What's a verification code, and why are they so important? Six-digit verification codes are a form of two-factor ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about using two-factor authentication to protect your online accounts. This usually involves setting up a trusted device, such as a smartphone, to receive a text message when ...

You lock your doors—why not your accounts? Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get ...

If you've heard us say it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Turn on two-factor authentication. Do it for every important account you have, especially banking, email and social media. Do it to ...

Regina Morrison Newman is the Shelby County Trustee. She writes the Wallet Warnings regular feature. April is Financial Literacy month. This Wallet Warnings column is about a trend we are seeing in ...