CSA warns that stronger authentication requires resilience by design, not simply more authentication steps or additional user ...

Microsoft is phasing out SMS 2FA for personal accounts as it pushes users toward passkeys and other passwordless sign-in methods. Here’s what users should know.

A flaw in Meta's AI-powered Instagram recovery tool allowed attackers to hijack accounts by redirecting password reset links, ...

Credit card authentication is a way of verifying that a person attempting a credit card transaction is who they say they are and that they are authorized to use that card.

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

Authenticator apps are a multi-factor authentication (MFA) method for encrypting your online login credentials. Stay protected with the top MFA apps we've tested. I review privacy tools like hardware ...

Sharing this latest modus operandi in a public advisory on Wednesday, Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) said ...

CVE-2026-0257 is being actively exploited on PAN-OS devices since May 17, 2026, enabling unauthorized VPN access and network exposure.

Splunk issued security updates for a critical CVSS 9.8 vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise that allows unauthenticated remote ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Before talking about what authentication is and how it works, ...

UIDAI is replacing mAadhaar with a redesigned Aadhaar app featuring face authentication, QR-code verification, and enhanced ...

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has introduced face authentication technology for candidates appearing in the ...