November 12, 2020 By Graham Cluley
- SIM-swapping scams and other techniques pose risk to those who rely upon phone-based authentication
- But don’t make the mistake of disabling MFA entirely – even vulnerable SMS-based MFA is better than no MFA at all
Regular readers of Hot for Security know that we’re big fans of multi-factor authentication (MFA, sometimes called two-factor authentication or 2FA).
Multi-factor authentication makes it much harder for hackers to break their way into your online accounts, even if they already know your password.