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 ...

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.

A carrier looks to be injecting ads into the Google verification code used to sign in to services like Gmail. Update 6/29: Google issued the following statement to us today: ...

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you're communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, ...

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 ...

Google's two-factor authentication tool for Gmail has traditionally consisted of six-digit verification codes sent via SMS messages.

A step-by-step guide to setting up Gmail's two-step verification enhances your account's security.

In an effort to curb global SMS scams, Google is planning to shift away from SMS two-factor authentication. Instead, Google will prompt users to scan a QR code to authenticate their phone numbers ...