Twitter has given millions of users a way of making their accounts even harder to hack, with the introduction of support for physical keys. Most Twitter users...
Tag - Authentication
User names and passwords are still largely used for authentication, although security experts have doubts about their reliability, especially since users reuse...
Biometric authentication has been around for a long time in its simplest form – fingerprinting. Taking criminals’ fingerprints has been popular since the mid...
User disregard for strong password practices is one reason why many businesses are turning to advanced authentication technologies to add an extra layer of...
Six in 10 US users prefer using passwords to log on to online services from their devices, a recent survey shows. Some 42% of respondents are worried about not...
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a Digital Authentication Guideline draft proposing that all services abandon SMS-based...
Some 42 percent of US adults in a recent survey said they trust governments to handle their biometric data. Organizations that consumers view as traditionally...
Facebook-owned Instagram started implementing the two-step authentication security feature to help prevent account hacking. Until now, Instagram has only used...
Weak Authentication Security, Main Cause of Data Breaches in Asia Pacific Public Sector, Study Shows
Poor authentication security is the leading cause of data breaches in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia, accounting for 76% of compromised records...
Financial services companies have the most urgent need for safer payment methods as their clients demand privacy, security and convenience in all transactions...