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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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? …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Rise in email impersonation attacks makes companies re-assess their security efforts

Most companies believe they’ve experienced serious data breaches driven by email impersonation in the past 12 months – but are not doing nearly enough to prevent future …

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Insights into consumer attitudes to biometric payments

Biometric payments are poised for significant growth, but substantial consumer security concerns could put its future at risk according to a new report from Transaction …

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Six best practices to follow in access control

Finding the right access control for your organization is best done in stages. In this way, you’ll be able to foresee costs and activities that you must tackle both on …

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After extensive testing, Google introduces the Titan Security Key

Google recently shared that since it made employees use physical security keys instead of passwords and one-time codes, none of them – and there are over 85,000 – …

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