account protection

Credential exposure report: Poor password habits still pose a serious threat

February 12, 2020

9,050,064,764 credentials have been recovered throughout 2019 which came from a total of 640 unique data breaches and include email addresses connected to plaintext passwords …

High-risk Google account owners can now use their iPhone as a security key

January 15, 2020

Google users who opt for the Advanced Protection Program (APP) to secure their accounts are now able to use their iPhone as a security key. About Google’s Advanced Protection …

Google introduces new G Suite security options

November 20, 2019

Google has introduced new security options for G Suite customers, including Advanced Protection for enterprise users and access control for apps accessing G Suite data. …

Twitter 2FA phone numbers “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes

October 9, 2019

Twitter’s Support account published the following announcement on Tuesday: We recently found that some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security …

Microsoft: Any form of MFA takes users out of reach of most attacks

October 4, 2019

The apparent ease with which SIM hijacking attacks are being perpetrated to get the targets’ second authentication factor for crucial accounts (online banking, …

Google adds Password Checkup feature to Google Accounts, Chrome

October 2, 2019

The popularity of Google’s Password Checkup Chrome extension has spurred the company to build the technology into Google Account’s Password Manager and the Chrome …

As consumers engage with insurance companies online, new types of digital fraud emerge

September 27, 2019

As more U.S. consumers use digital platforms when engaging with insurance companies, new fraud challenges are likely to arise for insurance carriers, according to TransUnion …

Fraudsters no longer operate in silos, they are attacking across industries and organizations

September 11, 2019

From January 2019 through June 2019, LexisNexis Risk Solutions recorded 16.4 billion transactions, of which 277 million were human-initiated attacks, a 13% increase over the …

GitHub announces wider array of 2FA options, including security keys and biometrics

August 26, 2019

GitHub has started supporting the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) web standard, allowing users to use security keys for two-factor authentication with a wide variety of browsers …

G Suite news: Anomalous alert activity for Google Drive, Advanced Protection for enterprise users

August 1, 2019

Google is rolling out new security options for G Suite users and admins, aimed at alerting organizations about data exfiltration attempts on Google Drive and helping them …

Google has been storing unhashed G Suite customer passwords

May 22, 2019

Google has discovered that it has been storing some G Suite users’ passwords in clear text and is notifying G Suite administrators that it will force a password change …

How effective are login challenges at preventing Google account takeovers?

May 21, 2019

Despite implementation bugs that might affect the security of physical security keys, they are the strongest protection against phishing currently available, Google maintains. …