PayPal Two-Factor Authentication with Hardware Security Key
Jul09

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...

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How to Get Protected from RFID Credit Card Fraud
Jul08

How to Get Protected from RFID Credit Card Fraud

Remote stealing of money from bank cards embedded with RFID chips, which is also called an RFID credit card fraud, is quite common for all countries where people use RFID cards, especially for the US and Europe.  Let’s try to figure out how this happens and what should you do to protect yourself from such attacks. The RFID technology simplifies the process of cashless payments and is used by international payment systems...

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Time Drift in TOTP Hardware Tokens Explained and Solved
Jun03

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...

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LiteBit 2FA with a hardware token
Apr17

LiteBit 2FA with a hardware token

LiteBit 2FA (two-factor authentication) is mandatory for its users. This cryptocurrency exchange pushes you to set up 2-factor authentication during registration and it’s impossible to skip this step. It is also impossible to disable two-factor authentication in LiteBit, you can only change one authentication method to another. Unfortunately, LiteBit 2FA offers only two options by default: SMS authentication or authenticator...

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How to Set Up 2-Factor Authentication on ICE3X
Apr10

How to Set Up 2-Factor Authentication on ICE3X

This guide has a purpose to explain three things: How to enable 2-factor authentication on ICE3X.How to disable two-factor authentication on ICE3X.How to use a programmable hardware token Protectimus Slim NFC for 2-factor authentication on ICE3X. Learn more about Protectimus Slim NFC token or order one here:  Protectimus Slim NFC The best 2FA token to protect your ICE3X account! How to turn on 2-factor authentication on ICE3X 1....

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