Phishing and other attacks usually have one goal: passwords. So the world could be a better place without passwords. There have already been several attempts to bury the passwords. All have failed – due to the complexity, the costs for hardware keys, for example, or the inconvenient use. The new approach with FIDO2 and Passkeys sounds more promising. By the way, FIDO stands for Fast Identity Online.


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CPO Magazine: Targeted Phishing Attacks That Overtook MFA – Setting up a Better Security Defense

Last month two companies, Twilio and Cloudflare, were attacked by cyber criminals. While it may be…

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VentureBeat: Google introduces passwordless authentication to Chrome and Android with passkeys

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Cybersecurity Dive: What is phishing-resistant multifactor authentication? It’s complicated.

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