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 Vultur trojan steals bank credentials but asks for permissions to do far more damage down the line. After remaining available for more than two weeks, a malicious two-factor authentication (2FA) ...

Google’s updated 2FA setup no longer requires a phone number by default. Users can set up 2FA directly with an authenticator app or hardware key, skipping SMS verification. Google has streamlined its ...

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 ...

The Google two-factor authentication (2FA) security system was updated with a new security key. This system is also called 2SV, or 2-Step Verification. Before now, users were given the option to use a ...

The security firm Pradeo said that the fake app "surreptitiously" installed a popular trojan that looks for financial data and personal information on infected devices. The 2FA Authenticator went live ...

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