SMS-based two factor authentication has been touted as a way of improving online banking security but Westpac's head of information security disagrees. The National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank ...

Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of ...

SMS-delivered two-factor authentication will be dead in three years, according to National Australia Bank's general manager of technology, risk and security, Gary Blair. The emergence of banking on ...

Google is now planning to phase out the use of SMS authentication for Gmail, and the company is looking towards using other methods that are far safer and more convenient than text messages. Various ...

Twitter has finally done the impossible: it’s allowing users to enroll for its two-factor authentication (2FA) program without requiring a phone number. What’s more, it’s also providing an option to ...

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 ...

Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many are likely scrutinizing their accounts, checking their security settings, and ...

To non-Twitter Blue subscribers, those users now have 30 days to get on the Blue train or risk having their SMS two-factor authentication turned off. The new policy from Twitter and CEO Elon Musk was ...

SMS messaging for two-factor authentication might become a thing of the past. A U.S. federal agency is discouraging its use. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is pushing for the ...

Why it matters: Twitter has traditionally provided users three methods to secure accounts using two-factor authentication (2FA). One of the most popular, for both users and malicious actors alike, is ...