Why it matters: Twitter has traditionally provided users three methods to secure accounts using two-factor authentication (2FA). One of the most popular, for both users and malicious actors alike, is ...

Google is phasing out SMS-based six-digit authentication codes for Gmail, opting instead for QR codes as a more secure method of two-factor authentication (2FA), according to the Forbes report. The ...

The latest bizarre move of Elon Musk’s Twitter ownership weakens the security of millions of accounts. On February 17, Twitter announced plans to stop people using SMS-based two-factor authentication ...

On Feb. 15, Twitter announced in a blog post that it will no longer allow users who don’t pay for a Twitter Blue subscription to use text message-based two-factor authentication to protect their ...

While MFA has its vulnerabilities, especially SMS-based authentication, it's better than leaving your accounts open to devastating attacks, Trend Micro VP of Strategy Eric Skinner tells us at RSA.

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If you have Twitter's SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) method turned on, but you haven't paid for Twitter Blue, you've probably been getting nagging messages from Twitter about it going away.

SMS-based multifactor authentication is now so badly compromised that it has become a major vector for fraud, writes Veena Dandapani, of First Bank. A customer gets a text message from their bank. It ...

Elon Musk was right: Text messages are not the most secure way to protect your account. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times. Twitter recently ...

From January 6, 2026, major banks in the UAE will no longer send one‑time passwords by text message for online card ...

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 ...