TOTP Tokens Protectimus Slim NFC: FAQ
The first programmable TOTP tokens Protectimus Slim NFC were released just a couple years ago. Since then, we’ve received hundreds of orders, as well as hundreds of questions about how it works, how programmable security key differs from the classic one, how to program tokens, and whether or not using this kind of OTP token is secure. In this article, I’ll explain how classic TOTP hardware token and programmable TOTP token...
Best Protectimus MFA Features for Financial Services Cybersecurity
The financial services industry is inherently more at risk of cyberattacks than any other industry. Financial sector includes everything from investment consultants and stocks to insurance and banking; naturally, the money that floats within the financial industry is very tempting to hackers. In fact, according to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report — 71% of recent cyber attacks were motivated by money itself, nothing...
2FA Chatbots vs. SMS Authentication
In this article, we’ll explain what is a bot for two-factor authentication and how 2FA chatbots (two-factor authentication with messaging service chatbots) work. We’ll look at the pros and cons of this one-time password delivery method and figure out which is best: 2FA bots or SMS authentication. Table of contents: How did the Protectimus Bot token come to be? How does two-factor authentication with chatbots work? 2FA...
PayPal Two-Factor Authentication with Hardware Security Key
PayPal two-factor authentication became available to users in far 2007. Everybody wishing to protect their PayPal login could order a $5 security token directly from their account. Unfortunately, later the company discontinued the use of its own hardware tokens in favor of SMS-based authentication, decreasing PayPal security considerably. But the situation with PayPal two-factor authentication is changing once again, for the better...
Time Drift in TOTP Hardware Tokens Explained and Solved
Multi-factor authentication by a Time based One Time Password (TOTP) generated with a physical device is, without any doubt, the staunchest approach to safeguarding sensitive data and securing access to your invaluable accounts. But being physical objects and having no internet connection gives physical TOTP tokens both their main strength and their major drawback. Without any connection to the net, the tokens’ internal clocks...
Two-factor authentication for Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
Since Windows is one of the most used systems, especially among various businesses, it makes sense to thoroughly protect it. Protectimus has an excellent two-factor authentication software for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11. In this article, we will look into how it works and how to set it up. And we will address the most common questions on our two-factor authentication for Windows login. How does two-factor authentication for Windows...