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My favorite 2FA authenticator is actually my note-taking app

When you think of the best authenticator apps, several options will come to mind, including Authy and Google Authenticator. They all do one thing well: generating the codes that keep your accounts ...
The Next Web

PSA: Don’t give out your phone number for Facebook 2FA, use an app instead

In its statements to TechCrunch about the features, Facebook noted that the features aren’t new, and that your number can be looked up by everyone by default because that “makes it easier to find ...
Yahoo

If You're Not Using Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), You're a Target

Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get into an ...
Bleeping Computer

Zoom adds two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all accounts

Zoom has announced that starting today it has added two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all user accounts to make it simpler to secure them against security breaches and identity theft. With ...
CNET

Twitter Is Done With SMS 2FA. Here's a Better Way to Secure Your Account on iPhone

SMS two-factor authentication is no longer available on Twitter, unless you pay for Twitter Blue. Fortunately, if your an iPhone user, there's a better option anyway. With more than a decade of ...
The Verge

Twitter now lets you enable 2FA without asking for your phone number

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Threat Post

2FA App Loaded with Banking Trojan Infests 10K Victims via Google Play

The Vultur trojan steals bank credentials but asks for permissions to do far more damage down the line. After remaining available for more than two weeks, a malicious two-factor authentication (2FA) ...
gearpatrol

The Most Important App You Don’t Have on Your Phone (Yet)

At this point, I hope you know that two-factor authentication (2FA) is an absolute must to stay safe on the internet. By setting your accounts to require an extra, time-sensitive code when you login, ...
Android Police

How to set up two-factor authentication on Discord

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...
ZDNet

GitHub enables two-factor authentication mechanism through iOS, Android app

GitHub announced that two-factor authentication will be available to all users through GitHub Mobile this week. In a blog post, GitHub's Berk Veral said GitHub Mobile 2FA will be available to all ...
Ars Technica

2FA app with 10,000 Google Play downloads loaded well-known banking trojan

A fake two-factor-authentication app that has been downloaded some 10,000 times from Google Play surreptitiously installed a known banking-fraud trojan that scoured infected phones for financial data ...