Whenever you get a new phone or authenticator, you risk locking yourself out of your multi-factor authentication (MFA) ...

BLACK HAT USA – Las Vegas – Thursday, Aug. 7 – Adoption of secure account recovery methods lags behind passwordless authentication, but users and service providers can take actionable steps to close ...

Google is introducing a new account recovery method called Recovery Contacts, which lets trusted friends or family members help you regain access to your personal account if you get locked out. This ...

Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you ever forgot or lost your Windows password? (That is, besides cursing fate.) In the old days, you could usually get back into the PC through other ...

If you have ever lost access to your Gmail account – which essentially means you can't log in to your Google Account for other services you might use — you know how distressing the situation is.

Update, Mar. 4, 2025: This story, originally published Mar. 3, now includes a statement from Google regarding the Gmail account recovery methods described in the article, as well as getting human help ...

An Apple ID is essential for accessing Apple services. While it’s technically possible to use your Apple device without an Apple ID, you won’t be able to use key Apple services like the App Store, ...

Google is planning to delete inactive Google accounts, which includes Gmail, Photos and Drive services, this week. Ahead of the deadline there appears to be a bit of a scramble by users to get back ...

Two-factor authentication is an essential security setting for any online accounts you have. It protects your accounts from falling into the wrong hands and prevents unauthorized access. But if you ...

If you need to reset your password, a code or password reset link will be sent to the recovery email or texted to the recovery phone number. Jim Rossman / TNS This week a reader asks about how to ...

Developers who use NPM, the popular JavaScript package manager, will now be able to connect their Twitter and GitHub accounts to the software as a recovery method. The move was announced Tuesday along ...