A security app available on the Google Play store was actually a dangerous trojan that could infect users devices and harvest their details, a security firm has discovered. The app, 2FA Authenticator, ...

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 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 ...

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) ...

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2FA, or two-factor authentication, is a type of MFA (multi-factor authentication) that uses two factors to verify your identity at the time of login. While one of these factors is almost always the ...

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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 ...