The internet has always been a place where you need to be careful about how and with whom you share your personal information. But as we live more of our lives online and more of the services upon ...

Security experts say Twitter's security systems need to be strengthened. April 24, 2013 — -- It can be said in the length of a single tweet: When a 140-character message can lead to national ...

-Also in this week's tech report, you're talking about how to set up 2-factor authorization. This is a very important issue for a lot of people. If you're late to the game, how do you do it? -Yeah.

A talented hacker might be able to easily crack the password for your bank account – especially if it falls under the easy-to-guess formula of your first name and last initial. However, if you have ...

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What exactly is two-factor authentication and how do I use it? In my previous post, I outlined the steps everyone should take to protect themselves from password thieves that included using two-factor ...

Our present system of usernames and passwords is just not secure enough. How many of you use the same password on multiple sites? How many of you have a password that can be guessed based on one of ...

Only users who pay a monthly fee for Twitter's subscription service will get to use text message authentication in order to keep their accounts secure, the social media company says. Two-factor ...

Twitter announced Friday that as of March 20, it will only allow its users to secure their accounts with SMS-based two-factor authentication if they pay for a Twitter ...

Last year, the company auto-enrolled 150 million users in multi-factor authentication, which Google now says helped decrease account hijackings by 50%. When he's not battling bugs and robots in ...

Recently I published an essay arguing that two-factor authentication is an ineffective defense against identity theft. For example, issuing tokens to online banking customers won’t reduce fraud, ...