Security News

Google Employees Use a Physical Token as Their Second Authentication Factor
2018-07-26 17:18

Krebs on Security is reporting that all 85,000 Google employees use two-factor authentication with a physical token. A Google spokesperson said Security Keys now form the basis of all account...

61% of firms believe multi-factor authentication isn't for SMBs, but they're wrong
2018-07-26 16:05

The majority of companies think multi-factor authentication is only for large enterprises. Here's how this hurts SMBs.

Critical Authentication Flaws in Cisco Policy Suite Patched
2018-07-19 13:22

Cisco also pushed out seven high-severity fixes for its SD-WAN solution for business users, and a patch for a DoS flaw in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches.

Zero login: Fixing the flaws in authentication
2018-07-17 12:00

Passwords, birth certificates, national insurance numbers and passports – as well as the various other means of authentication, that we have relied upon for the past century or more to prove who...

ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus adds two-factor authentication support for Windows logons
2018-07-11 15:35

ManageEngine announced that it is rolling out two-factor authentication (TFA) support for Windows logons in ADSelfService Plus, its integrated active directory self-service password management and...

Authentication in the Era of Trusted Identity
2018-07-06 16:17

OneSpan's David Vergara on the Combined Power of Legacy and Emerging TechnologiesAt the advent of real-time payments, it's more critical than ever for organizations to quickly authenticate users...

Whitepaper: Managing users and authentication with on-premises Active Directory for O365
2018-06-28 17:48

The move to Office 365 (O365) requires IT departments to make some tough decisions regarding how and where to manage users and authentication. To confuse the picture further, there are many...

MobileIron Authenticator: Multi-factor authentication for the cloud
2018-06-27 19:07

MobileIron announced the addition of MobileIron Authenticator to its MobileIron Access cloud security solution. MobileIron Authenticator is a mobile application that allows organizations to verify...

Android Gets New Anti-Spoofing Feature to Make Biometric Authentication Secure
2018-06-21 21:03

Google just announced its plan to introduce a new anti-spoofing feature for its Android operating system that makes its biometric authentication mechanisms more secure than ever. Biometric...

Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill
2018-06-20 11:51

Apple is rolling out an iOS security usability feature called Security code AutoFill. The basic idea is that the OS scans incoming SMS messages for security codes and suggests them in AutoFill, so...