Two-factor authentication is, without a shadow of a doubt, a necessity given the current threat landscape where infostealers rule supreme. If you are not using passkeys already, then your passwords ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Update, Dec. 14, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 13 now includes a statement from Microsoft about the 2FA bypass vulnerability and the impact it has observed on users. Security researchers ...

Earlier this month, Meta's AI chatbot support assistant feature was caught in an embarrassing cybersecurity incident: the bot ...

Turns out that the SEC's X account was hacked, partially because it neglected a very basic rule of online security. Reading time 2 minutes The Securities and Exchange Commission’s primary X account ...

Starting today, Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for all but paying users following a decision that, not unlike other recent moves by the social media giant, has been met ...

Strong passwords and app-based 2FA provide the first line of defense against hackers. Keep long-term crypto holdings in ...

Users of the Twilio Authy Authenticator app may have had their phone number exposed to hackers. While the leak exposed personally identifiable information, it did not directly compromise accounts.

Microsoft is phasing out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) for personal Microsoft accounts. Calling SMS-based logins "a leading source of fraud," the company ...

Learn the key differences between multi-factor authentication (MFA) and two-factor authentication (2FA) and find out which one is best for your business needs. Breaches are more common than ever, ...