The password era is over
Your password is not safe — with billions of compromised passwords now “fueling cybercrime, putting both individuals and businesses at risk.” And a new 2FA warning that codes can be bypassed or stolen, with device hacks and malware “capturing login credentials, tokens, and session cookies in real time, effectively bypassing 2FA.” This alarming new 2FA attack “significantly raises the bar, rendering conventional phishing methods and their inherent security measures largely ineffective.”
The U.S. government has warned Americans to stop using SMS for 2FA, and we have just seen news that Google is now vanquishing SMS for its billions of Gmail users, albeit its reported QR code alternative is arguably misjudged. SMS 2FA codes are…