Q: What are the pros and cons of using a third-party authentication app? A: Every user of the Internet should be familiar with the security concept known as ‘2-factor authentication’ (2FA) which ...

You lock your doors—why not your accounts? Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get ...

These vulnerabilities affect the iPhone's CoreAudio and Pointer Authentication systems, allowing malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and access sensitive data. UIDAI has unveiled a revamped ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. In a world riddled with data breaches, having a strong password isn’t always enough to keep your personal and financial ...

Proton, which is known for privacy-focused productivity tools, has launched a 2FA app called Proton Authenticator. This two-factor authentication adds a second layer of defence when logging into your ...

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 ...

Instagram Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) code sent on WhatsApp will be possible in the future, an app analyst and leaker suggested. The planned feature will not replace the current authentication ...

The vulnerability can let installed mobile apps access SMS/MMS data on a OnePlus phone without asking for user permission, ...

We've probably all received confirmation codes sent via text message when trying to sign into an account. Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and ...

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 ...

Through a recent notice, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced its decision to discontinue facial QR code-based ...

Security on the internet has become more important with each passing year. It seems like every other month there is a major data breach from major retailers or online properties. One of the key things ...