Cybercriminals compromise over a million Microsoft enterprise accounts each month as too few customers use multi-factor authentication.
Tag Archives: multi-factor authentication
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.
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.
Sneaky phishing campaign beats two-factor authentication
Protecting an account with multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a no-brainer, but that doesn’t mean every method for doing this is equally secure.
State Department scores an F on 2FA security
Senators have discovered that the State Department is breaking the law by not using multi-factor authentication in its emails.
Listening Watch sounds out security idea with websites that listen
Listening Watch, a project based on earlier work by researchers Prakash Shrestha and Nitesh Saxena, uses the power of sound to log you into your favourite websites.
How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!
Thankfully, since we first reported on it, eBay has binned its cumbersome 2FA procedure and replaced it a much easier process.
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.