Do you use text messages for multi-factor authentication?
Do not use SMS as a second factor for authentication.
Not every service even allows for multi-factor authentication and sometimes text messages are the only option.
Telecommunications towers on top of Monroe Peak at 11,227 feet elevation on the Sevier Plateau in central Utah.© Photo by: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics /Universal Images Group via Getty Images
But when you have a choice, its better to use phishing-resistant methods like passkeys orauthenticator apps.
CISA prefaces its guidance by insisting its only really speaking about high-value targets.
Apps like Signal provide end-to-end encryption for messaging, though they dont make it impossible to be hacked.
Such apps may also offer clients for MacOS, Windows, and Linux, and sometimes the web.
There has been criticism of both the federal government and telecom companies for not taking Salt Typhoon seriously enough.
But there has been the lingering question of what the average person can do about any of it.
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