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Threatpost Survey Says: 2FA is Just Fine, But Go Ahead and Kill SMS

Threatpost asked readers to weigh-in with a Threatpost poll on two-factor authentication (2FA) A recently released penetration testing tool can bypass mainstream 2FA. The majority of respondents gave their thumbs-up to the technology, even when SMS texts are used as a second factor. But, there was an overwhelming acknowledgement that one-time passwords (OTP) sent either via SMS or via email represent a known attack surface. A not insignificant percentage said that killing the SMS channel would be a good step to take.”]

Source: https://threatpost.com/survey-2fa-kill-sms/140933/

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