Update, Dec. 14, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 13 now includes a statement from Microsoft about the 2FA bypass vulnerability and the impact it has observed on users. Security researchers ...

Facebook has eliminated the need for users to register a phone number in order to set up two-factor authentication (2FA) in a move intended to get more users to add in another layer of security, ...

In order to enable Two Factor Authentication on any of your accounts, you need to first ensure that it is linked to your Epic Games Store Account. You can do so by simply heading to Epic Games Store ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. For the billions logging into Gmail and Outlook accounts daily, as ...

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 ...

Enabling 2FA (two-factor authentication) on Reddit is a great way to improve the security of your account, by making sure that only someone with access to your smartphone or other secondary device can ...

Western Michigan University students are now required to use the Duo Mobile application alongside their username and password to gain access to their goWMU student ...

Many companies rely on Microsoft products, including Windows, Active Directory, ADFS, OWA, and RDP, in their business processes. That's why the importance of two-factor authentication (2FA or MFA) for ...

Confused about how to enable Fornite's 2FA system? It's not so complicated. For as long as humans use computers and the internet to handle account data, there will be need for added security.

Weak Link: Two-factor authentication is designed to harden device security and make unauthorized access even trickier for bad actors. In the imperfect world we live in, however, there's almost always ...

Millions of users have their online accounts compromised every day. Password lists are traded on the dark web, and bad actors use automated processes to try them against lots of accounts and services.