a Firefox account. While the feature is not …
Facebook now supports 2FA via authenticator apps
Facebook has good news for users who wish to secure their accounts with two-factor authentication but aren’t comfortable sharing their …
Facebook 2FA no longer needs a phone number: here’s how to set it up
We’re big believers in two-factor authentication (2FA) here at Naked Security. With all the account hijackings that have caused so much …
You Should Be Using Two-Factor Authentication on Everything
This post is part of a weeklong series to help our readers improve their digital security. Follow along …
This Tool Can Hack Your Accounts Even with Two-Factor Authentication
The hack in question was not developed by Mitnick, who works as Chief Hacking Officer for security firm KnowBe4. Credit for that goes to …
Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication
The phishing email is the core of the attack method. In this particular case, the phishing email is supposedly sent by LinkedIn to a member …
Two-factor authentication easily bypassed in proof-of-concept attack
KnowBe4 chief hacking officer Kevin Mitnick has demonstrated a proof of concept attack that utilizes social engineering and fake domain …
Two-factor authentication easily bypassed in proof of concept attack
KnowBe4 chief hacking officer Kevin Mitnick has demonstrated a proof of concept attack that utilizes social engineering and fake domain …
Twitter security snafu: change your passwords
If you’re logging into Twitter after having been AWOL for a day or two, you’ll likely be seeing one of these pop-ups talking about …
Gmail users, here’s how (and why) you should set up prompt-based 2FA
Last week, Google rolled out two-factor authentication prompts to its updated Gmail app, all in the hopes that more people using Google …
Malware leverages web injects to empty users’ cryptocurrency accounts
Criminals trying to get their hands on victims’ cryptocurrency stashes are trying out various approaches. The latest one includes …
The Motherboard Guide To Using Facebook Safely
When my parents first joined Facebook to stalk me, I thought the social network was going to become uncool and fade away like Myspace, …
Reliable SMS interception leaves 2FA accounts open to attack
1 min ago Text messages via SMS are often used as part of two-factor authentication strategies to protect login accounts. But a new and …
Facebook SMS spam risks spoiling adoption of 2FA
It’s hard enough to get people to use two-factor authentication (2FA) without a problem like Gizmodo reports of Facebook sending unwanted …
Facebook didn’t mean to send spam texts to two-factor authentication users
Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos apologized for spam texts that were incorrectly sent to users who had activated two-factor …
Facebook accused of spamming 2FA phone numbers
Facebook is being accused of spamming people via the phone numbers they used to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) and posting their …
Reddit users, beware its evil twin
Unbeknownst to Reddit users, the site that likes to call itself the “front page of the internet” has acquired an unwanted evil twin …
Safer Internet Day: 3 things you can do for your social networks
It’s Safer Internet Day 2018, a day designed to “promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and …
Safer Internet Day: 3 things your social networks can do for you
It’s Safer Internet Day 2018, which is a double-sided challenge. Part of building a safer internet is how we use …
Reddit users, 2FA is here! Now turn it on…
It’s been rather too long coming but Reddit users can finally secure their accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA). Read the …
Reddit rolls out 2-factor authentication for users
The 234 million or so unique Reddit users are finally getting the option of setting up 2-factor authentication for their account(s). Why is …
Reddit rolls out 2FA to all its users
Reddit, the so-called “front page of the internet”, has some important news for its 250 million registered users. You can now secure …
Reddit adds 2-factor authentication for all
Reddit has finally joined other major web properties in adding two-factor authentication for all users. It’s been available for mods and …