two-factor authentication

Twitter to disable SMS 2FA for free customers

Security

Twitter to disable SMS 2FA for free customers

You're not safe and you'll pay for the privilege

clock 20 February 2023 • 3 min read
PayPal: 35,000 customers breached in credential stuffing attack

Hacking

PayPal: 35,000 customers breached in credential stuffing attack

PayPal has reset passwords on all impacted accounts

clock 20 January 2023 • 3 min read
Criminals now phishing verified Twitter accounts

Hacking

Criminals now phishing verified Twitter accounts

It follows Twitter's recent removal of checkmarks from many verified accounts

clock 06 December 2021 • 2 min read

Security

2FA-beating SIM swap attacks still too far too easy, warn researchers

Thirty-nine out of 50 SIM swap attempts by US-based researchers proved successful

clock 13 January 2020 • 2 min read

Security

Chinese hacking group APT20 bypassing 2FA in latest wave of attacks

Hacking activities of APT20 date back to 2011

clock 23 December 2019 • 2 min read

Privacy

Facebook to stop using 2FA phone numbers for friend suggestions

The change is being introduced in five countries this week

clock 20 December 2019 • 2 min read

Software

Twitter admits it used phone numbers provided by users for 2FA to target ads

Twitter took mobile phone numbers provided by users for two-factor authentication and used them for targeted advertising

clock 09 October 2019 • 3 min read

Threats and Risks

Fewer than one in five IBM mainframe customers are using multi-factor authentication

Mainframe users cited concerns about disruption and end-user resistance as reasons not to employ MFA

clock 26 November 2018 • 2 min read

Threats and Risks

University of Birmingham CISO: "I have severe doubts about the security of Facebook, and LinkedIn is going the same way"

The University of Birmingham faces security challenges from the local to the international level

clock 26 November 2018 • 3 min read

Security

One million email credentials from the top-500 UK law firms' found for sale on the 'dark web'

Law firms wide open to phishing scams following security breaches

clock 23 January 2018 • 2 min read
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