Security News

Using Blockchain for Authentication
2018-11-27 14:18

In an interview, Rohas Nagpal, a chief architect at Primechain Technologies, describes how blockchain can be used for authentication and pinpoints areas where blockchain is not the ideal...

Acceptto Emerges from Stealth with Behavioral Biometric Authentication Platform
2018-11-27 14:04

Portland, Ore-based startup Acceptto has emerged from stealth today to launch its cognitive authentication platform and announce an unspecified Series A funding round from Aetna Ventures,...

Microsoft details the causes of its recent multi-factor authentication meltdown
2018-11-26 18:51

Microsoft has posted a root cause analysis of the multifactor authentication issue which hit a number of its customers worldwide last week. Here's what happened.

Revamping Authentication With Automation and ML
2018-11-20 13:18

Automation and machine learning can be leveraged to make identity-driven authentication a smoother process, says Saryu Nayyar, co-founder and CEO at Gurucul, a behavioral analytics company.

Here's Why Account Authentication Shouldn't Use SMS
2018-11-19 11:48

Database Blunder Left Two-Step Codes, Account Reset Links ExposedA database security blunder revealed on Friday serves as a reminder that the days of SMS-based authentication should be over. The...

BehavioSec announces authentication features and patents Behavioral Biometrics Platform
2018-11-08 03:00

BehavioSec released a series of new features to its BehavioSec Behavioral Biometrics Platform (Version 5.0) giving banks, fintech firms, retailers and cloud service providers authentication...

State of the Authentication Landscape
2018-11-06 22:33

As we approach 2019, is it realistic to think the end of our dependency on traditional user names and passwords is in sight? Shane Weeden, and authentication expert with IBM Security, discusses...

Report reveals one-dimensional support for two-factor authentication
2018-11-02 11:19

34 popular consumer websites were put to the 2FA test.

GrowPath simplifies authentication while enhancing cyber security
2018-10-24 02:30

For the more than 2 billion smartphones currently in use around the world, a very obvious security flaw – password vulnerability – is leaving owners’ personal information and the data of their...