Tag: cryptographic login credentials

• Passwordless Authentication Makes Phishing Obsolete

  Half a century-old password authentication remains vulnerable to social engineering attacks, particularly phishing. In fact, phishing is the top attack vector in most ransomware attacks. Cybercriminals can guess, phish, or harvest a password and use it to replay it. Password-based authentication systems have evolved over the years. Today, they augment with safeguarding mechanisms such as…

  Sankaran G.

  October 24, 2022

  Business Technology, Cybersecurity, Network Security

  cryptographic login credentials, FIDO, FIDO2, FIPS 140-2, MFA, multi-factor authentication, OAuth2, passkey, passkeys, passwordless authentication, phishing attack, phishing resistant, ransomware, Ransomware Defense, ransomware prevention, social engineering, SSO, U2F, Universal 2nd Factor Protocol, WebAuthn