USDA, therefore, turned to Fast IDentity Online capabilities to develop an authentication solution that could offer both the same protective measures as a PIV card but in a way that could survive decontamination procedures and be phishing-resistant, “allowing users to authenticate without the threat of malicious actors tricking them into supplying login credentials,” such as passwords and authorization codes.
Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency has published a new warning as threat actors increasingly turn to multi-factor authentication bypass attacks.“Malicious actors don’t break in—they log in,” CISA warned, adding that many organizations are now struggling to protect their staff from passwords and credential phishing.
As already mentioned in this article about passkeys, such authentication methods help address the issue of 2FA bypass using the cryptographic techniques already built into the operating systems, phones, and browsers in use already.“Here’s the remarkable part about FIDO,” CISA said, “even if malicious actors craft a convincing scheme to steal staff credentials, and the staff comply, the attackers still won’t be able to compromise the account.
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