mfasecurity - Tagged - Security Boulevard The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:46:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png mfasecurity - Tagged - Security Boulevard 32 32 133346385 Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones https://securityboulevard.com/2024/03/mfa-bomb-apple-otp-richixbw/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:46:58 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2013312 Multiple, unskippable notifications

Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support.

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]]> 2013312 Telegram Privacy Nightmare: Don’t Opt In to P2PL https://securityboulevard.com/2024/03/telegram-privacy-nightmare-p2pl-richixbw/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:29:25 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2012982 Scary skeletons

Scary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service.

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]]> 2012982 FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud https://securityboulevard.com/2023/11/fcc-new-rules-sim-swap-port-out-richixbw/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:33:00 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=1999643 A blown out picture of FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel

Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us.

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]]> 1999643 Phish-Proof Multi-Factor Authentication with Akamai MFA https://securityboulevard.com/2021/03/phish-proof-multi-factor-authentication-with-akamai-mfa/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 http://securityboulevard.com/?guid=3a773c7b1606af1e900ae94a27702f39 Today, Akamai announced Akamai MFA, a phish-proof multi-factor authentication (MFA) service for the workforce that delivers all of the security benefits of FIDO2 with the frictionless end-user experience of a mobile push on a smartphone. Why has Akamai introduced this new service?

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]]> 1876058 Smartphones are not the problem with MFA security https://securityboulevard.com/2020/12/smartphones-are-not-the-problem-with-mfa-security/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 http://securityboulevard.com/?guid=00373576369d76418fea7950ac48edf0 We've recently seen big attacks play out on prominent technology companies despite their use of smartphone-based multi-factor authentication. These attacks are real, they do happen, and it appears that even the smartphone cannot protect us anymore.

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