This article explores the significant surge in SIM-swapping incidents, driven by an increasingly lucrative cyber underworld. Andrew Shikiar, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, explains why using SMS for multi-factor authentication may be to blame and explores other authentication methods consumers should consider for greater security online.


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Smashing Security: 339: Bitcoin boo-boo, deepfakes for good, and time to say goodbye to usernames?

Podcast episode where FIDO Passkeys are mentioned and linked to.

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The Green Sheet: The extraordinary life of a payment – Security checkpoints

Andrew Shikiar is quoted in the lead story of The Green Sheet: “Simply put, verification…

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Bleeping Computer: Okta – Hackers target IT help desks to gain Super Admin, disable MFA

Identity and access management company Okta released a warning about social engineering attacks targeting IT…

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