two-step verification Tag Archives

New phishing campaign steals Instagram backup codes

A new phishing method aims to sidestep the two-step verification of Instagram accounts. A misleading email me...

Erik van Klinken December 21, 2023

Github realizes the need for the hour and has announced its very own two-factor authentication mechanism. ...

Ian Haynes January 27, 2022

Google standardizes two-step verification (2SV) for signing into services such as Gmail. Google is in the ...

Geert van der Klugt November 5, 2021

In May, Google announced that it plans to enable 2FA (two-factor authentication/two-step verification) by def...

Kimanthi Sammy October 6, 2021

Google wants to enhance integrity in the Play Store, by adding new restrictions and safety measures to develo...

Kimanthi Sammy June 29, 2021

To mark World Password Day, Google has declared that passwords are the single biggest threat to your online s...

Kimanthi Sammy May 7, 2021

A newly-discovered flaw in the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp can allow an attacker to suspend your ac...

Kimanthi Sammy April 13, 2021

Users yet again turn out to be the weakest link in the security of computer systems. This is suggested by a s...

Emile Witteman January 21, 2021

On a closed-access underground forum used by Russian hackers, a cybercriminal is selling passwords for email ...

Kimanthi Sammy November 30, 2020

Smartphones running Android 7.0 or higher can now be used as two-step verification (2FA) tools as part of Goog...

Eveline Meijer April 30, 2019