A penetration testing tool called Modlishka can defeat two-factor authentication in the latest 2FA security issue. We asked a roundtable of experts what it all means. A penetration testing tool ...

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Social media's growth over the past few years has been transcendent. However, with more people coming online each year, account hijacking has become rampant. It's critical to secure your account by ...

Zoom has announced that starting today it has added two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all user accounts to make it simpler to secure them against security breaches and identity theft. With ...

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an examination by Mysk security researchers has found ...

Google Authenticator just got an update that should make it more useful for people who frequently use the service to sign in to apps and websites. As of today, Google Authenticator will now sync any ...

Fortnite is the premier battle royale game today and as millions of players find it more interesting as new seasons pile on, shady parties are also ramping up their efforts to compromise unwitting ...

A t this point, 2FA has become the new gold standard of security. The first time I encountered it was on my bank’s website.

Facebook has eliminated the need for users to register a phone number in order to set up two-factor authentication (2FA) in a move intended to get more users to add in another layer of security, ...

Last month, a cybersecurity firm discovered the first-ever Android malware that came with the capability to steal the 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes generated by the Google Authenticator app.

The security firm Pradeo said that the fake app "surreptitiously" installed a popular trojan that looks for financial data and personal information on infected devices. The 2FA Authenticator went live ...

If you’d like to be sure you’re the only one posting elaborately staged yet casual selfies to your Instagram feed, there’s now a powerful new option to help you keep your account safe. In late ...