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Doesn't the recovery number suffer from the same problems as 2-factor authentication by SMS?
I was reading some articles, like this one, about the risks of SMS-based multi-factor authentication and I started to think: doesn't an account recovery number present the same problems? Should I ...
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Is receiving login codes you didn't ask for a security concern? [closed]
In the last few days, i received emails from Microsoft with login codes.
AFAIK Microsoft login works without password but with sending those codes to an alternate email.
In this email, Microsoft ...
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In WHM/cPanel > Exim Config, how to prevent SendGrid API key from being breached?
Running a WHM/cPanel system on CentOS v7.9.2009 (STANDARD kvm) and cPanel Version 110.0.34.
We use WHM Exim Config with SendGrid for email forwarding.
In the last 3 months, our SendGrid account has ...
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Is this a safe setup to prevent email account hack?
I would like to protect a Gmail account from being hacked.
Suppose I use the following approach for login/authentication:
Username, Password
2FA via security stick
the stick is in a place that is not ...
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Is this google security alert legit?
I got this security alert from Google lately, but I'm not sure if it is legit. Someone might have tried to scam me, because it says my E-Mail was linked to another as the recovery email. Either ...
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Active Directory and External Email Accounts
In my place of work we have an on-prem Active Directory with 'staff' accounts. Each of these AD accounts has an associated company email, e.g. [email protected]
Within the same AD we also have '...
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University Email (Outlook) Changed and Auto-Updated in Browser and Google Account
I recently noticed my email address for the University I work for was changed - from "[email protected]" to "[email protected]". I also noticed that the version of the ...
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Is my Hotmail compromised as many emails have been sent automatically?
There were hundreds of emails sent from my Hotmail account between 30 Aug to 1 Sept to many Hotmail and Outlook addresses with sECURED.shtml attachment of 764KB. Some emails were not delivered and ...
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Potential Western Union Scam - Account Registration
In recent weeks I have seen a handful of senior employees in my organization receive a confirmation email from Wester Union for a new account creation. The issue is that none of these users have ...
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Is it safe to open email links in a private window?
Sometimes there are links on the email you have to click because they are agrements, but they are coming from a different URL. As of now what I'm doing is opening a private window and pasting the link ...
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Is there a way to know when someone tries to guess your gmail password?
Is there a way to check if someone is trying to login to my Gmail account without knowing the password (so they keep trying to guess the password and failing repeatedly or trying to guess the answers ...
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How many emails and accounts an organization's administrator and developer should have?
Let's say there is a small organization called "Example" with the registered domain "example.com".
There is a person, Bob, who has full control over the organization's GitHub ...
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Is it Safe to Rely on Gmail API to Reward Users for Placing Orders on Merchant Sites?
I have an application that rewards users for placing orders with certain merchants. In order to verify that the order was actually placed and delivered, a user is required to grant us read access to a ...
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Email Takeover Scam? [closed]
I've been receiving a lot of email lately intended for "Daniel L...", a person with the same last name and same first initial as me. It appears this person has requested information from ...
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Site password being used to secure ZIP download, are they storing my password in plaintext?
Recently a utility provider has started to attach a zip file including my bill inside, however, they have secured the zip file using my online web account password.
I am not too concerned about ...
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