You may have a keen eye for spotting scams, but fraudsters are finding new ways to weaponize trusted systems to avoid detection. For example, threat actors are generating real Apple support tickets to ...

Instagram could soon let you receive two-factor authentication (2FA) codes on WhatsApp. App developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi, who has a decent track record of discovering upcoming features on ...

I have long encouraged the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification (2SV) with online accounts whenever possible (for more about the difference, see “Two-Factor Authentication, ...

Every time a massive data breach makes the news, we remind you about the best practices you need to employ to protect your online properties. You should never use ...

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 ...

Edgar writes evergreen articles for Android Police, which includes lists and guides to your favorite Android games and apps. After getting a degree in programming for Android OS, Edgar realized that ...

One-time SMS codes are widely used as the second checkpoint in two-factor authentication (2FA) to sign into everything from banking apps to email accounts. As I've written before, though, SMS is one ...

Fraudulent Facebook messages allege copyright infringement and threaten to take down pages, unless users enter logins, passwords and 2FA codes. Scammers have hatched a new way to attempt to bypass two ...