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Google Simplifies 2-Factor Authentication Setup (It's More Important Than Ever)

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Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2024-05-07

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Google has simplified enabling two-factor authentication and passkeys while research from Silverfort demonstrates an adversary-in-the-middle attack that can hijack FIDO2/SSO sessions by stealing unbound session cookies, allowing attackers to bypass modern authentication; mitigations recommended include token binding and Chrome's Device Bound Session Credentials.

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