A password is a terrible way to protect an online account, because anybody who learns your password owns the account, even if they're half a world away. A password manager lets you use ...

U.S. messaging giant Twilio has confirmed hackers also compromised the accounts of some Authy users as part of a wider breach of Twilio’s systems. Authy is Twilio’s two-factor authentication (2FA) app ...

2FA, or two-factor authentication, is how many of us log into our favorite sites and apps with the peace of mind that there's a second layer of security beyond a simple (or complex) password. Twilio ...

Hackers gained access to the Authy Android app database and “were able to identify data associated with [accounts], including phone numbers,” according to a July 1 security alert post issued by the ...

In an era when standard password protection no longer seems like a foolproof method for securing the likes of bank account information and private photos stored on mobile devices and the cloud, one ...

A hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. The company confirmed to CyberGuy that threat actors got access to the data associated with its Authy ...

The Silicon Valley company said that while Authy accounts were not compromised, threat actors may try to use stolen phone numbers for phishing attacks. Twilio has asked users of its two-factor ...

July 21, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Android/iOS: Two-factor authentication is a feature that you should probably enable on any service where it's ...

Jake is a cybersecurity graduate with a knack for simplifying complex technical concepts into digestible nuggets of information. Approaching his one-year milestone of keeping you in the loop on the ...

A password is a terrible way to protect an online account, because anybody who learns your password owns the account, even if they're half a world away. A password manager lets you use ...