01-02-2022 23:36 via macdailynews.com

Apple’s two-factor authentication autofill feature now blocks SMS phishing attacks

Apple’s two-factor authentication autofill feature makes it easy to enter verification codes sent via SMS, but phishing attackers have begun to exploit this via fake links to sites that prompt for an SMS code, so it looks kosher to users when autofill offers to paste it the code.Apple has done some work to fix this issue.
Ben Lovejoy for 9to5Mac:Apple is now guarding against this by asking companies to send SMS codes in a new, more secure format.
With this format, your devices will only of
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