Authentification

Young People ‘Ready To Replace Passwords With Biometric Security’

Visa Europe study finds large majority of 16-24 year olds are comfortable using biometrics

10 years ago

CloudMask Cloud Security Recruits First British Partner

Bellstone Consultancy Group to call on added Canadian protection with cloud data encryption

10 years ago

‘Skeleton Key’ Malware Discovered By Dell Researchers

Brand new "Skeleton Key" malware can bypass the authentication on Active Directory systems

10 years ago

What We Learned From The Moonpig Website Bug

How should companies respond to vulnerability discoveries and do they have an ethical obligation to protect customer data?

10 years ago

Developer Says Moonpig’s Website Architect Should Be Shot Or Waterboarded

Is someone telling porkies? Serious flaw allegedly found in Moonpig's website - but the greetings card firm says customer data…

10 years ago

Hacker Clones Fingerprint From Photograph

A hacker claims to have 'cloned' the fingerprint of a German politician using a humble photograph

10 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas?

It’s the one time of the year when chief security officers can ask Santa for a little bit of help.…

10 years ago

The Biggest Facebook Scams Of 2014 Targeted Curious Perverts

‘Naked videos of Facebook friends’ installed Trojan on thousands of PCs

10 years ago

Chthonic: The Dangerous ZeuS Trojan Attacking You Via Your Bank

Kaspersky Lab discovers a new strain of Trojan targeting victims through 150 banks' web links and email attachments

10 years ago

Will Your Colleagues Screw Up Your Company’s Network This Christmas?

BalaBit survey reveals security shortcuts taken by 'privileged users' during the festive season

10 years ago

“World’s First” Automated Password Changer Launched

Dashlane's password manager enhanced with the world’s only automated password changing software

10 years ago

Forget Your PC, It’s The Home Router That Could Be Opening You Up To Hackers, Says Avast

Router security currently similar to that of PCs in the 1990’s, Avast COO Ondrej Vlcek tells TechWeek Europe

10 years ago

WhatsApp Turns On End-To-End Encrypted Texts

Fully encrypted Whatsapp messages a potential terrorist tool or just protection from GCHQ/NSA spying efforts?

10 years ago

Fujitsu Looks To Secure Card Payments With Biometric Data

Fujitsu PalmSecure ID Match adds two-factor authentication capabilities for retailers and organisations in regulated environments

10 years ago

Mastercard – We’re Killing Off The Password

Payments company says the end is nigh for password authentication thanks to updated 3DS 2.0 protocol

10 years ago

How to use two factor authentication on your favourite websites and devices

A simple step-by-step guide for PayPal, Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple

10 years ago

Verizon Touts QR Code Login As Password Replacement

The end of passwords and usernames for authentication? Quite possibly, at least according to Verizon

10 years ago

Warning Over Widespread Web Authentication Vulnerabilities

OpenID and OAuth vulnerabilities could allow for abuse of website redirection to get at user data

11 years ago

Heartbleed: Websites Are Patched, But VPNs Still At Risk

The Heartbleed OpenSSL flaw is fixed on websites - but security firms have spotted attacks on SSL VPNs, warns Sean…

11 years ago

Study Highlights One-Time Password Failures

Organisations ramping up one-time passwords to combat security breaches need to pay closer attention to how they implement those systems,…

11 years ago

Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365

To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365

11 years ago

IBM Provides Two-Factor Security For Mobile Transactions

IBM researchers have developed two-factor security - based on NFC technology - for mobile transactions

11 years ago

Verizon Simplifies Two-Factor Authentication

Verizon has made its strong authentication technology easier to use, which it hopes will mean wider deployment

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Biometric Technology

Does your face fit? Test your authentication know-how with our biometric quiz!

11 years ago

Mozilla Expands Persona For Online Authentication

Mozilla expands its password-slaying website authentication service, dubbed 'Persona'

11 years ago

You Need To Manage Your SSH Keys

Manage your Secure Shell keys or suffer the consequences, says Tatu Ylönen, inventor of SSH

11 years ago

Microsoft Secures Azure With Multifactor Authentication

Redmond has added multifactor authentication to its Azure Cloud to make it a bit more hacker resistant

11 years ago

Google’s Next Madcap Idea: Facial Expression Authentication

Google tries to patent facial expression logins, but experts don't think it's worth the bother

11 years ago

Password Security Remains Consumer Bugbear

A survey has found ongoing consumer unhappiness, distrust and impatience with online passwords

12 years ago