Twilio confirmed to CyberGuy that hackers got access to 33 million phone numbers related to its Authy two-factor authentication service.

Like other 2FA services, the Twilio Authy app generates codes every 30 seconds for additional log-in authentication.

Authy, the Y Combinator-backed security startup that aims to make two-factor authentication as secure and easy to use as possible, launched a new product today that makes using it quite a bit ...

Google Authenticator has been around for over a decade, is free, and will work with virtually every service that supports ...

The apps generate short-lived codes to use along with a password. That can be safer than having codes texted to you.By Yael GrauerIn a world riddled with data breaches, having a strong password i ...

When you use two-factor authentication, chances are you are getting your second factor from a mobile phone app like Google Authenticator or Authy. This makes sense, given that you want to ensure ...

Recently acquired by Twilio, Authy makes it easy to send codes to users' mobile phones for that extra measure of log-in security Twilio’s recent acquisition of the Authy authentication platform ...

In case you missed it, Authy, the spiffy two-factor authentication app not made by Google, has been bought by Twilio. In a series of blog posts sent out this week, the two companies announced how ...

While consumers can use the Authy app to double down on security for their Facebook, Gmail, Box and other accounts, the company's growth strategy is to go after midsize enterprises that don't have ...

To set up multifactor authentication using an app, you download the app and then use a browser on your desktop or laptop computer to go to each of your online accounts.