My 'ugly' addition for Microsoft Authenticator is that if you need to wipe your phone and restore from iCloud, all the 2fa codes become invalid for whatever reason. This caught me off guard as I had ...

2FA, or two-factor authentication, is a type of MFA (multi-factor authentication) that uses two factors to verify your identity at the time of login. While one of these factors is almost always the ...

Facepalm: Google has finally implemented a cloud backup option for one-time access codes (OTP) stored in its Authenticator mobile app. The feature can provide users with additional convenience and ...

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 ...

The popular two-factor authentication (2FA) app, Google Authenticator, is one of the first picks for users who want to protect their data-sensitive accounts on the internet. It features a simple and ...

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Conventional wisdom holds that adding two-factor authentication (2FA) is the best way to secure your online accounts. With this feature enabled, a threat actor would need your login credentials, as ...

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an examination by Mysk security researchers has found ...

It took Google 13 years to add a new feature to Google Authenticator. Due to the 2FA syncing feature, users can now back up their 2FA code sequences to the cloud and restore them to a new device. We ...

I used LastPass authenticator when I was using LastPass (which I have also moved away from), and I liked its auto backup ability. One day, however, I had to reinstall the authenticator, and upon ...