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We hear a lot about 2-factor authentication these days, an invaluable way to protect your account from someone who has stolen your password, but there’s an inherent wrinkle built into the system: SMS. Most 2FA setups use text messages to deliver a one-time code sent to your phone, but there can be issues with that […]

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The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a Digital Authentication Guideline draft proposing that all services abandon SMS-based two-factor authentication and use tokens and software cryptographic authenticators. Because messages can be redirected to a VoIP service and not an actual mobile number, NIST believes SMS-enabled two-factor authentication is vulnerable to attacks. A […]

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In the latest attack that shows how hard it is for users to identify phone numbers with premium call charges, a researcher has found that he could have earned millions by abusing the online phone verification systems used by Google, Microsoft, and Instagram. Many websites and mobile apps allow users to associate a phone number […]

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