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Is Your Mobile Carrier Your Weakest Link?

August 28, 2017 admin AT&T, Authy, Bictoin theft, CloudFlare, Google Authenticator, National Institute of Standards and Technology, New York Times, NIST, Other, Techcrunch, the value of a hacked email account

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 02:46:42 +0000

More online services than ever now offer two-step authentication — requiring customers to complete a login using their phone or other mobile device after supplying a username and password. But with so many services relying on your mobile for that second factor, there has never been more riding on the security of your mobile account. Below are some tips to ensure your mobile device (or, more specifically, your mobile carrier) isn’t the weakest link in your security chain.