Facebook is asking you to put a name to a face in the name of security with new 'social authentication', meaning you don't have to mess around with those silly captcha thingies. Richard Trenholm ...

The phone numbers and email addresses of 533 million Facebook users have been exposed in a data breach. Here’s how to find out if your data was leaked, and how to secure your Facebook account. The ...

Facebook announced today that the social network is now supporting two-factor authentication on the iPhone using a security key. This gives users an additional way to protect their Facebook account.

Many Facebook users are reportedly receiving emails or alerts where the social media company asks them to activate "Facebook Protect." The message suggests that if the people do not enable it, chances ...

(NEXSTAR) – A security feature from Facebook is now the target of complaints from some users who say they were locked out on Friday and unable to access their accounts. “Facebook Protect” is a ...

Two-factor authentication is generally considered one of the best ways to secure your account, but it’s not foolproof. In a recent incident, Nepalese security researcher Gtm Mänôz discovered a ...

Facebook is finally expanding its support of physical security keys to mobile devices, the company announced Thursday. Facebook has supported security keys on desktop since 2017 and will now enable ...

As a new report from Yubico reveals that half of generation z and millennials had their social media passwords hacked in 2024, I almost added myself to the list for 2025 following a Jan. 6 email that ...

Facebook Protect, a security monitoring platform offered to political officials during the 2020 US elections, will be offered to more people in 2021. Axios reports that the company’s head of security ...

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Facebook has agreed a partnership with Kaspersky Lab that will tackle malicious threats on the world's largest social network, as well as offer free security software to users. Kaspersky will supply ...

Facebook security chief Max Kelly has assured members in a blog post that the social network is "fighting the good fight" when it comes to several malware attacks discovered on the site in recent days ...