authentication

Windows 8.1 is scheduled to be released at the end of 2013, and among the various changes that Microsoft aims to implement in it is native support for fingerprint readers, so …

Zoho launched Zoho Vault, the secure online password manager for teams and businesses. It establishes a central repository that offers unmatched security and complete data …

Centrify announced Centrify for Office 365, a solution for Active Directory-based single sign-on, user provisioning and mobile management for Office 365. The Azure-based …

“Professional” social networking website LinkedIn is the latest in a string of popular online services and communities that have introduced optional 2-step …

Motorola is trying to get back into the swing of things when it comes to innovation, and has been working on a number of fresh ideas regarding the future of authentication. At …

Amazon launched Login with Amazon, a new service that will enable the over 200 million active Amazon customers to securely and simply login to apps, games, and websites. …

2013 seems the be the year of 2-factor (or 2-step) authentication. Following the introduction of the feature by the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and WordPress, Evernote …

The server hosting the official website of Drupal, the popular content management platform, has been compromised and sensitive user data was accessed by the attackers, the …

In this day and age when everything moves from client computers to the cloud, a number of companies started providing online password management services. I recently attended …

Following a slew of high-profile compromises of accounts belonging to media outlets such as AP and satirical news site The Onion, Twitter has finally implemented two-factor …

Slowly but surely, more and more users are becoming acquainted with the existence of ransomware and when faced with one, they opt not to pay the requested “fine” …

Password strength meters work, but only when users are choosing or changing passwords for “important” accounts, a group of researchers has found. They also …