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Getty Images Password manager 1Password is launching passkey functionality in 2023 and in the meantime has setup a demo for users to test the new passwordless experience. Passkeys use the WebAuthn standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, and they serve to replace passwords with cryptographic key pairs — a […] More
Microsoft has outlined several mitigations to protect against attacks on multi-factor authentication that will unfortunately make life more difficult for your remote workers. Three years ago, attacks on multi-factor authentication (MFA) were so rare that Microsoft didn’t have decent statistics on them, largely because few organisations had enabled MFA. But with MFA use rising […] More
Image: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNET Hot on the heels of the arrival of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7, Red Hat has released the next version of its RHEL 9 family, RHEL 9.1. Open Source What’s the difference? Why two versions of one enterprise Linux distro? While under the hood there are many specific differences, the big […] More
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto A joint security alert by CISA and the FBI has warned organizations that haven’t applied much-needed Log4j security patches and mitigations to VMware Horizon server instances to assume their network has been compromised and act accordingly. It comes following an investigation into a cyberattack, against what they describe as a ‘federal […] More
Jason Cipriani/ZDNET I’ll preface this by saying you should really adopt a true password manager, such as Bitwarden, for this. However, there are a lot of users who can’t add yet another application in the mix to confuse the issue. More how-tos If you’re a MacOS user, you don’t have to toss in a third-party […] More
Image: Getty/Erik Isakson The FBI is warning people to be alert to the threat of technical support scams, in which criminals pose as support staff from computer or software companies and try to trick unsuspecting PC users into giving up access to their bank accounts. The public service announcement by the FBI warns that there have […] More
Image: Getty/Marko Gerber We’re heading into the busiest period for online shopping of the year, as people look for gifts and bargains ahead of the festive season. And now what was already a busy time for shopping is super-charged by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the days bookending Thanksgiving weekend, where retailers offer major discounts […] More
NicoElNino, Getty Images/iStockphoto Android devices are everywhere. Google’s mobile OS has a massive hold on the global market share and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Partly because of this, Android devices are the target of attacks by hackers and other ne’er-do-wells just like PCs. And even if you keep your Android phone with […] More
