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The best authenticator app isn’t from Google or Microsoft — it's actually open-source

Aegis Authenticator is open source with a public codebase. With closed-source options like Google or Microsoft Authenticator, ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Google Authenticator can now sync 2FA codes to the cloud

Google Authenticator just got an update that should make it more useful for people who frequently use the service to sign in to apps and websites. As of today, Google Authenticator will now sync any ...
Lifehacker

One Million Two-Factor Authentication Codes Were Recently Exposed

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 ...
TechRepublic

Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find

Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find Your email has been sent On April 25, security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, who are known collectively on Twitter ...
TechSpot

Whistleblower warning: 2FA codes sent via SMS are trivially easy to intercept

Weak Link: Two-factor authentication is designed to harden device security and make unauthorized access even trickier for bad actors. In the imperfect world we live in, however, there's almost always ...
CSOonline

GitHub to mandate 2FA for all code contributors by 2023

GitHub has announced its largest-ever push toward two-factor authentication (2FA). The world’s leading development platform said it will require all code-contributing users to enroll in 2FA by the end ...