Very interesting #authentication #method using pure #http without #cookies or #javascript ! https://saucecode.bar/posts/06-using-www.. Even #deadsocial uses a single #cookie ! I will need to check it out, but this is potentially extremely cool!
So, apparently #twofactor #authentication , not only has allowed #youtube #creators to be #hacked by #social #engineering their #phonenumber from #providers , not only has it #locked people out of their #accounts because they lost their #phone , but now it also allows people to be #tracked ! https://politictech.wordpress.com/2022/0.. And this isn't to mention the number of people who *don't* have a #smartphone !
A great piece of #satire on #multifactor #authentication https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-.. Damn! We are really not that far from this #future at all...
Well, this is potentially the thing that gets me to stop using my #google #account entirely: https://trustcoyote.com/blog/2-step-veri.. #twofactor #authentication only serves to #track you and de- #anonymise you. The " #security " it offers has been *repeatedly* #abused - because #simcards and #phonenumbers are *not* within your control and can be arbitrarily re- #assigned ... They make incorrect assumptions about #security because in their little #bubble they all have #contracts
Very interesting #pam #authentication #security #modification where there is a fake #password to run an additional command: https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress People are pointing out that it could be useful for forced search scenarios, especially useful if you can #recover from #backup ! I believe that during these times you must also consider the point that your #drive could be #cloned and the #virtual #drive pulled at the right time to prevent anything being written.
A very big ouch for #westerndigital - they commented out #code that checked the #authentication and this was in turn abused by #hackers to perform the mass wiping attack! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/.. This is why we should all hate #php anyway - it is insanely easy for something like this to happen.