passwords

Behavioral biometrics: The password you can’t forget

March 26, 2015

This year’s Mobile World Congress featured more biometrics technology than ever before, with the launch of Google’s Android Pay and Samsung Pay both unveiling …

Twitch forces users to reset password in wake of breach

March 24, 2015

Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned game streaming service, has apparently suffered a breach that might have resulted in the compromise of users’ personal information and …

Many admit that passwords are their only IT security measure

March 19, 2015

New research from SecureAuth shows that despite much debate, the password isn’t dead yet as two in five IT decision makers (ITDMs) admit that passwords are their only IT …

Preventing fraud through enterprise password management

March 13, 2015

The past few years the world has seen various incidents where students have fraudulently modified their school grades, progress reports and attendance records. Recently, there …

Flaw in GoPro update mechanism reveals users’ Wi-Fi passwords

March 3, 2015

A vulnerability in the update mechanism for the wireless networks operated by GoPro cameras has allowed a security researcher to easily harvest over a 1,000 login credentials …

Windows 10 will offer password-free authentication

February 18, 2015

The upcoming Windows 10 will offer more authentication options instead of just passwords, Dustin Ingalls, Group Program Manager for Windows Security & Identity, has …

Researcher publishes 10 million usernames and passwords to aid future research

February 10, 2015

Independent IT security analyst Mark Burnett has released a cleaned up cache of 10 million username and password combinations, in order to give researchers a data set that can …

Multi-factor authentication market will be worth US$1.6 billion by the end of 2015

February 4, 2015

ABI Research found that the global mobile multi-factor authentication software and service market will be worth US$1.6 billion by the end of 2015. Username and passwords have …

HipChat service users urged to change password after database breach

February 3, 2015

Australian enterprise software company Atlassian has notified users of its HipChat service that they have suffered a breach, which resulted in the compromise of names, …

Raptr hacked, user info and passwords compromised

February 2, 2015

Gaming social networking site Raptr is the latest victim of hackers. Dennis Fong, the company’s founder and CEO, announced that they have had a break in and that user …

Employees would sell passwords for $150

January 27, 2015

SailPoint uncovered a widespread level of employee indifference towards protecting sensitive corporate data, including personal information of customers. In fact, an alarming …

Biometric authentication app downloads to reach 770 million by 2019

January 20, 2015

More than 770 million biometric authentication applications will be downloaded per annum by 2019, up from just 6 million this year. This will reduce dependence on alphanumeric …