UPDATED 19:17 EST / FEBRUARY 23 2020 Passwordless authentication is here and there, but not everywhere CYBERSECURITY SPECIAL REPORT: RETHINKING TRUST by Ant Allan Passwords are a ubiquitous authentication method, but they are vulnerable to a wide variety of attacks, including social engineering, phishing, password-stuffing and malware. Although adopting multifactor authentication or MFA reduces risk, the password remains the weak link.