SMS-based multifactor authentication is now so badly compromised that it has become a major vector for fraud. But there's a ...

SMS-based two factor authentication has been touted as a way of improving online banking security but Westpac's head of information security disagrees. The National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank ...

The rise of two-factor authentication has made life much harder for hackers, as stealing a password alone is no longer enough to gain access to a system. With two-factor authentication in place, you ...

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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.

Another week gone by, and the place is in cybersecurity shambles again. A years' old hacking issue, unencrypted wireless keyboards, being featured in an upcoming Defcon talk mystifyingly became a hot ...

The US National Institute for Standards and Technology draft guidelines state that SMS is not secure enough for authentication purposes. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get ...

SMS messaging for two-factor authentication might become a thing of the past. A U.S. federal agency is discouraging its use. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is pushing for the ...

The hacker gained access to Reddit's internal systems by circumventing SMS-based two-factor authentication on employee accounts. "We learned that SMS-based authentication is not nearly as secure as we ...

Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many are likely scrutinizing their accounts, checking their security settings, and ...

SMS messaging for two-factor authentication might become a thing of the past. A U.S. federal agency is discouraging its use. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is pushing for the ...

(CNN) — 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.