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Google Is Replacing SMS Codes With QR Codes for Gmail Authentication

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Google plans to replace SMS codes with QR codes for ...
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 ...
Engadget

Gmail will stop using SMS for two-factor authentication

Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports. Sending a code to your personal phone via text message has long been an option Google offered 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, ...
techtimes

Gmail SMS Authentication Is Shutting Down in Favor of QR Code Verification—Is This a More Secure Method?

Google is now planning to phase out the use of SMS authentication for Gmail, and the company is looking towards using other methods that are far safer and more convenient than text messages. Various ...