What's a verification code, and why are they so important? Six-digit verification codes are a form of two-factor authentication, a process that helps keep your important online accounts secure. For ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about using two-factor authentication to protect your online accounts. This usually involves setting up a trusted device, such as a smartphone, to receive a text message when ...

With iOS 15, Apple can generate the codes normally served up via authenticator apps or text messages. Here's how to set it up for the services you've secured with two-factor authentication. Our team ...

Within the past decade or so, third-party entities have become increasingly skilled at collecting and sharing consumers’ personal information. While some countries do have strict data privacy laws to ...

Enabling a verification code for your account logins can be a powerful deterrent to account hijacks. Second-factor authentication (2FA) requires that someone not just ...

You lock your doors—why not your accounts? Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get ...

Regina Morrison Newman is the Shelby County Trustee. She writes the Wallet Warnings regular feature. April is Financial Literacy month. This Wallet Warnings column is about a trend we are seeing in ...

The Federal Trade Commission says criminals are using new scams to try to lure consumers into sharing verification codes or moving their money, and the agency is joining banks in warning people to be ...