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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ZDNet: Windows 10 moves closer to killing off passwords with Edge WebAuthn logins

Through Microsoft Edge’s support of WebAuthn, users will be able to sign in using a…

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Digital Trends: Use your face or finger to log into accounts using Microsoft Edge

In this article, Digital Trends reports that Microsoft Edge now supports the Web Authentication specification…

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CNBC: Google wants to replace your password routine with a tiny device that plugs into your computer

The FIDO Security Key has helped to kill all successful account takeovers by phishing at…

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