Think passkeys make you phishing-proof? Think again. Attackers are using downgrade attacks, device-code phishing, and OAuth ...

The insurance company did not cover any of the city’s claims totalling about $5 million. City staff say they've learned from ...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds an extra layer of protection to your accounts. Instead of relying only on a password, ...

One-time SMS codes are widely used as the second checkpoint in two-factor authentication (2FA) to sign into everything from banking apps to email accounts. As I've written before, though, SMS is ...

A million two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS passed through an obscure third-party company. Here's how it happened and why it's a problem.

Google has long offered SMS as an option to receive two-factor authentication codes for Gmail. However, there are risks associated with it. Criminals can easily intercept SMS verification and make ...

Finally, as we’ve noted before, SMS is not a secure form of two-factor authentication. Code generators are better, and one is now built into iOS 15.

Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn recommends setting up two-factor authentication for every account you have online. Here are the pros and cons of using a third party app.