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When signing in to web services, many people have set up two-step authentication or multi-factor authentication because authentication using only an email address and password can be insecure. However ...

Micro-blogging site Twitter has stated in a blog post that two-factor authentication is now available. Twitter users with a genuine email ID would need to enable the two-step authentication feature to ...

"Two-step authentication" is used as a mechanism to prevent unauthorized use of accounts, but it is cumbersome to check and enter the code that reaches SNS and mail. In such a case you can clear ...

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 ...

On my way home from work yesterday, I stopped at one of my bank’s automated teller machines and withdrew $40. In order to do so, I had to insert my personal ATM card and then enter a password. This ...

writer Mat Honan fell victim to a brutal hack over the weekend. Through misplaced ingenuity and a smidgen of social engineering, and wiped his iPhone, iPad, and Mac drives clean. The involved breaking ...

As part of Apple’s two-step authentication service it’s possible for users to confirm their identity via an SMS sent to a trusted phone number. That is about to change, however, according to the ...

This isn't necessarily about iCloud per se, but two-step verification can have some nasty consequences that most of us are lucky enough not to have to worry about. I work tech support at a large ...