Last month, a cybersecurity firm discovered the first-ever Android malware that came with the capability to steal the 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes generated by the Google Authenticator app.

When you think of the best authenticator apps, several options will come to mind, including Authy and Google Authenticator. They all do one thing well: generating the codes that keep your accounts ...

When it comes to protecting your online accounts, two-factor authentication (2FA) is a must. However, after relying on Google Authenticator for years, I switched to 1Password for all my authentication ...

Conventional wisdom holds that adding two-factor authentication (2FA) is the best way to secure your online accounts. With this feature enabled, a threat actor would need your login credentials, as ...

The two-factor authentication may no longer be enough. Learn how passkeys offer phishing-resistant, biometric-based ...

Back in May of last year, we reported on a new campaign by Google to increase user account security through a number of methods. As part of this campaign, Google announced its plans to drive people to ...

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an examination by Mysk security researchers has found ...

I used LastPass authenticator when I was using LastPass (which I have also moved away from), and I liked its auto backup ability. One day, however, I had to reinstall the authenticator, and upon ...

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A fake two-factor-authentication app that has been downloaded some 10,000 times from Google Play surreptitiously installed a known banking-fraud trojan that scoured infected phones for financial data ...

Over 10,000 Internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting a five-year-old two-factor ...

Update, Feb 22: Apple removed Authenticator’s copycat apps from the App Store. Another day, another complaint about the App Store review process. This time, 2FA app Authenticator by 2Stable is facing ...