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Modern Warfare 2 PC Will Require a Phone Number to Play (PAYG Might Not Work!)
With Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 set for release on October 28th, I have to say that it’s probably one of my most anticipated gaming releases left for 2022. – Having played the beta last month, I was surprisingly impressed with just how solid the latest addition to the…
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Sony Warns All PS4/PS5 Owners to Use Two Factor Authentication
I daresay that if you’ve recently been lucky enough to get your hands on a PS5, then as part of the setup process, you might have noticed a little badgering towards getting you to apply Two Factor Authentication (TFA) on your PlayStation account. If you’re not familiar with this, it’s…
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Green Dispensing Malware to ATM Machines
A downside of technical innovation lies in the unfortunate ability to hack devices with the aim of stealing information and scamming consumers out of their savings. ATM’s are not immune to this threat and a new breed of malware has the ability to allow an attacker the option to drain…
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Bug in PayPal Renders Two-Factor Authorization Useless
Security blogger Joshua Rogers of Melbourne wrote a piece about PayPal’s two -factor authorization system at the beginning of June and discovered a pretty concerning bug in it. Anyone with it enabled, would be able to access the PayPal account by using a special login page designed for eBay. Like any…
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PayPal’s Two-Factor Authentication Gets Breached
It is widely recommended that you use Two-Factor authentication on as many accounts as possible because it is supposed to provide a secondary layer of security that makes it almost impossible to hack your accounts. Typically the second layer of security is a randomly generated code that can be generated…
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Americans Worried About Account Hacks, But Can’t Be Bothered With Extra Security
According to a new report, by Harris Interactive on behalf of Imperium, 79% of Americans have stated that they are worried about their accounts, for various online services, being hacked/compromised yet 75% of them say they have never used two factor authentication and 27% of them say they just cannot…
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Kim Dotcom Claims He Owns Two-Factor Authentication Patent
Twitter has recently rolled out two-factor authentication and Kim Dotcom has come forward to say he is the inventor of this feature, and has the patent to prove it. The patent which was filed in 1998 and granted in 2000 is given to a Kim Schmitz, Kim Dotcom’s name before…
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