How safe is your favourite website? From Facebook to Trip Advisor the best and worst offenders for cybersecurity have been revealed
- Facebook, Twitter and Google all scored full marks for their cybersecurity
- Halifax, Lloyds, Monzo, Trip Advisor and Asos came bottom of the list
- Websites were ranked based on the robustness of their two factor authentication
- Cybersecurity firm Dashlane claims greater transparency is needed in order to help users maximise their security online
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The safest sites on the internet have been revealed by cybersecurity experts – and Facebook and Google top the list as the most secure.
Security firm Dashlane studied the protection of personal data with two-factor authentication to find which sites protected their customers the best.
UK banks Halifax, Lloyds and Monzo came bottom of the list alongside popular sites Trip Advisor and Asos.
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The safest sites on the internet have been revealed by cybersecurity experts and Facebook and Google top the list as the most secure. UK banks Halifax, Lloyds and Monzo came bottom of the list alongside Trip Advisor and Asos (stock)
Two-factor authentication is a term which includes a variety of different systems in order to make it harder for people to access an account.
It adds an extra layer of protection to a service or account before the login can be completed.
This works alongside the password and commonly includes SMS, email, an application or a hardware token such as a USB stick.
The different types of security are broken down into three different categories: SMS and/or email, software-based token or a hardware-based token.
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One point was awarded for the presence of SMS/email authentication and a software toke but three points were awarded for the use of hardware tokens.
The cybersecurty firm considered anything less than full marks and the presence of all three security measures to be a fail.
Dashlane looked at 22 popular UK consumer websites and developed a points system based on what protection was in place for users.
Only four of these scored a ‘pass’ with adequate security measures.
These included the much beleaguered social media sites Facebook and Twitter as well as the search giant behemoth Google.
Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of protection to a service or account before the login can be completed. One point was awarded for the presence of SMS/email authentication and a software token for of authentication but three points were awarded for the use of hardware tokens (stock)
WHAT WEBSITES ARE MOST SECURE?
Cybersecurity firm Dashlane looked at 22 different websites and ranked them based on how secure they are and their login protocols.
One point was awarded for the presence of SMS/email authentication and a software token for of authentication but three points were awarded for the use of hardware tokens.
The cybersecurty firm considered anything less than full marks and the presence of all three security measures to be a fail.
2018 UK Rankings
5/5 Points – PASS
- Battle.net
2/5 Points – FAIL
- Amazon
- Apple
- Evernote
- Patreon
- Slack
- Transferwise
1/5 Point – FAIL
- Airbnb
- eBay
- Indeed
- Revolut
- Yahoo!
0/5 Points – FAIL
- Asos
- Halifax
- Lloyds
- Monzo
- Trip Advisor
Battle.net, a gaming website, was the only other site to score full marks.
‘Through the course of our research we found that information on two factor-authentication is often presented in a way that is unclear, making it difficult for consumers,’ said Emmanuel Schalit, CEO of Dashlane.
‘In fact, our researchers were forced to omit a large number of popular websites from our testing simply because the sites don’t provide any straightforward or easily accessible information.
‘It’s reasonable to conclude that many consumers are not taking full advantage of the security options available to them due to this lack of transparency.’
The analysis also found that only five websites offered no two factor-authentication at all and 82 per cent of sites do not offer a full set of security options.
Dashlane evaluated the options the sites for logins on desktop browsers only and did not account for login attempts on mobile apps, mobile browsers or desktop apps.
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