Venture Beat reports on Google’s announcement that phones running Android 7.0 Nougat and higher can now double as a FIDO2 security key, which means a remote hacker can’t use phishing to trick users into handing over their online credentials. 


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PaymentsSource: Retailers get ready for a high-risk holiday season

FIDO Alliance Executive Director Brett McDowell tells PaymentsSource that while there is no single solution…

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Dark Reading: Passwords Use Alone Still Trumps Multi-Factor Authentication

Dark Reading reports on theJavelin Strategy & Research’s 2017 State of Authentication Report, commissioned by…

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New York Times: Google’s Key to Strong Password Protection Runs Into Limits

John Sabin, a former hacker for the National Security Agency, says Google’s Advanced Protection Program…

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