Does two-factor authentication need to be fixed? Tough criticisms heard this week from researchers about the effectiveness of two-factor authentication, especially as it’s used in its token form for ...

What is Two-Factor Authentication? Two-factor authentication (also known as multi-factor authentication or two-step verification) is an extra layer of protection — more protection than a traditional ...

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: new Twitter owner Elon Musk has made a controversial move that has people considering abandoning the platform. Move over, colored check marks, because Musk is now ...

Fortinet says threat actors are abusing CVE-2020-12812, an improper authentication vulnerability in FortiOS, in a fresh wave ...

You may think that enabling two-factor authentication on your account makes it 100% secure. Two-factor authentication is among the best methods to protect your account. But you may be surprised to ...

Coinbase, a major U.S.-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange, disclosed today that a hacker was able to bypass the company’s SMS multi-factor authentication mechanism and steal funds from 6,000 ...

Microsoft’s Teams client stores users’ authentication tokens in an unprotected text format, potentially allowing attackers with local access to post messages and move laterally through an organization ...

The embarrassing breach of RSA's SecurID product continues to bite the company where it hurts -- its credibility. In the wake of new revelations, RSA will replace security tokens for about half of its ...

Hackers leveraged a vulnerability in thebitcoin exchanges SMS recovery system to steal cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers. Coinbase, a major U.S.-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange, disclosed ...