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How to move your two-factor authentication app to a new device

The Parallax

What the design itself does make clear is that when security-minded consumers upgrade their devices, they will have to take a few extra steps to migrate their two-factor authentication apps. Here’s how the migration process works for the most popular two-factor authentication apps. There are a few steps you need to take first.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Step 1: Use two-factor authentication. In its most common form online, two-factor authentication makes you use a second, one-time password to access your account. That includes the operating system, the programs and apps that run on it, and the aforementioned Internet of Things. Step 6: Secure your digital payments.

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Building Docker images for multiple operating system architectures

CircleCI

There are often circumstances where software is compiled and packaged into artifacts that must function on multiple operating systems (OS) and processor architectures. The Docker platform leverages sharing and managing its host operating system kernels vs. the kernel emulation found in virtual machines (VMs).

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CVE-2020-2021: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Vulnerable to Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Tenable

Critical authentication bypass vulnerability in PAN-OS devices could be exploited in certain configurations, which are commonly recommended by identity providers. PAN-OS is the custom operating system (OS) that Palo Alto Networks (PAN) uses in their next-generation firewalls. Authentication and Captive Portal. Background.

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How to securely authenticate with SCRAM in Postgres 13

The Citus Data

SCRAM with channel binding is a variation of password authentication that is almost as easy to use, but much more secure. In basic password authentication, the connecting client simply sends the server the password. Basic password authentication has several weaknesses which are addressed with SCRAM and channel binding.

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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

or later, you are a few steps away from turning it into a two-factor authentication key , the company announced at its annual I/O developer conference here on May 7. It is much safer than one-time code systems, including SMS or authenticator code systems, as this is based on the FIDO 2.0

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

And very quickly realized that it’s not super impactful to just teach someone how to use the Tor Browser if they’re not also familiar with good passwords, two-factor authentication and software updates — things to consider when they’re traveling to conflict zones, for example. Turn on two-factor authentication!

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