GitHub announced that two-factor authentication will be available to all users through GitHub Mobile this week. In a blog post, GitHub's Berk Veral said GitHub Mobile 2FA will be available to all ...

Adding multi-factor authentication (often called two-factor authentication, or 2FA) to high-value online accounts is one of the most important security precautions you can take. It takes just a few ...

How to secure your GitHub account with two-factor authentication Your email has been sent GitHub is now prompting developers and administrators who use the site to secure their accounts with ...

Take a deep breath. Facebook just did something good. The company announced in a May 23 blog post that it would no longer require a phone number to set up two-factor authentication, and would instead ...

Jon Porter is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Zoom is adding support for two-factor authentication ...

The FBI has recently issued a warning about a sophisticated hacking campaign targeting banking apps, raising alarms for both ...

Multi-factor authentication requires users to present two or more pieces of evidence to prove their identity, such as a password and a one-time code sent to an ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a public preview of a new "Authenticator Lite" solution for Outlook Mobile apps. While Microsoft described Authenticator Lite as being a public preview release, not all ...

Multi-factor authentication via text leaves you open to attacks. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report ...

Over the past year, the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has made some key changes to make Aadhaar more ...

The age of automated authentication through biometric scanning is almost here. Yet even in this time of Apple’s Face ID, Windows 10’s Hello, and the up-and-coming FIDO2 specification, passwords are ...