The Microsoft Defender Security Research Team has confirmed that a pervasive new authentication code attack is compromising ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Update, Feb. 26, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail ...

I have long encouraged the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification (2SV) with online accounts whenever possible (for more about the difference, see “Two-Factor Authentication, ...

Android 15 blocks untrusted apps from reading sensitive notifications, even if they have permission to read all notifications. Before Android 15, apps with notification access were able to read all ...

A new report found that around a million two-factor authentication codes sent by text message appear to have been intercepted. A tech industry whistleblower revealed that the 2FA security codes passed ...

A new wave of device code phishing shows how threat actors are scaling account compromise using AI and end‑to‑end automation.

Update Sign-In & Security settings on iPhone, Mac, or the Apple Account page This article explains how to turn on iCloud two-factor authentication to protect your Apple ID/Apple Account from theft, ...