Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a vital security layer by requiring both your password and a second verification step—like a phone code or app prompt—before ...

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If you haven’t seen your data exposed in a major data breach within the last five years alone, you haven’t been paying attention. Billions of people worldwide have lost their data many times over. 26 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Verizon's day-long outage across the U.S. is over, at least according to Verizon. The outage on Wednesday ...

Google’s Gmail is, without a doubt, the most popular email service on the internet, and chances are, it’s also your preferred email provider of choice. In fact, not just email, Google accounts are ...

It has long been known that passwords are one of the weakest methods for authenticating users. One of the first examples of a password being compromised can be traced back to 413 BCE, when the Greek ...

While some people may be lazy or unoriginal and use weak passwords that are easy to break, strong passwords aren’t necessarily indestructible. They can be intercepted, keylogged, or leaked in large ...

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 ...

Bruce Gerencser can’t access his Amazon account after changing his phone number, leaving two-factor authentication tied to ...