Sophisticated phishing attacks that clone legitimate webpages and bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) are on the rise. Email security firm Cofense reported a 35% increase in phishing emails for these types of attacks compared to last year. How the phishing attacks work The links in these phishing emails direct victims to fraudulent sites that act as […]
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At the end of April, Notion, a popular free productivity app, released an update with an important new feature: two-factor authentication (2FA). Setting it up is a fantastic way to give your notes and projects extra protection. Here’s how it works and how to enable it. How does Notion’s 2FA work? Once you’ve turned on
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Earlier this week, Google announced their authenticator was finally getting a much-wanted feature: cloud backups. Yesterday, however, a duo of security researchers called Mysk warned users not to enable it since the backups are not end-to-end encrypted. Mysk explained “there is no option to add a passphrase” to secure the backup data so it is
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Google Authenticator is perhaps the best known authenticator, a type of app that generates 2FA codes. But it lacked a crucial feature that many of its competitors, like Authy, have had for a long time: cloud backups. The latest update to Google Authenticator, announced in a blog post by Google’s Christiaan Brand, changes that. In
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The Twitter account of right-wing political commentator Matt Walsh appeared to be hacked on Tuesday evening. While in the hands of apparent hackers, Walsh’s account made several offensive tweets about other right-wing figures, including Ben Shapiro and Andrew Tate. While the tweets have since been deleted, many are still visible via the Internet Archive’s Way
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1Password is a password manager, but did you know you can use it to handle your two-factor authentication (2FA) needs as well? Well, you can! That’s because 1Password comes with its own built-in authenticator app. In this post we’ll tackle whether it’s a good idea to use your password manager as an authenticator, before seeing
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Turning on two-factor authentication (2FA) is a great way to protect your account. By requiring you to prove your identity a second way when you log in, it makes it much more difficult for cybercriminals to hack you. However, if something goes wrong, say you accidentally delete your authenticator app or lose your phone, then
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To keep your accounts as secure as possible, you’ll want to make sure you’re using a strong password and have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on. Some password managers help you take care of both by serving not just as a password manager, but as an authenticator to secure your other online accounts as well. But
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Two-factor authentication (2FA) levels up your account’s security by requiring you to prove your identity in an additional way when you log in. But if you can’t complete that second authentication step, you’ll find yourself locked out of your own accounts, at least temporarily. Unfortunately, getting locked out by 2FA is relatively common. According to
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Looking to improve the security of your online accounts? Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) with an authenticator app is a great place to start! In this guide, I’ll cover what an authenticator app is and how to choose one that works for you, before giving you step-by-step instructions on how to use it. But first, let’s
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According to a survey I ran, receiving a code via text is the most popular type of two-factor authentication (2FA). Security conscious Twitter users were therefore probably disappointed to learn that SMS 2FA will only be available to Twitter Blue subscribers from March 20th. However, non-Twitter Blue subscribers can still protect their accounts with 2FA
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