Researchers at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Information Security have developed a new security standard to ...

If you have been using SMS codes to log in to your Microsoft account, that will all change soon. Here’s what you need to know ...

A congressional committee is pressing AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to strengthen protections against scams. The move comes as ...

The loophole allows spammers and scammers to send emails from a legitimate Microsoft email address typically used for sending ...

Text messages are a weak, vulnerable way to authenticate account logins. Soon, you'll have to switch to one of these safer, ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Microsoft is looking to move away from SMS-based two-factor authentication for local account logins, citing its vulnerability ...

Microsoft is phasing out SMS login codes for personal accounts. Passkeys are the future, even if they don't work everywhere ...

It wants to move towards no passwords whatsoever.

Google Messages is preparing to remove QR Code pairing, its easiest way to connect phones to the web app. A beta version has already removed the feature from Android. Users may soon need to sign in ...

Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It surpassed one billion active users way back in 2023 and has over 10 billion downloads ...

Google Messages seems to be working on new chat customization options. Code strings found in the latest beta version of the app reveal that users may soon be able to do a lot more than just change ...