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Episode 378: Two-Factor Fraud

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Reddit’s Two Factor procedures fail, while Google’s prevents years of attacks. We’ll look at the different approaches, and discuss the fundamental weakness of Reddit’s approach.

Plus a Spectre attack over the network, BGP issues take out Telegram, and more!

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    Links:

    • Hey, don't route the messenger! Telegram redirected through Iran by baffling BGP leak
  • Finding and Diagnosing BGP Route Leaks
  • Cloud Leak: How A Verizon Partner Exposed Millions of Customer Accounts
  • New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over a network
  • NetSpectre: Read Arbitrary Memory over Network
  • Password breach teaches Reddit that, yes, phone-based 2FA is that bad
  • We had a security incident.
  • Google Employees Use a Physical Token as Their Second Authentication Factor
  • Cisco is buying Duo Security for $2.35B in cash
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