security
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Google Will Now Let You Use Your Android Phone As A Physical Security Key
By now you should know that two-factor authentication is a vital and necessary component of good security hygiene. That said, the most common ways of getting 2FA codes usually involve text messages or authenticator apps, which aren’t always hacker-proof. But today, Google announced at its Cloud Next conference that you can now use any Android…
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540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Online, Plus Passwords, Comments, And More
Researchers at the cybersecurity firm UpGuard on Wednesday said they had discovered the existence of two datasets together containing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. Both were left publicly accessible.
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36 Undiscovered Flaws In 4G LTE Revealed By A New Security Tool
While carriers continue working on building out 5G infrastructure before networks officially go live later this year, a team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have been looking for flaws in existing 4G LTE wireless networks. And by using a tool dubbed the “LTEFuzz,” the team managed to find more…
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Hackers Snuck Backdoors Into ASUS Software Updates, Infecting Thousands
On Monday, we saw once again how criminals can exploit trust and use it as a weakness.