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Google introduces a new account recovery option that lets users sign in with a selfie video, stored encrypted on Google's servers, with optional consent to improve facial recognition tech.
A user warns about a phishing attempt disguised as a security tip for X/Twitter, advising users to add a secret string to their email prefix; another user clarifies it's phishing and recommends using passkeys instead.
The article warns that hackers can reset passwords for virtually all online accounts—banks, Apple ID, cryptocurrencies, PayPal, etc.—by simply gaining access to your Gmail account, emphasizing the importance of securing your Gmail account.
Dashlane disclosed a coordinated brute-force attack where threat actors abused device enrollment APIs to send one-time codes across thousands of accounts simultaneously, successfully downloading encrypted password vaults for fewer than 20 users before the attack was shut down.
The author summarizes four methods for ordinary users to obtain overseas phone cards at low cost, including Xesim physical eSIM card, Giffgaff UK physical SIM card, advanced Giffgaff eSIM tricks, and Germany's O2 eSIM, primarily used for registering overseas services and two-factor authentication for accounts.
Gmail has updated its account registration process, now requiring new users to scan a QR code and send a text message for verification.
OpenAI has introduced 'Advanced Account Security,' a new opt-in setting for ChatGPT and Codex that enforces phishing-resistant sign-in methods, restricts account recovery options, shortens sessions, and automatically excludes conversations from model training.