Security News

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...

iPhone X gets facial authentication, is the enterprise next?
2017-09-15 14:34

This week, Apple debuted the iPhone X which kills the Touch ID fingerprint scanner in favor of a 3D facial scanning technology called FaceID. Soon, iPhone users will depend on face recognition in...

Authentication Tools to Secure a Cashless Economy (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-01 09:48

A report on advances in authentication to secure a cashless economy leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, we analyze the record-shattering Anthem data breach settlement.

U.S. Army to Protect Warfighters With Continuous Biometric Authentication (Security Week)
2017-08-17 13:04

U.S. Army to Deploy Continuous Biometric Authentication Cybersecurity Software to Protect Warfighters read more

Cisco Fixes DoS, Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities, OSPF Bug (Threatpost)
2017-08-03 20:30

Cisco fixed two high severity vulnerabilities in two products this week that could have let an attacker trigger a denial of service condition or bypass local authentication.

Siemens Patches Authentication Bypass Flaw in SiPass Server (Threatpost)
2017-07-14 16:37

Siemens patches four vulnerabilities, including a critical authentication bypass flaw, in its SiPass integrated access control server.