WhatsApp is today making its new two-step verification feature available to all. Once enabled, WhatsApp will require you to enter a six-digit passcode when you attempt to verify your phone number.

Four months ago, Google announced that from now on, all accounts must enable two-step verification (2SV) by default. Now, the company has announced that doing so has reduced the risk of accounts being ...

Google has started enforcing two-step verification (2SV) for all Workspace admin accounts. The change is already in effect for some users with the company covering more accounts in the coming weeks.

In 2021, Google started enabling two-step verification (2SV) automatically for Google accounts, citing vastly better security for the accounts that have it enabled. Now, the company shared some ...

Making it more difficult for others to get into your account. WhatsApp is preparing to greatly increase the security of its desktop and web apps by adding two-step verification during the sign-in ...

Microsoft account security is essential for protecting data across Outlook, Xbox, and Windows devices. Unprotected accounts are prime targets for phishing, ransomware, and unauthorized access, making ...

Google has auto enrolled more than 150 million users in 2-step verification after announcing the effort last year, noting in a release that the action has caused "the number of accounts hijacked by ...

Microsoft wants you to use two-step verification, so it's adding more features to make that more useful and appealing. It's easier to see what's happening with your account and where it's been ...

In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...