Shubham Shaw reveals in a blog post, that he has been able to bypass 2-Factor-Authentication on Facebook, Yahoo, Linkedin and Google yes Google. Shaw is a based in Sydney Australia and this is where he conducted his research. But even so,this exploit/hack could be valid just about anywhere, it just hasn’t been tested anywhere else (that we know of). 2-Factor-Authentication has always been a solid security measure to protect your accounts and it is used widely, especially amongst more tech savvy individuals.
Yahoo Nixing Google And Facebook Authentication
Reuters is reporting that Yahoo is going to stop users from accessing its web services, such as Flickr and Fantasy Sports, with their Google or Facebook credentials. Currently you have an option to sign into Yahoo services with those options but it’s coming to an end. Once this is rolled out, the next time you try and login you will be asked to create a Yahoo ID or enter your Yahoo ID. Marissa Mayer is forging ahead to make Yahoo relevant again and allowing logins from competing companies is something she’s ready to do away with.
App Review: Yahoo News Digest
You know what it’s like. You find yourself in bed perusing the App Store for new apps to download and there’s always that one app … Read more…
Marissa Mayer Fires Yahoo COO
Yahoo! chief operating officer (COO) Henrique de Castro has been fired by CEO Marissa Mayer. The former Google employee was the first of many acquisitions … Read more…
Yahoo! Acquires Aviate
Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo!, announced during her Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote on Tuesday, January 7th that Yahoo! has acquired popular Android … Read more…
Video Sharing Site Dailymotion Aims Its Sights On YouTube
Dailymotion, a online video sharing site, is close to inking a partnership deal in the US and is working on another in Asia in hopes … Read more…
Google, Microsoft And Others, Lead Campaign To Limit Government Surveillance
Looks like Google is turning the other cheek on the Microsoft Scroogled campaign to work with them on government surveillance matters. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, … Read more…
A Fluff Editorial: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Way back, in the late 1990’s, I was still learning about what the internet had to offer. I had just recently had my first high speed internet (DSL) hooked up and was blazing through the pages at a whopping 1Mbps.
I decided, much like many other people, that I wanted a personal web page. There were quite a few free hosting sites available with rudimentary templates. I wanted to get my page into a search engine, which at the time was like pulling teeth for a non-technical person like I was.