Starting today, Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for all but paying users following a decision that, not unlike other recent moves by the social media giant, has been met ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Dec. 25, 2024: This story, originally published Dec.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Nov. 07, 2024: This story, originally published Nov.

If you’d like to be sure you’re the only one posting elaborately staged yet casual selfies to your Instagram feed, there’s now a powerful new option to help you keep your account safe. In late ...

According to the data shared by Twitter in its recently released transparency report, the popular social network’s users are reluctant to adopt two-factor authentication (2FA) to bolster their account ...

Adding an extra layer of protection to keep your Fortnite account safe is a surefire way of stopping any hackers from taking control of it. Epic Games continues to collaborate with all kinds of ...

The best authenticator apps help secure your accounts that allow two-factor authentication (2FA) by adding an additional layer of security that stops hackers from gaining access to your accounts even ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security access method that requires users to provide two forms of identification (aka factors), typically a password in ...

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of defense against hackers—even if your password is stolen or guessed, another checkpoint will block account access. I regularly recommend enabling 2FA as ...