Security News

PSD2 Authentication Deadline Extended: Here's What's Next
2019-10-23 13:48

European Banking Authority Insists EU Nations Take a Consistent Approach to MigrationNow that the deadline for all e-commerce card-based transactions in the EU to comply with the new PSD2 "strong...

Dangerous Kubernetes Bugs Allow Authentication Bypass, DoS
2019-10-17 14:25

The flaws in the container technology, CVE-2019-16276 and CVE-2019-11253, are simple to exploit.

FBI urges businesses to use biometric factors to mitigate multi-factor authentication risk
2019-10-14 13:13

The FBI Cyber Task Force recently issued a Private Industry Notice on how businesses can deal with vulnerabilities tied to token and phone-based multi-factor authentication methods.

FBI: Cybercriminals Are Bypassing Multifactor Authentication
2019-10-09 14:48

Threat Actors Using Social Engineering, Other Technical Techniques to Circumvent MFA ProtectionsThe FBI is warning banks, businesses and other organizations that cybercriminals are using social...

More companies use multi-factor authentication, but security still weak from poor password habits
2019-10-08 16:29

Users still have to juggle far too many passwords, which leads to password sharing, reuse, and other bad habits, according to a new report from password manager LastPass.

PSD2 Authentication Deadline Needs to Be Firmed Up - Now
2019-09-30 13:33

European Banking Authority Should Act Quickly to Adopt Uniform Timeline for All EU NationsDelayed enforcement of the "strong customer authentication" requirements for online transactions under the...

Passwordless authentication is here ​now​, and it is vastly superior to using a password
2019-09-24 04:30

Mirko Zorz, Help Net Security’s Editor in Chief, recently published ​an article about the state of passwordless authentication​ that predicted a long journey before this technology is viable. We...

Thales adds new capabilities to its SafeNet Authentication Service
2019-09-20 01:30

New adaptive authentication, single sign on and application visibility capabilities are available for Thales’ SafeNet Authentication Service customers with an automatic migration to SafeNet...

TSYS Authentication Platform helps companies fight synthetic and account takeover fraud
2019-09-16 02:30

TSYS announced a new authentication product that provides unprecedented real-time verification of customer identities. The new offering, the TSYS Authentication Platform, relies on customer...