10 Windows Computer Safety Tips
Windows is undoubtedly the most popular family of operating systems for personal computers and laptops worldwide. It is used on home machines and corporate workstations alike, so the question of ensuring Windows user profile security is essential. This article provides some Windows computer safety tips we hope will be useful to you. In order to understand how to protect Windows and what Internet safety measures are there, we must...
Non-SMS Two-Factor Authentication for Instagram. Why Is It Good?
Did you know your Instagram two-factor authentication is ensured by a technology that has a backdoor as big as the one in the Titanic after it met the iceberg? Well, we will tell you more: the same faulty technology may still ensure the security of your Facebook and Twitter accounts! The last, but not the least important — you use the same technology to confirm most of your online purchases, so yeah — your banking account can be...
10 Most Popular Two-Factor Authentication Apps Compared
This article discusses two-factor authentication apps, which feature different functionalities, are based on different principles but serve one purpose – reliable protection of access to sensitive information. Today, we will try to review some of the most popular applications for one-time passwords generation from the Google Play market and two hardware OTP tokens that can replace two-factor authentication apps. There are a lot...
What is Online Skimming and How to Avoid It
Card skimming, implemented through card reading slips on ATM machines, is familiar to many. Nowadays this type of credit card fraud is also appearing on the web. Of course, it is improved and adapted according to its new ‘habitat’. But the crux of the matter remains the same: the theft of credit card information for its use in criminal undertakings. On the web, harmful Javascript code effectively replaces the skimmers on the...
Social Engineering Against 2FA: New Tricks
In the digital age, data protection is important for every Internet user since today people entrust network with too much information: passport data, electronic and physical addresses, payment cards information, and social security numbers. There are various authentication scenarios used to protect the user’s confidential information. And two-factor authentication has been recognized as one of the most reliable. All information...