Once again, it reins supreme as the #1 smelliest old fish of a password on the list of ones that most frequently turn up in data breaches.
Tag Archives: 2FA
Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers
Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.
Apple iOS 13.3 is here, bringing support for keyfobby authentication
Bullet-proof authentication is just a tap away!
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
S2 Ep 13: Weird Android zero day and other tech fails – Naked Security podcast
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Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.
Watch out for this latest LinkedIn phish that’s ‘sent’ by a friend
We recently showed you how crooks rip off social networking passwords – here’s what they do with stolen accounts.
Most Americans don’t have a clue what https:// means
…and wouldn’t know 2FA from a hole in the ground, according to Pew Research.
Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns
Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.
Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising
Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads.