Our smartphones hold almost every important detail of our lives. They store our memories, essential documents, private chats, and, of course, financial apps. While Google has made progress in ...

Security experts advise against using SMS messages for two-factor authentication codes due to their vulnerability to interception or compromise. Recently, a security researcher discovered an unsecured ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “The password era is ending,” says Microsoft, confirming its intent ...

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 one ...

A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their ...

Weak Link: Two-factor authentication is designed to harden device security and make unauthorized access even trickier for bad actors. In the imperfect world we live in, however, there's almost always ...

With around 1.8 billion active users worldwide, Gmail remains the most popular email service by far. Google was also one of the first to pioneer and popularize two-factor authentication (2FA). You ...

Why 2FA is failing and what should be done about it Your email has been sent Jack Wallen details a recent hack and why he believes one aspect of two-factor ...