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 ...

Reddit on Wednesday reported a data breach. The good news? Nothing too major was likely stolen. The bad news? It involved a two-factor authentication scam. During the mid-June intrusion, the hacker ...

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 ...

UAE banks are phasing out SMS OTPs for online card payments starting January 6, 2026, due to security risks like SIM-swapping ...

Google is phasing out SMS-based six-digit authentication codes for Gmail, opting instead for QR codes as a more secure method of two-factor authentication (2FA), according to the Forbes report. The ...

In context: Microsoft has been pushing for new security standards for years. Recently, the company has amped up its efforts to kill off passwords, and now, company Director of Identity Security Alex ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. As Web site breaches go, this one doesn’t seem too severe.