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Major cybersecurity disaster averted by sharp-eyed programmer

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A significant cybersecurity threat was averted in the United States after a software developer detected a deliberate act of sabotage within a widely-used program. The program, sabotaged by one of its own developers, could have potentially opened a hidden gateway to millions of internet servers worldwide. This incident has triggered widespread concerns about the security of open-source software. Andres Freund, a German software developer working for Microsoft in San Francisco, made …

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Apple, Google, and Microsoft Want to Kill Your Passwords and Place All Trust with Them

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Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard – Ars Technica Apple, Google, and Microsoft are launching a “joint effort” to kill the password by allowing users to log in using their phone instead. This new standard is called a “passkey” and it works like two-factor authentication. This new FIDO scheme uses Bluetooth to verify physical proximity, which makes it phishing-resistant. It works with most smartphones and laptops, but may have …

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