Security News

Reddit suffers data breach due to SMS-based 2FA
2018-08-02 14:20

Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not manage to modify any...

SMS 2FA gave us sweet FA security, says Reddit: Hackers stole database backup of user account info, posts, messages
2018-08-01 18:40

Email addresses, hashed passwords, and other details from mid-2000s era swiped In a Wednesday mea culpa, Reddit – the online chat board that got a little out of hand and became the sixth most...

2FA? We've heard of it: White hats weirded out by lack of account security in enterprise
2018-07-25 13:03

Plus: Appetite for internal pen-testing appears to be growing Few companies bother to secure employee accounts with simple protections like two-factor authentication (2FA) and lockouts, an...

Office 365 admins: How to mitigate new attack that bypasses 2FA on Windows systems
2018-07-16 15:18

A new product launched by Proofpoint works to address a novel Office 365 attack vector that works even if single sign on or multi-factor authentication are enabled.

Timehop breach hits 21 million users due to a lack of 2FA on cloud services
2018-07-09 17:46

Usernames, email addresses, and social media tokens for 21 million users breached, with 4.7 million phone numbers scooped up in the process.

The Google Pixelbook power button is now a 2FA token
2018-06-12 14:36

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

How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!
2018-05-31 17:01

Thankfully, since we first reported on it, eBay has binned its cumbersome 2FA procedure and replaced it a much easier process.

Facebook now supports 2FA via authenticator apps
2018-05-29 14:53

Facebook has good news for users who wish to secure their accounts with two-factor authentication but aren’t comfortable sharing their phone number with the social network: there’s now an option...

Your Firefox account can now be secured with 2FA
2018-05-29 10:49

Mozilla is rolling out support for two-factor (or two-step) authentication for anyone who has a Firefox account.

Facebook 2FA no longer needs a phone number: here’s how to set it up
2018-05-25 13:57

One more excuse for not using 2FA bites the dust.