Yubico: A CSO Subscriber Christmas Giveaway
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By CSO staff | 11 Dec | Read more
Follow @CSO_Australia on LinkedIn, Comment on our pinned post what you want to hear about in 2020 using #yubikeycso
By CSO staff | 11 Dec | Read more
Android phones can now be used as second factor authentication for Google Accounts.
G Suite admins demand a way to prevent staff from using SMS codes to sign into Google accounts.
Just make sure your Bluetooth Titan key's battery isn't drained, warns Google.
I've written a few times about two-factor authentication (2FA), where a password (something you know) is paired with a second item, like a device-generated token or one-time code sent via SMS (something you have). A password can be stolen or sometimes extracted, so a second factor makes it substantially more difficult for someone who lacks physical access to you or your stuff to break into one of your accounts. This restricts attackers from accomplishing wholesale attacks across thousands or millions of accounts, unless 2FA is badly implemented or attackers find an exploit.
Glenn Fleishman | 29 Nov | Read more
While passwords security is not ironclad, experts say they need to be in the mix with device-assisted authentication as an additional layer
Antone Gonsalves | 19 Jan | Read more