Security News

Hackers Claim to Defeat iPhone X 'Face ID' Authentication
2017-11-13 15:18

3D Printer Plus Handmade Nose Equals Bad Day for Apple Biometrics?The face-off between security researchers and biometric authentication continues, with a group from Vietnam claiming to have...

Slack Plugs ‘Severe’ SAML User Authentication Hole
2017-10-27 12:00

Cloud-based communications platform Slack finished patching a severe security hole Thursday affecting portions of its platform that used Security Assertion Markup Language for user authentication.

Camera-based, single-step two-factor authentication resilient to pictionary, shoulder surfing attacks
2017-10-24 20:30

A group of researchers from Florida International University and Bloomberg LP have created Pixie, a camera-based two-factor authentication system that could end up being a good alternative to...

Google Reportedly Plans Stronger Authentication Options
2017-10-05 09:18

Experts Welcome 'Advanced Protection Program' Involving Physical USB KeysIn response to nation-state attackers targeting its account users, Google reportedly is planning to offer stronger...

Threat Modeling the Internet of Things: Part 4 - Weak Authentication
2017-10-04 12:20

For the first time, one of the largest cyber security conferences in the ASEAN region, the Singapore Internet CyberSecurity Week (SICW), had a track devoted just to the Internet of Things. One...

Researchers Use Heart Rhythms for Continuous Authentication
2017-09-27 16:41

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Cardiac Scan Authentication — Your Heart As Your Password
2017-09-27 01:50

Forget fingerprint authentication, retinal scanning or advanced facial recognition that has recently been implemented by Apple in its iPhone X—researchers developed a new authentication system...

Aetna's New Approach to Authentication
2017-09-26 18:18

Aetna will move from passwords to continuous behavioral authentication next year on its consumer mobile and web applications for better security and end-user experience says Jim Routh, the health...

A New Approach to Authentication for a Cashless Economy
2017-09-18 12:48

In the move to a cashless economy in India and elsewhere, improving user authentication is critical, but users are demanding ease of use, says Singapore-based Tom Wills, director at Ontrack...