authentication

Contactless transactions – ranging from access control and ticketing to financial payments – emerged almost two decades ago and, since then, have become widely …

Apple has announced that the two-step verification option for iCloud accounts now also extends to iCloud backups, preventing attackers who know the target’s password …

By now, you might have heard that there has been a leak of a nearly 5 million username and password combinations associated with Google accounts. According to an RT report, …

As an American living in Europe I have been perplexed at multi-factor authentication for payments. The Americans (laggards in my opinion) have been using magnetic stripe cards …

California-based domain registrar and web hosting firm Namecheap has been targeted by hackers, the company’s VP of hosting Matt Russell warned on Monday, and said that …

Consumers are inadvertently leaving back doors open to attackers as they share log in details and sign up for automatic log on to mobile apps and services, according to new …

1.2 billion passwords reportedly stolen by Russian hackers. Before that it was Heartbleed. After a widespread, nonspecific data breach, the conventional wisdom is that people …

Gemalto has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of SafeNet, a worldwide leader in data protection and software monetization, from Vector Capital …

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), the non-profit with the mission to enhance online trust and empower users, announced the results of its 2014 Email Integrity Audit report, …

Joshua Rogers, a teenage whitehat based in Australia, has found an extremely simple way to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication feature. Rogers first discovered the …

Cybersecurity is a never-ending battle requiring around-the-clock attention. From malware to DDoS to APT attacks, front-line IT security teams are being constantly bombarded. …

New research shows that both the lines of business and IT departments see value in Bring Your Own Identity (BYOID) initiatives, where social networking or digital IDs are used …