2FA Security Flaws You Should Know About
Hackers are not lazy, they evolve fast, so relying on old security measures is a terrible idea. Today we will look into how secure two-factor authentication is in general, what methods are used to hack 2FA and up-to-date ways to protect yourself against those account hacks. Finally, you will get answers to the most recurrent questions on 2FA security. How secure is two-factor authentication? Is two-factor authentication safe? All...
How to Protect Yourself From Email Hacking
We have almost stopped writing paper letters, those on crispy brand-new sheets. The lion’s share of the correspondence is now sent via emails. And often it is not even personal correspondence. For personal purposes, we have different messengers and can have an interactive dialogue. Usually, emails are used for sending business letters, which contain sensitive information. Thus, the email data protection is extremely important...
Keylogger Definition, Detection, and Protection
There are hundreds, if not thousands, types of malware spread online. Out of them all, keyloggers can legitimately be considered the worst. We are not being dramatic here. If you get infected with a keylogger virus you basically show the hackers everything typed on the keyboard. Passwords, credit card credentials, messages, everything you search for, all of it gets to be exposed and easily stolen. Read on to learn: the keystroke...
How Does Brute Force Attack Work
Brute force attack is one of the oldest hacking methods, yet still one of the most popular and most successful ones. With computers and technologies evolving as fast as they are, bruteforce attacking is now fairly easy to run and more difficult to protect against. Brute force attack definition So, what is brute force exactly? Brute force definition can be given as such — it is a type of cryptanalytic attack that uses a simple trial...
Reddit was hacked: how it happened, who the victims were, and why SMS authentication failed
Reddit was hacked. The attackers managed to extract logins, e-mail addresses, passwords (salted and hashed, fortunately), and even a complete list of private messages from users who joined the site before 2007. The hackers were also able to access the e-mail addresses and logins of all users who received the site’s newsletter in June 2018. The SMS authentication failed. The attackers were able to intercept SMS messages...