A hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. The company confirmed to CyberGuy that threat actors got access to the data associated with its Authy ...

2FA, or two-factor authentication, is how many of us log into our favorite sites and apps with the peace of mind that there's a second layer of security beyond a simple (or complex) password. Twilio ...

Cloud communications provider Twilio Inc. is asking Authy users to update their apps today after threat actors were able to identify data associated with Authy accounts through an unauthenticated ...

How secure are your online accounts? Do you use the same password for everything? Using the same password for everything is a bad idea because it makes it easier for hackers to access your accounts.

Hackers gained access to the Authy Android app database and “were able to identify data associated with [accounts], including phone numbers,” according to a July 1 security alert post issued by the ...

What just happened? Twilio has confirmed that a hacker stole millions of phone numbers belonging to users of its popular two-factor authentication app Authy. The company added that the threat actors ...

I use Authy. However read past problems it may or may not of had. It is compatible with the Google Authentication algorithm with is a time based password system. I picked it over Google Authenticator ...

Twilio, the company that owns the Authy two-factor authentication ecosystem, has announced its Authy Desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux will reach end-of-life on 19 March 2024. It’s unclear ...

When I started using two-factor authentication, I saved my time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) in Google Authenticator since it was one of the first prominent tools for the job. Years later, I left ...

In “Two-Factor Authentication, Two-Step Verification, and 1Password” (10 July 2023), I explained that for true two-factor authentication, you needed to acquire your time-based one-time password (TOTP) ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...