Cybercrime is way up and a strong password isn’t enough to protect your money, your work and your family. To protect your accounts from increasingly active evildoers, you need a second factor. More ...
There are many ways to improve your security with multi-factor authentication, but some kinds offer more protection from hacking and tracking. In previous articles about security and data breaches, we ...
Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...
Online threats are constantly evolving, so it’s often difficult, even counterproductive, to compare how useful a security control is in today’s threat environment to the threat environment of a few ...
Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a vital security layer by requiring both your password and a second verification step—like a phone code or app prompt—before ...
In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...
In today’s digital world, where personal data is constantly at risk, protecting your online accounts is more crucial than ever. While passwords have long been the first line of defense, they are no ...
A talented hacker might be able to easily crack the password for your bank account – especially if it falls under the easy-to-guess formula of your first name and last initial. However, if you have ...
Choosing the right MFA solution for a Microsoft environment that covers all authentication needs will reduce stress on your IT admins and help desk. Passwords clearly are not enough to protect ...
With the recent attack on Twitter, a bubble has been burst regarding the protective security two-factor authentication (2FA) provides for privileged access and for any user access. While multifactor ...
Two-Factor Authentication is supported across a wide range of services, and social media platforms such as Discord are no exception to this rule. So, here is the thing: we will discuss how to enable ...
In previous articles about security and data breaches, we discussed the need for multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your Bitcoin accounts and any other accounts you want to protect. Hacks will ...