Google offers a number of free services such as Gmail, Adsense and Google Docs that require a single Google account to access. Some users have experienced issues with ...

Google just launched two-step verification for all Google accounts, a system which makes your Google/Gmail account—the account possibly containing the lion's share of your private communication online ...

Since beating the drum two days ago on the importance of protecting your Gmail account with Google's free "2-step verification" system, I've received a torrent of messages with "how do I do this?" or ...

After Wired editor Mat Honan's horrific hacking experience last weekend, password security seems to be on everyone's mind. If you're a Gmail user, Google has a clever security feature that adds an ...

Google has introduced a new two-step authentication feature for Gmail users that it says will significantly increase the security of the free mail service. The system enables users to set up a method ...

Google has long offered SMS as an option to receive two-factor authentication codes for Gmail. However, there are risks associated with it. Criminals can easily intercept SMS verification and make you ...

Google is to offer all Gmail users the option to secure their accounts using two-factor authentication (2FA), the first time such security has been widely used on mass webmail. Google is to offer all ...

Google is preparing to phase out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail users, replacing it with QR code verification, according to a Forbes report. The move is aimed at enhancing ...

SMS is widely regarded as an insecure form of two-factor authentication, and another example of this has just emerged. A carrier looks to be injecting ads into the Google verification code used to ...