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Login and password troubles revealed

Increasingly lengthy and complex log-in processes and web forms are driving consumers away from websites, according to Ping Identity. The study revealed that an overwhelming …

Layer 7 updates mobile access gateway solution

Layer 7 Technologies announced updates to its SecureSpan Mobile Access Gateway, a middleware solution that simplifies enterprise application management. Among its new …

Fingerprint algorithm for Android devices

Precise Biometrics AB has launched a new software product designed and optimized for embedding fingerprint verification on smartphones and tablets. Precise BioMatch Mobile …

Multi-service authentication via palm vein images

Fujitsu has been creating and releasing palm vein biometric authentication and identification systems for over a decade, but have now presented a new one that definitely …

Can biometrics revolutionize mobile payment security?

With the explosion in smartphones usage, the number of payments done via mobile devices has significantly increased over recent years. As eCommerce becomes mCommerce, the …

Compromising Google Accounts and enterprises via flaw in Android SSO

When it comes to Android, Google has traded security for convenience, says Tripwire security researcher Craig Young. During his recent presentation at Def Con in Las Vegas, he …

Twitter turns to app-based two-factor authentication

When Twitter finally offered 2-factor authentication for its users in May, many were disappointed by the offering as its usefulness hinged on verification codes being …

SailPoint unveils IAM-as-a-Service suite

SailPoint announced IdentityNow, an IAM-as-a-service (IDaaS) that delivers enterprise-grade identity governance, provisioning and access management in a single, unified …

Ubuntu Forums hacker won’t publish stolen passwords

The Ubuntu Forums are still down following this weekend’s breach claimed by a hacker that goes by the online handle “Sputn1k_”, and there is no news on when …

Passwords of 1.8M Ubuntu Forums users compromised in hack

Ubuntuforums.org, the home of a variety of support forums dedicated to users of this popular Linux distribution, has been hacked over the weekend and defaced to show an image …

The future of electronic payment: Smartphone authentication and facial recognition

Withdrawing cash from an ATMs by using a debit or credit card or paying with it at a point-of-sale may soon become a thing of the past, as several manufacturers have presented …

App turns a mobile device into a personal authenticator

Passwords are at the root of online security problems because when typed into browsers, sent over open networks and centrally stored, they are easily compromised leaving the …

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