authentication
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X Confirms SEC Hack, Says Account Didn’t Have 2FA Turned On
X has revealed that the account for the Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked on Tuesday. The account, which falsely tweeted about a much-anticipated Bitcoin ruling, thus throwing the crypto world into a temporary uproar, didn’t have two-factor authentication activated, which allowed an unknown person to compromise it, the site said. Late Tuesday night, X’s…
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How to Finally Use Google Authenticator Without Your Phone
Ever since it came out, Google Authenticator has been a popular choice for generating two-factor authentication codes on the fly. The service is reliable and secure, but has always had one glaring issue: the inability to sync authentication codes between devices, leaving you at risk of losing access to all of your 2FA accounts.
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You Shouldn’t Use Your Phone Number for Two-Factor Authentication, Anyway
You should be using two-factor authentication (2FA) with each and every one of your accounts that allows it. You probably already do for at least some accounts, and it probably pisses you off from time to time. Every time you try to log in, you need to find your phone, check the code they texted…
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Newly Discovered Apple M1 Security Flaw is Unpatchable
Apple’s blisteringly fast and remarkably efficient M1 chips have been the catalysts behind a recent MacBook resurgence, but MIT security researchers have found a chink in their armour.