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Flaw in GoPro update mechanism reveals users’ Wi-Fi passwords
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
Unlock your digital world with True Key
Intel Security recently previewed True Key, a new way to unlock your digital world. It combines both password management with simple and secure multi-factor …
Skeleton Key malware makes all passwords valid
Researchers from the Dell Secureworks CTU team have unearthed a new type of malware whose goal is to allow attackers to bypass authentication on Active Directory (AD) systems …
Ars Technica readers urged to change passwords in wake of hack
In case you haven’t heard already, Ars Technica got hacked over the weekend, so if you are a subscribed reader now would be a good time to change your password. …
FIDO Alliance prepares for industry adoption of strong authentication in 2015
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance published final 1.0 drafts of its two specifications – Universal Authentication Framework (UAF) and Universal 2nd Factor (U2F). …
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