Instagram Will Upgrade Two-Factor Authentication To Guard Against SIM Hacking
Its surprising how hackers can steal your phone number by assigning it to a different SIM card, then use it to reset your passwords, but now Instagram is working on a new way of authentication. The traditional 2-factor authentication method relies on an SMS to a phone number isn’t safe from hacking. According to recent reports, by Motherboard , hackers can steal your Instagram account by porting your phone number onto a different SIM card and simply requesting to change your password; all this, without you ever knowing. To thwart SIM hackers, Instagram is building a non-SMS 2-factor authentication system that will work with security apps like Google Authenticator and more, in order to prevent from SIM-based theft or hacking. The prototype version of the updated two-factor feature has been found in Android version of Instagram’s APK code, which was discovered by tipster Jane Manchun Wong. In a tweet she expressed her excitement over the new discovery, which reads: “Ins...