>> YOU ARE WATCHING WCVB. BEN: A BIG CHANGE THIS MONTH FOR TWITTER USERS WHO DON’T SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLUE SERVICE. THE COMPANY IS REMOVING TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION THRU TEXT MESSAGES. THAT’S WHEN ...

More than 80 percent of all hacking-related breaches happen due to compromised and weak credentials, with three billion username and password combinations stolen in 2016 alone. As such, the ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a vital security layer by requiring both your password and a second verification step—like a phone code or app prompt—before ...

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 ...

Twitter announced Friday that only paid subscribers would be allowed to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method to secure their accounts starting next month. The social media giant ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The list of consumer brands adding two-factor authentication to their ...

Twitter headquarters in San Francisco (Image: Steve Rhodes/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Update Nov. 18, 2022 1:36 UTC: Information Security Media Group has become aware that another security researcher, ...

The Amazon-owned game streaming service Twitch has this week announced it is rolling out support for generic authentication applications for two-factor authentication (2FA). This means you can now use ...

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 ...

The file-sharing utility Dropbox is now offering two-factor authentication, a system that makes it much harder for hackers to capture valid credentials for a person’s account. Dropbox, one of the most ...

Increasingly, whether due to regulatory requirements or a basic recognition that static passwords just don’t provide adequate security, organizations are ...