When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

A hacker has managed to steal historical account data from Reddit Inc. by intercepting SMS text messages, used by employees for two-factor authentication, to gain access to some backend systems. The ...

Just when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million ...

The following authentication scenarios discussed here apply to a simple connection between a client and his online banking website. After reviewing the most dangerous hacking techniques, we will see ...

If your organization uses Slack, there’s a chance a hacker got a peek at some sensitive info recently. The fast-growing enterprise chat startup confirmed today that its database was breached in ...

A sophisticated phishing campaign on Telegram is raising the bar. It doesn’t break anything and doesn’t spoof the app, it manipulates Telegram’s official authentication until the victim “approves” the ...

An alleged Twitch hack just possibly revealed a massive amount of information about the streaming service, including full source code for the site and its various clients; creator payout details since ...

A compromised password for your social network account can quickly jump from an inconvenience to a nightmare, so services like Google have long offered two-step verification features to help you prove ...

Slack, the fast-growing startup previously known as Tiny Speck, has rolled out an optional two-factor authentication feature in response to a recent hacker attack. The company confirmed there was ...

UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty told senators on Wednesday that the company has now enabled multi-factor authentication on all the company’s systems exposed to the internet in ...

Broadcaster Jang Seong-kyu captured signs of suspected hacking. On the 16th, Jang Seong-kyu uploaded a screenshot on his social account, saying, "It's strange, I didn't request authentication, but I ...