Google is shaking up its two-factor authentication system in Gmail. In an exchange with Forbes, a Google spokesperson confirmed that the company is working on ditching SMS text messages as a form ...

Do you receive login security codes for your online accounts via text message? These are the six- or seven-digit numbers sent ...

A new report found that around a million two-factor authentication codes sent by text message appear to have been intercepted. A tech industry whistleblower revealed that the 2FA security codes ...

Y ou'll soon see a big change in how your Gmail account is secured and your two-factor authenticated logins are handled. Google has said it's planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message to ...

I have long encouraged the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification (2SV) with online accounts whenever possible (for more about the difference, see “Two-Factor Authentication, ...

Twitter is removing text-message two-factor authentication (2FA) for non-subscribers. By double-checking the identity of the person logging in, 2FA lets users to add an extra layer of security to ...

However, organizations must look for ways to work around the vulnerabilities associated with test-based MFA by upgrading from 2FA (two-factor authentication, I.e., credentials and a text message ...

Twitter announced Friday that users who do not subscribe to Twitter Blue will soon have to give up using text messages as a two-factor authentication method to secure their accounts. The social ...

If you have text messaging enabled for two-factor authentication on Twitter, and you’re not paying for Twitter Blue, Twitter says on March 20 it will disable the security feature on your account ...

Twitter Blue subscribers will be the platform’s only users able to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method, Twitter announced Friday.. The change will take place on March 20.

Common methods include texting users a code or using an authenticator app. But on Saturday, the Twitter Support account tweeted, external only Twitter Blue subscribers would be able to use text ...