Two-factor authentication adds a barrier between whoever's logging in and the account by requiring authentication in two ways, such as a computer and phone. This ...

In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

Three cheers! Apple has finally gotten around to adding support for multi-factor authentication for its Apple ID system. Finally, users will be able to log in to their iCloud accounts with peace of ...

Multi-factor (MFA) authentication can boost account security, but you should be on the lookout for malicious prompts that give bad actors the codes they need to log in easily.

Two-factor authentication is a security process that requires users to provide two distinct authentication factors to access an account. By introducing a second layer ...