Method and apparatus for authentication

The invention discloses a verification method. The method comprises the following steps that verification request information sent by user equipment is received; basic information is provided according to the verification request information, wherein the basic information comprises related information of internet social applications used by a user; verification information is generated according to the basic information, wherein the verification information comprises questions and answers paired with the questions; the questions are sent to the user equipment, and corresponding feedback information is received from the user equipment; whether the answers and the feedback information are agreed with each other or not is verified to generate verification results, and the verification results are sent to the user equipment. The invention further discloses a verification device. The verification method and the device can prevent the situation that protection password loss occurs to the verification carried out by the user.