PC Magazine

Google Is Replacing SMS Codes With QR Codes for Gmail Authentication

SMS codes have long been less secure than other forms of authentication. With QR codes, Google aims to reduce users' dependency on carriers for account verification. If you're logging into Gmail, one ...
The Daily Dot

A Gmail update is coming. Here’s what you need to know so you don’t lose your account

If you’re still relying on text message codes to log into Gmail, it might be time for an upgrade. Google is now encouraging users to stop using SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and switch to ...
Bleeping Computer

Malware abuses Google OAuth endpoint to ‘revive’ cookies, hijack accounts

Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into users' accounts, even if an ...
Bleeping Computer

Google: Malware abusing API is standard token theft, not an API issue

Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired. In late November 2023, ...