Security essentials: What is two-factor authentication?
It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month so we’re going back to basics and looking at two-factor authentication.
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Microsoft rolls out standards-compliant two-factor authentication
Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out optional two-factor authentication to the 700 million or so Microsoft Account users, confirming last week’s rumors. The scheme will become available to all users “in the next few days.”
It works essentially identically to existing schemes already available for Google accounts. Two-factor authentication augments a password with a one-time code that’s delivered either by text message or generated in an authentication app.
Computers that you trust will be allowed to skip the two factors and just use a password, and application-specific passwords can be generated for interoperating with software that doesn’t support two-factor authentication.
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WordPress.com boosts security for bloggers with two-factor authentication
With WordPress.com powering more than 60 million websites worldwide, anything to improve the safety and security of its users is to be welcomed. Paul Ducklin tries out the new WordPress 2FA service on his Naked Security account…
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Security researcher warns over Dropbox authentication security flaw – The Register
Users will not be informed if a new computer is added to a synchronisation list. Newton blames designs flaws in the Windows version of Dropbox for what he argues is a security weakness. It is unclear whether or not Linux, Mac OS X or mobile Dropbox …
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