2FA

Twitter to Paywall SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication

Yesterday Elon Musk unveiled his latest attempt to monetize Twitter: paywalling SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA). Per Twitter’s blog post, “accounts with text message 2FA still enabled will have it disabled” on March 20th, unless they are a Twitter Blue subscriber. Twitter’s blog post emphasized SMS-based 2FA’s security problems as the reason behind the change. However, […]

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Two-Factor Authentication Bypassed in Reddit Breach

Online discussion forum Reddit reported on Thursday that its systems had been breached following a sophisticated phishing attack. In the breach notification, Reddit CTO Christopher Slowe, aka KeyserSosa, explained that the hacker “sent out plausible-sounding prompts pointing employees to a website that cloned the behavior of [Reddit’s] intranet gateway, in an attempt to steal credentials

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What’s the Most Popular Form of Two-Factor Authentication in 2023?

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself wondering what the most popular form of two-factor authentication (2FA) is.  Is it the least secure but temptingly convenient SMS-based 2FA that sends you a code via text? Or the more secure but somewhat cumbersome authenticator app that generates codes on your phone? What about the ultra-secure

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4 Ways Attackers Can Bypass Two-Factor Authentication and How to Protect Yourself

Enabling two factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts is one of the best ways to keep them safe. But 2FA is not bulletproof. In this post we’ll look at four ways cybercriminals can bypass it and what you can do to protect yourself. How secure is 2FA? Let’s start with a reminder about how 2FA

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