Microsoft is pulling the plug on SMS-based two-factor authentication because it has become a leading source of fraud, ...

Microsoft has confirmed that SMS-based authentication and account recovery for personal accounts is on its way out. The company argues that plaintext SMS codes are no ...

Apple’s product release events are famous for providing the stage where innovative products and services are introduced to the world for the first time. From Steve Jobs pulling the iPod out of his ...

The use of biometric data in personal devices has been popular with consumers for tracking things like heart rate and sleep ...

User account authentication seems stuck with 18th-century pin-tumbler locks in an era of heat-sensitive, motion-detecting vaults with man traps and biometric sensors. As I recently discussed, ...

How do I know who you are? It's a simple question without a simple answer. Yet it's at the heart of so many security conversations and decisions we have these days. How does the organization identify ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec No one likes passwords, whether workers or cybersecurity leaders. Now, more companies are ...

Google announced that it is implementing two-factor authentication for Google Apps to improve security. The introduction of more stringent authentication controls removes one of the hurdles for ...