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GitHub Encourages Users to Adopt Two-Factor Authentication

19

Aug

2021

The Microsoft-owned hosting service has had support for 2FA for eight years, and is now pushing for a wider use of the feature after it stopped accepting account passwords for authenticating Git operations. Initially announced in July 2020 and in effect starting August 13, 2021, the change requires the use of token-based authentication (personal access […]

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Twitter Enables Use of Security Keys as Sole Two-Factor Authentication Method

01

Jul

2021

“Security keys offer the strongest protection for your Twitter account because they have built-in protections to ensure that even if a key is used on a phishing site, the information shared can’t be used to access your account,” Twitter explains. Security keys rely on FIDO and WebAuthn security standards to ensure protection against account compromise […]

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New security measures to keep Google Play safe

29

Jun

2021

Google is announcing two new security measures aimed at minimizing the number of malicious / potentially unwanted apps available for download from the Google Play Store: additional Android developer identification requirements and 2-step verification. New Android developer identification requirements Android is the most widely used mobile OS (and OS) in the world, and malicious actors […]

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