Google stats show how much a recovery number prevents phishing

guest · May 19, 2019

Google stats show how much a recovery number prevents phishing
And that for most, multifactor via device prompt is as effective as a key
May 18, 2019
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/18/phishing-google-advanced-security-2fa/

In case you haven't already set up a recovery phone number for your Google account, and enabled extra security features like multifactor authentication, the search giant is using hard data to explain why you should.

Interestingly, studies (1)(2) researchers presented this week at The Web Conference found that simply adding a recovery phone number to an account blocked 100 percent of automated attacks, 99 percent of bulk phishing attacks and 66 percent of targeted attacks during the period they investigated.

According to the Google data, "hack for hire" attacks that impersonate familiar people or Google itself are incredibly rare, but can include multiple attempts even after an initial message is rebuffed. That's where steps like its Advanced Protection Program -- that requires a user to setup two hardware keys and use one of them to login all the time -- come in handy.
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