On July 8, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon simultaneously activated a new network-based authentication system through telecom startup Aduna — and in doing so quietly retired the six-digit text message ...

Pan-operator telecom API venture Aduna launched a network-based authentication system aiming to replace text messaging one-time passcodes (OTPs). As spearheaded by Aduna members AT&T, T-Mobile US, and ...

PLANO, Texas, July 8, 2026 /CNW/ -- Aduna, a leading global provider of standardized network APIs, today announced a major leap forward in digital security designed to reduce fraud across the U.S.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered banks and e-wallets averaging over ₱75 million in monthly online transactions to stop using SMS and email OTPs by June 25, 2026. The directive ...

Microsoft is phasing out SMS as an authentication method. SMS messages are unencrypted and vulnerable to hackers. Microsoft account owners will be prompted to set up a passkey instead. When trying to ...

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Microsoft is sunsetting its long-abandoned SMS Organizer app. Users have started receiving notifications about the shutdown. It also recommended that users migrate their data to another app. Microsoft ...

In brief: Despite dating back to 1993 and the GSM era, SMS codes remain fully active across authentication and identity verification workflows. Microsoft is among the bigger tech players pushing to ...

Microsoft is officially discontinuing SMS verification for personal account logins, pushing users toward more secure passkey authentication methods. PCWorld reports that SMS-based authentication ...

A previously undocumented .NET trojan and its companion Pheno plugin allow attackers to capture mobile authentication codes from Windows systems without compromising the phone. A newly identified ...