Sophos 2FA with Hardware OTP Tokens
Sophos solutions allow for reinforcing Sophos 2FA (two-factor authentication) with Protectimus OTP hardware tokens with one of these two methods: Enabling ‘Auto-create OTP tokens for users’ feature. This automatic method allows for using our programmable Slim NFC token instead of the standard application for multi-factor authentication.Disabling ‘Auto-create OTP tokens for users’ feature. This manual method allows for...
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...
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...
SMS Authentication: All Pros and Cons Explained
It’s delightful to see that more and more websites, apps and services employ MFA and even make this type of log-in protection a mandatory feature. What makes us a bit concerned, is that a huge portion of those websites still opt for SMS 2fa. Despite the facts that SMS verification has too many limitations and has been proven to be a lot less secure as any other two-factor authentication method. In fact, NIST (the National Institute of...