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#2fa

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Datenpanne bei #Brack?

inside-it.ch/brackch-untersuch

Empfehlung von Brack gemäss @inside_It:

«Ihr Passwort bei uns und allen anderen Online-Plattformen prophylaktisch zu erneuern.»

Wieso bei «allen anderen Online-Plattformen»? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Beim Login werde ich übrigens nicht aufgefordert, das Passwort zu ändern.

Wenn man das #Passwort ändert, sollte man auch die #2FA neu aufsetzen.

www.inside-it.chBrack.ch untersucht möglichen Daten-BreachEin Hacker behauptet, Daten von 2,4 Millionen Brack-Kunden erbeutet zu haben. Das Unternehmen kann den Breach aktuell nicht bestätigen, informiert aber seine Kundschaft.
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@cweickhmann den Account, kannst du ja zumindest etwas sicherer machen mit #2fa

Aber wenn man mal darüber nachdenkt, dass man aus Bequemlichkeit sich von einzelnen Diensten und Themen abhängig macht, das ist einfach so dumm

Im Privatleben würdest du das niemals machen. Du willst doch auch nicht dein ganzes Leben lang, dass deine Mutter entscheiden darf, wohin du Urlaub machen darfst und wo nicht.

Vom Nutzen des Passwort-Managers

Inzwischen sehe ich einen Passwort-Manager (PWM) als das wichtigste Werkzeug für die Sicherung von Online-Zugängen. Passwörter (PW), und mit ihnen PWM, werden noch auf lange Zeit die Nummer eins bleiben, auch wenn Passkeys langsam langsam aufholen

pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2

www.pc-fluesterer.infoVom Nutzen des Passwort-Managers | pc-flüsterer bremen
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@alternativeto

#Private #cloud for your #memories, with apps for #mobile, #desktop and web.

#End-to-end encrypted, #FOSS cloud for #Photos, #2FA secrets and more!

Ente is a #service that provides a fully open source, end-to-end encrypted platform for you to store your data in the cloud without needing to trust the service provider. On top of this platform, we have built two apps so far: Ente Photos (an alternative to Apple and Google Photos)

ente.io/
github.com/ente-io/ente

ente3 copies, 3 cloudsWhy Ente is the safest E2EE photos service out there

“one time passcodes” are very common with #2fa logins. Each time I get one sent to my phone I can never shake the feeling that I could have guessed the code.

I understand that it is because it is a combination of 10 digits, but I still always think “yeah, 388292 sounds about right. Classic one-time passcode there. I could’ve guessed that, that’s not so secure”.

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@yacc143 FYI: #Passkeys and #FIDO2 (= "device-bound #passkey" which can be divided into "platform-" and "roaming-authenticators") are identical except the #cloud-sync mechanism (as of my current understanding).

So unfortunately, they get mixed up or are considered as totally different things. Both is wrong.

In reality, they are very similar except that FIDO2 hardware tokens ("device-bound passkeys" only in their "roaming-authenticator" variant) are designed that way, that Passkeys are not being able to extracted from the device (at least for the moment).

Therefore, users of HW tokens can't be tricked into transferring their passkey to a rogue third party, which is possible with all other Passkey variants. Therefore: passkeys are NOT #phishing-resistant in the general case.

#TroyHunt fell for a #phishing attack on his mailinglist members: troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-ju

Some of the ingredients: #Outlook and its habit of hiding important information from the user and missing #2FA which is phishing-resistant.

Use #FIDO2 with hardware tokens if possible (#Passkeys without FIDO2 HW tokens are NOT phishing-resistant due to the possibility of being able to trick users with credential transfers: arxiv.org/abs/2501.07380) and avoid Outlook (or #Microsoft) whenever possible.

Further learning: it could happen to the best of us! Don't be ashamed, try to minimize risks and be open about your mistakes.

Note: any 2FA is better than no 2FA at all.

Troy Hunt · A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing ListYou know when you're really jet lagged and really tired and the cogs in your head are just moving that little bit too slow? That's me right now, and the penny has just dropped that a Mailchimp phish has grabbed my credentials, logged into my account and exported the mailing

Zwangsmigration von IMAP-Postfächern zu Microsoft:

"Daten würden künftig auf allen Geräten synchronisiert […], heißt es in der Mail. Zudem sei Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung möglich"

Synchronisation war doch der Gedanke hinter der Entwicklung von IMAP. Und 2FA sollte doch inzwischen jeder anbieten können.

(Ok, bei "klassischem" IMAP läuft es auf Anwendungspasswort hinaus. Aber auch da gibt es Möglichkeiten.)

#IMAP #2FA #HostEurope
heise.de/news/Host-Europe-bitt

heise online · Host Europe stellt Mailpostfächer um: Es drohen Mehrkosten
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