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Square is a popular credit card processing service that lets thousands of small businesses and merchants accept credit cards without having to buy an expensive card terminal or pay super-exorbitant fees.
And as you might expect, Square customers are frequently targeted by hackers.
Luckily, you can easily protect your own Square account from those hacking attempts by enabling Two-Factor Authentication. [Read more…]
Two-Factor Authentication has quickly become the preferred method of securing online accounts from hackers because it adds a second, even more secure physical requirement to logging into an account.
Of course that extra requirement is having physical access to your mobile phone, which makes it just about as secure as it can get.
Although there will likely never be an absolutely 100% effective way of protecting online accounts from hackers, two-factor authentication is probably the most secure method available today. That’s why I recommend enabling it on your LinkedIn account right now. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Are you a blogger who’s been using a stand-alone Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) plugin to enable 2FA on your blog’s login page?
If so, I have great news for you…
The awesome free Wordfence Security plugin will now add Two-Factor Authentication login security to your blog without having to use a separate 2FA plugin!
By now you probably know how important it is to enable Two-Factor Authentication on all of your online accounts.
In a nutshell, enabling Two-Factor Authentication on an account adds an extra level of security to that account’s login process.
And with all the hacking and scamming going on in the world today you really do need that extra level of protection on each and every one of your online accounts!
Here’s a general overview of how this powerful security measure works to protect an account from hackers: [Read more…]
If you use the popular GoToMyPC remote access service you probably already know they were hacked big time over the past weekend.
To help protect the security of your account, you’ll be required to reset your password before you can log in again.
Before you choose a new password however, you might want to read this post for tips on choosing a good one.
After you have successfully changed your password and logged in to your GoToMyPC account, I strongly recommend that you enable Two Factor Authentication on the account. (Note: GoToMyPC calls it “2-Step Verification”) [Read more…]