passwords
Video: Advanced password recovery and modern mitigation strategies
Think about all the passwords we use to access information every day. Whether it is email, social media, financial institutions or numerous other services, passwords have …
How to social engineer a social network
Social engineering has for a while now been cyber attackers’ best bet to enter systems and compromise accounts when actual hacking doesn’t work, or when they …
Evernote 2-step verification option now available to all users
Some four months after Evernote rolled out the 2-factor authentication feature for paying customers, the company has finally offered the option to the rest of its note-taking …
1Password 4 for Mac released
1Password, the most popular password manager for the Mac, has been updated today with the launch of version 4. Great news for Mac App Store customers as all of them will …
Video: Cracking corporate passwords
Cracking corporate passwords is different than cracking public MD5 leaks off of pastebin. Corporate passwords are not in the same formats you are used to, they require capital …
1Password 3.9.6: Manage passwords or die trying
While it is available for other platforms, 1Password is probably the most popular password manager for the Mac. It also integrates into your browser to make website logins …
Too long passwords can DoS some servers
The discovery of a vulnerability in popular open source web application framework Django has recently demonstrated that using a long password is not always the best thing to …
SAML 2.0 two-factor SSO without usernames or passwords
WWPass released Unified Security Manager, a virtual appliance that provides user authentication for applications that support Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0. …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 39 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 39 has been released today. Table of contents: …
Anonymous user authentication from LaunchKey
LaunchKey introduced anonymous user authentication capabilities as part of its technology platform that kills passwords. The new multi-factor authentication technology …
Fast USB 3.0 flash drives from Toshiba
Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched an updated range of Super Speed USB 3.0 flash memory USB drives. The TransMemory-EX IITM drives feature increased read and write speeds …
Replacing passwords and PINs with your heartbeat
We’ve been hearing for a while now that passwords will soon become a thing of the past and, as it seems now, biometric authentication is likely to take their place. The …