July 30, 2019

Hackers target Telegram accounts through voicemail backdoor

As politicians should know by now, secure messaging apps such as Telegram can quickly become a double-edged sword.

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April 12, 2019

Android phones transformed into anti-phishing security tokens

A new security feature allows users of Android 7 and later to use their smartphones to authenticate themselves to their Google accounts.

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March 18, 2019

G Suite admins can now disallow SMS and voice authentication

Users of G Suite may find that the option to authenticate themselves via SMS or voice call has suddenly disappeared.

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March 05, 2019

Comcast security nightmare: default ‘0000’ PIN on everybody’s account

It didn't require an account PIN to switch carriers. Everybody uses 0000, it said, making it easier for customers… and phone hijackers.

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June 12, 2018

The Google Pixelbook power button is now a 2FA token

The Pixelbook's power button is a 2FA token, which is great, and almost nobody noticed, which isn't.

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May 14, 2018

Nest turns up the temperature on password reusers

Nest's advice to its users gets a thumbs-up from the Online Trust Alliance.

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January 19, 2018

90% of Gmail users could improve their security easily, but don’t

There's something alarming about the world’s one billion regular Gmail users – barely any have turned on two-step verification.

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August 30, 2016

Turn on two-step verification for your PSN account now!

Don’t wait! Hit pause on whatever game you’re playing and turn on 2SV for PlayStation Network right away!

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June 22, 2016

Google makes two-step verification easy-peasy

Blessed relief for the fat-fingered: a prompt that pops up on your phone and lets you just hit yes or no to allowing sign-in.

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