After a series of high-profile hackings, Twitter last week finally joined the likes of Google and Facebook and introduced two-factor authentication. Users opting to use the new security tool must now ...

Twitter has ended free two-factor authentication via text message, a crucial tool for users to keep themselves safe from hackers. But there’s an alternative that offers even better security and ...

The massive and numerous data breaches over the last few years prove at least one thing: Passwords alone can’t protect you. And as if to remind you that 2019 will be just as fraught with cybersecurity ...

Common methods include texting users a code or using an authenticator app. But on Saturday, the Twitter Support account tweeted, external only Twitter Blue subscribers would be able to use ...

Google is to finally phase out the use of text message authentication for logging in to Gmail on laptops and PCs in favour of smartphone camera-scanned QR codes. The shift, it claims, will improve ...

"We cannot send a text message to this phone number because its operator is not supported," reads one of the messages received by Twitter users. Furthermore, it seems that those who use an ...

Gmail's DMARC security move is paying off. Update, Feb. 5 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 3, now includes help with applying strict email sender authentication protocols, another new ...