Sounds strange, doesn’t it? As much as we try to promote the importance of this security measure—a secondary means of identifying that whoever is trying to log into your account is actually you—a ...

A talented hacker might be able to easily crack the password for your bank account – especially if it falls under the easy-to-guess formula of your first name and last initial. However, if you have ...

In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...

Security and convenience often seen to conflict with each other. Choosing convenience provides the most flexible use. An example would be having your web-based email available on each of your ...

One of the best pieces of security advice any computer expert can give you is to enable two-factor authentication for websites that support it. With password breaches so common nowadays, it could be ...

Like the lock, 2FA isn’t guaranteed to protect your possessions, but it provides a fair amount of protection with a minimal effort for the end user. While the arguments are there to use it (protection ...

As passwords routinely fail to protect users, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast emerging as the new gold standard of cybersecurity. By adding extra layers of protection, MFA is able to block ...

Just last week, Instagram confirmed reports that it’s modifying its account security setup to allow users to log in with passcodes from security apps, like Google Authenticator, instead of simpler ...

As a member of the local technology community, I often advocate for friends, family and business contacts to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. More often than not, the recipient of my ...

While some people may be lazy or unoriginal and use weak passwords that are easy to break, strong passwords aren’t necessarily indestructible. They can be intercepted, keylogged, or leaked in large ...

Maybe one of the greatest ironies of Google’s Nest security cameras—and the Nest line of products in general—is just how dang insecure they are. In the past, we’ve seen these devices hijacked to spout ...