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Three API security risks in the wake of the Facebook breach

CTOvision

Facebook recently pledged to improve its security following a lawsuit that resulted from a 2018 data breach. The breach, which was left open for more than 20 months, resulted in the theft of 30 million authentication tokens and almost as much personally identifiable information.

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Musk says Tesla two-factor authentication “embarrassingly late” but coming soon

The Verge

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday that two-factor authentication for its app is “embarrassingly late” but apparently is now on the way. Musk didn’t provide a timeline, but said on Twitter that two-factor authentication — which adds an additional step to verify a user’s identity at sign-in— is in “final validation.”.

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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

Nudging users toward security works. That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. Twitter, which rolled out two-factor authentication in 2013, revealed in 2020 that only 2.3

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Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users

The Verge

In May, Google announced plans to enable two-factor authentication (or two-step verification as it’s referring to the setup) by default to enable more security for many accounts. In 2018, Google said that only 10 percent of its active accounts were using two-factor authentication.

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WAN challenges steer auto-rental firm to SASE

Network World

That led the global company, which has locations in more than 100 countries, to become an early adopter of the network-security architecture dubbed secure access service edge ( SASE ) by research firm Gartner. Tech Spotlight: Security. WFH security lessons learned from the pandemic (Computerworld).

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Zero Trust Security for NIS2 compliance: What you need to know

CIO Business Intelligence

Over 100,00 organizations are expected to be impacted by Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) cybersecurity standards that European Union (EU) member states must implement by October 2024. [i] This concept of least-privilege access is fundamental to Zero Trust Security practices.

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8 Ways to Ensure Security of Your eTextbook As a Publisher

Kitaboo

However, safeguarding digital content typically involves various techniques and multiple layers of security. User Authentication. The easiest way to protect your digital content is by putting user authentication to it. Answers to security questions. Converting your files to PDF is one of the simplest ways to secure them.