account protection

A cryptocurrency investor is suing AT&T because criminals were able to empty his accounts through SIM swap fraud (aka account port out fraud), even though he had already …

Google recently shared that since it made employees use physical security keys instead of passwords and one-time codes, none of them – and there are over 85,000 – …

Facebook has disabled a search tool that allowed anyone to enter a person’s phone number or email address into Facebook and find their account, along with all the information …

The 234 million or so unique Reddit users are finally getting the option of setting up 2-factor authentication for their account(s). Why is that important? With over 540 …

The popularity of passwords as a means of authentication is still not waning, so advice on how to opt for passwords that are hard to guess and crack is always timely. Choosing …

When it comes to loosing access to their accounts, phishing is a greater threat to users than keyloggers and third-party breaches, researchers have found. How many valid …

High-risk Google users – journalists, human rights and civil society activists, but also campaign staffers and people in abusive relationships – can now take …

More often than not, the human element is the weakest link in the security chain. This fact is heavily exploited by cyber attackers, and makes phishing and spear-phishing …

Microsoft added a new feature to its authenticator app, allowing users to sign into their Microsoft account without having to enter their password. “With phone sign-in, …

Four US Congressmen have introduced on Tuesday a new law aimed at protecting Americans from warrantless searches of their digital devices when they cross the US border. The …

Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of …

Facebook has been offering the two factor authentication login option for a while now, and is now trying to make its use easier than ever before. “Most people get their …