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

The Verge

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. Although the number of web services supporting two-factor authentication has grown steadily, consumer adoption still remains low.

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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

Because of its general nature and inherent support for self-sovereign relationships, DIDComm provides a basis for a self-sovereign internet much more private, enabling, and flexible than the one we've built using Web 2.0 Once Bob's agent receives the message, it authenticates that it came from Alice and decrypts it. technologies.

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Agencies Warn of Pro-Russia Hackers Targeting OT Control Systems

SecureWorld News

According to a new joint cybersecurity alert , the hacktivists have been observed gaining remote access to small-scale industrial control systems used in water/wastewater, dams, energy, and food and agriculture by exploiting internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and using default or weak passwords.

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Top 7 MFA Bypass Techniques and How to Defend Against Them

SecureWorld News

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. Traditionally, this approach to authentication delivers a unique code to a user's email or phone, which is then inputted following the account password. SMS-based MFA MFA via SMS (i.e., However, MFA via SMS is not without its issues.

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Fingerprints to Selfies: Why This Technology is the Best Tool to Identify Customers

Galido

Since the inception of the internet, businesses have made incredible investments into security while making the complexities of identity verification safe, reliable, and easy to use. One such example of technology pioneered by the financial services industry is two-factor authentication. Biometric Authentication Use Cases.

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

CIO Business Intelligence

Kill chain Attack technique Deception defense Initial Access Uses stolen/purchased credentials to access internet-facing applications like IdPs, VPNs, RDP, and VDI. Creates decoys of internet-facing applications like IdPs, VPNs, and Citrix servers that attackers are very likely to target.

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Naturally Better Security: Leveraging the power of nature to enhance Internet security

CTOvision

Engineers in academia, industry and government have designed approaches to address these challenges, including mechanisms like Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to safeguard and manage security keys for authentication and conduct encryption and decryption. The use cases for a Trusted Security Foundation touch every user of the Internet.

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