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Adding Security Keys to Your Authentication Toolbox

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So, I was kind of excited when I got my hands on two cool things: a YubiKey 5 and a Google Titan security key. A quick intro to security keys: A security key can work in place of other forms of two-factor authentication such as receiving a code through SMS or pressing a button in an authentication app. That's so petty.

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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

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One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. Rocket Kitten successfully attacks university website.

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Are You Paying for Crytpominers to Use Your Cloud?

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Which is something Google is hoping to help make easier with its new Threat Horizons report. The report was published by Google's Cybersecurity Action Team and is based on observations from its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and other internal teams. Compromised Google Cloud used for cryptomining.

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SSI Doesn't Mean Accounts Are Going Away

Phil Windley

In social login, large identity providers have accounts that are then used by relying parties to authenticate people. Note that authentication is about recognizing. Both parties can mutually authenticate the other. I have an account with Google. But even here, social login is usually a secondary purpose for the account.

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Google News and its Various Operations

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Information Technology Blog - - Google News and its Various Operations - Information Technology Blog. Google News is a global platform, and all the content creators do have a wish to get featured in this. But then there are some instructions needed to be followed by the numerous Google news publisher , to get featured in Google news.

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Bad Actor Using New Method to Avert Detection, Google Discovers

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Google recently landed on one of these techniques while tracking hackers in this ongoing game of cat-and-mouse. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware. 509 certificate.”.

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Web 2.0 is Collapsing Under its Own Weight

Phil Windley

But the messaging system run by your doctor or bank is likely less secure than the email systems run by Apple, Google, and the others. I talk about this in more detail in Chapter 17 of Learning Digital Identity when I discuss authentic digital relationships. Email can be insecure.

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