The adoption rate of phishing-resistant forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA) such as WebAuthn hardware keys, device-based passkeys and Okta’s own FastPass nearly doubled in 2023, a study of Okta workplace users finds. But their overall usage rate is still very small. At the same time, the adoption rate of all forms of MFA, weak or … Read more
The 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report revealed that 49.6% of the global internet traffic came from bots in 2023—a 2% increase over the previous year and the highest level Imperva has reported since it began monitoring automated traffic in 2013. Similarly, the proportion of web traffic associated with bad bots grew to 32% in 2023, … Read more
Should the EU protect European firms by restricting imports of solar technology from China? Drawing on new research, Pia Andres finds that Chinese competition has resulted in many European firms going out of business, but some of those that have survived have adapted by innovating more intensely. Renewable energy is key to enabling the transition … Read more
Phishing attacks are become more prevalent as threat actors are arming themselves with potent new tools, according to security vendor Egress, who says that in the second quarter of the year, it recorded a 28% jump in recorded phishing attempts. Researchers noted that the nature of the attacks is pretty much in line with previous … Read more
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