authentication

Duo Security researchers have found an easy way to bypass Google’s two-step login verification by capturing a user’s application-specific password. “To make …

Double safekeeping, or the two-man rule, has long been an established control mechanism for ensuring high levels of security during critical operations because the process …

A flaw in Facebook’s OAuth system that allows the communication between applications and users has enabled web application security specialist Nir Goldshlager to gain …

ESET announced the availability of ESET Secure Authentication, a two-factor authentication (2FA) software solution for SMBs that makes use of remote end-users’ mobile …

Google employs many security measures to thwart would-be Google account hijackers, and not all are highly visible as the two-factor authentication option introduced in 2010 …

Security is the number one reason why IT professionals implement single sign-on (SSO) and identity and access management (IAM) technology, according to new research from …

Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords – both on Twitter and on other online services. Apart from the usual advice on using longer, more complex, …

Duo Security announced that the high level of security traditionally associated with hardware smart cards is now available on consumer mobile devices that use Duo’s …

NetIQ announced SocialAccess, a virtual appliance that allows business and government entities to leverage social identity providers to share select identity information for …

Internet companies, system integrators and security providers have formed the FIDO Alliance (Fast IDentity Online) to revolutionize online authentication with an industry …

Nok Nok Labs launched today. Through its Unified Authentication Infrastructure, which leverages existing technologies such as fingerprint sensors or webcams, TPM chips, or …

Apricorn announced the Aegis Bio 3.0, a software-free biometric USB 3.0 drive that safeguards data with secure fingerprint access and military grade 265-bit AES-XTS hardware …