https://nalar.dev/tags/mfa/ Recent content in MFA on Nalar Hugo en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/treat-mfa-recovery-codes-as-real-credentials/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/treat-mfa-recovery-codes-as-real-credentials/ <p>Multifactor authentication can fail for ordinary reasons: a phone is lost, a hardware key breaks, or a device is replaced before an authenticator is migrated. Recovery codes give users a way back into an account without asking support staff to improvise an identity check.</p> <p>That convenience creates a security boundary of its own. If a recovery code can bypass the normal second factor, anyone who obtains that code may be able to do the same. A recovery system that is easier to attack than the authentication it replaces can quietly become the preferred path into the account.</p>