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The Uber Hack Shows Push Notification 2FA Has a Downside: It’s Too Annoying
The Uber hacker appears to have gained access to the company’s systems after spamming workers with multi-factor authentication requests.
Hackers Are Outsourcing Social Engineering to Bots
There's a booming market for custom robots that scam people out of their 2FA codes.
The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes
The bots convincingly and effortlessly help hackers break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts.
The White House's Plan to Stop Government Employees From Getting Phished
An Office of Management and Budget official explained the large scale plan to move the federal government to phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.
Cheaters Are Buying 'Call of Duty: Warzone' Accounts to Bypass Security
'Call of Duty: Warzone' made a change meaning players had to sign up with a phone number, annoying cheaters. Now, someone is selling pre-verified accounts in response.
‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ Cheaters Are Getting Owned by 2FA
Activision is forcing Warzone gamers to use their cellphone number to log in, and using it as a way to permaban cheaters.
Transmit Security, Authentication Company Used by Banks, Hacked
The breach impacted email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, and other sensitive information, according to a researcher mentioned in a breach notification obtained by Motherboard.
Authorities Arrest Alleged Member of Group That Hacked Jack Dorsey
The alleged member was arrested around two weeks ago, another member of the hacking group told Motherboard.
Twitter Took Phone Numbers for Security and Used Them for Advertising
This could make people think twice about using a phone number to secure their account at all.
Hackers Publish List of Phished Discord Credentials
The small list of around 2,500 login details acts a reminder to stay vigilant and use two-factor authentication.
Facebook’s Phone Number Policy Could Push Users to Not Trust Two-Factor Authentication
Users are angry that Facebook is letting others, including advertisers, look up users via the phone numbers they provided to enable two-factor authentication.
How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale
A new Amnesty International report goes into some of the technical details around how hackers can automatically phish two-factor authentication tokens sent to phones.