7 Things To Do To Keep Your Account Safe Even After Compromised Credentials

Account Compromise Is Extremely Common In Recent Times. In This Article, I Explore How To Keep Accounts Away From Fraudsters’ Hands Even When They Know Your Credentials.

Recently, Twitter announced that SMS-based two-factor authentication (or SMS 2FA) will be available exclusively to Blue subscribers. Two-factor authentication emerged as extra protection for a consumer’s account and became a necessary evil. Nobody likes to have to close that financial app to fetch the code that came via SMS. Sometimes the code takes longer to arrive or doesn’t arrive at all leading you to keep re-triggering the one-time passcode.

Account security has evolved massively over the last decade beyond 2FA and now includes sophisticated technologies such as behavior biometrics, device intelligence, network, and browser-based intelligence, etc. Interestingly, these technologies were designed to work passively so that you don’t have to do something they didn’t intend to do (such as fetching the 2FA code from the SMS).

However, to ensure these solutions are effectively protecting your online accounts even when your passwords are compromised, below are seven simple steps you can…