authentication
Privileged account practices are poor, and IT security teams know it
One Identity released new global research that uncovers a widespread inability to implement basic best practices across identity and access management (IAM) and privileged …
The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive
Less than a week ago, Facebook announced that unknown attackers have managed to string together three bugs affecting the social media platform, which allowed them to steal …
True password behaviors in the workplace revealed
LastPass released the “2018 Global Password Security Report,” revealing true password behaviors in the workplace and creating a benchmark that businesses can use …
Why identity verification needs to be a part of your digital transformation strategy
Smartphones and tablets are an indispensable part of daily life, and consumers expect nothing less than a streamlined mobile experience. With this in mind, businesses are …
Password inadequacy remains a top threat
New research from the WatchGuard Threat Lab revealed that 50 percent of government and military employee LinkedIn passwords were weak enough to be cracked in less than two …
Number of smartphone users relying on software-only biometric security to grow 250%
A new report from Juniper Research predicts that the biggest shift in mobile payment security will be the move towards software-based methods, which rely on standard …
Listening-Watch: Strong, low-effort, wearable 2FA scheme
Passwords are still the preferred online authentication method because they are easy to use, but they are increasingly not enough to keep our accounts secure. To mitigate the …
6.4 billion fake emails sent every day
The Valimail Q2 2018 Email Fraud Landscape shows that fake email continues to be a serious problem, with an estimated 6.4 billion fake emails sent every day. That total …
The single sign-on account hijacking threat and what can we do about it?
Single sign-on (SSO) lets users avoid creating and managing accounts across different services, but what happens when that main, identity-providing account gets compromised? …
Let user experience guide your security requirements
If you’re like most business leaders, you try to do everything you can to keep your company’s information safe. You tell your employees to use strong passwords and offer …
PSD2 SCA requirements will be implemented soon, are you ready?
As the second Payment Services Directive continues its rollout, regulations making it obligatory for organisations to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) in online …
Microsoft ADFS flaw allows attackers to bypass MFA safeguards
A vulnerability (CVE-2018-8340) in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) allows a second authentication factor for one account to be used for all other …