Security Boulevard

AUGUST 21, 2022

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Google Security

MAY 5, 2023

Passkeys are a new, passwordless authentication method that offer a convenient authentication experience for sites and apps, using just a fingerprint, face scan or other screen lock. They are designed to enhance online security for users. Passkeys can be used in two different ways: on the same device or from a different device.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

The new Badge Partner Program further accelerates the adoption and integration of Badge’s privacy-preserving authentication, enabling even more users to benefit from seamless MFA experiences across any device or application without storing user secrets or private keys. “We

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This traditional authentication method is challenging to get rid of, mostly because it’s so common. Every new account you sign up for, application you download, or device you purchase requires a password. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2022

While verification and authentication are terms that are often used interchangeably, they are in fact two separate operations. Digital verification and authentication play a critical role in preventing fraud and cyberattacks. For this reason, businesses employ secure data extraction tools and advanced machine learning technologies.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 9, 2023

you could be using your fingerprint, face recognition key, screen lock pin, or even an iris recognition to access your accounts passwordless. Just last week, Google announced that it will support passkeys for Google accounts. Also read: ChatGPT Security and Privacy Issues Remain in GPT-4 5.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 14, 2023

Passkeys can use a range of passwordless authentication methods, from fingerprint, face and iris recognition to screen lock pins, smart cards, USB devices and more. They can be implemented as part of an account, application, cloud service, access management system, or password manager. 600/year minimum Premium: $4.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Amazon will require all privileged AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for stronger protection against account hijacks leading to data breaches, starting in mid-2024. [.]

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This essential CSO guide outlines the robust account monitoring, access notifications, multi-factor authentication, deception technology, and user controls crucial for implementing unmatched account security across your organization.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2021

Identity and user authentication continue to be a concern for IT managers. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies. They also can use stolen personal information for identity theft, opening fraudulent accounts. Cyberattacks designed to steal identity are on the rise.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. In a previous disclosure on Nov. In a previous disclosure on Nov.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Six decades in, password use has tipped into the absurd, while two-factor authentication is showing its limits. We talk with Matt Salisbury of Honeybadger HQ, which is using AI and machine learning to re-imagine knowledge-based authentication. Imagining the Future of Authentication. AI juices knowledge-based authentication.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Some of it is positive, but the general consensus is that people don’t love multi-factor authentication (MFA); they see it as a necessary evil at best. Here at Duo, we’ve long been proponents of the idea that security and end user experience go hand in hand, and we work hard to develop the technologies that make that happen.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Protection of Your Salesforce Account is Your Responsibility. Starting from February 1, 2022, Salesforce will require all customers to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access their accounts. This is a question that relates both to available technology and to the operating environment. The choice is yours.

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Google Security

MAY 2, 2024

Sriram Karra and Christiaan Brand, Google product managers Last year, Google launched passkey support for Google Accounts. Today, we announced that passkeys have been used to authenticate users more than 1 billion times across over 400 million Google Accounts. This post will seek to clarify these topics.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

Risk-based authentication (RBA), also called adaptive authentication, has come of age, and it couldn’t happen fast enough for many corporate security managers. What is risk-based authentication? It creates a risk profile of the person or device requesting access to the system.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

The targeted organizations are mostly found among government, non-government organizations (NGOs), IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors. From these instances the group reaches out through Teams messages and persuades targets to approve multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompts initiated by the attacker.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Since then, the company has steadily cast off the need for passwords for various accounts, and by May 2020, 150 million people had stopped using passwords. Now the company is expanding the passwordless push to all Microsoft accounts. Google automatically makes account holders use two-factor authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) standard for email authentication is adopted by all U.S. DMARC addresses weaknesses in other email authentication standards to check for misleading “From” fields in emails and to improve tracking of potential spoofing campaigns. How Does DMARC Work?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Taurins It’s also essential your business evaluates its technology and keeps it regularly updated to the latest security standards. Security places a crucial role in your technology. Employee training is crucial.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience. What is Strong Authentication? The IAM Security Boundary Strong authentication is a critical component of modern-day identity and access management.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. LW: Let’s come back to ‘adaptive authentication.’

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2021

Although they are the most common tool used to verify a person’s identity, passwords are the least secure mode of authentication. More and more businesses are adopting passwordless authentication strategies to minimize this gaping vulnerability, so you may be wondering: what is passwordless authentication and what are the benefits?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Is the demise of OTP authentication imminent? Digital transformation and the increasing reliance on remote business continue to accelerate the adoption of new identity and access management (IAM) approaches and technologies. Historical perspective of strengthening authentication. Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:22.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 28, 2024

In the advisory , Check Point says the attackers are targeting security gateways with old local accounts using insecure password-only authentication, which should be used with certificate authentication to prevent breaches. "We Switching from weak authentication to stronger authentication has multiple benefits.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Overview of Authentication Mechanisms. In this regard, continuously authenticating users who are accessing corporate resources helps maintain trust in distributed IT environments. Let us examine some of the most prominent authentication mechanisms before we move on to the emerging continuous access evaluation protocol (CAEP) standard.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

From the start, two-factor authentication, or 2FA , established itself as a simple, effective way to verify identities with more certainty. Related: A primer on IoT security risks The big hitch with 2FA, and what it evolved into – multi-factor authentication, or MFA – has always been balancing user convenience and security.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. The good news is that passwordless technologies are not only ready for prime time, they appear to be gaining traction in ways that suggest we’re on the cusp of a period of wide-scale adoption. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. Which are the challenges of user authentication? In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. User authentication seems easy, but there are inherent challenges to be aware of. User Authentication.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. He acknowledged that the purloined account had the ability to add or modify the advertising creatives that get run on customer ad campaigns.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. Passwordless authentication.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2024

Google is prototyping a new technology in Chrome that is designed to thwart the growing trend among cybercriminals of stealing browser session cookies, which enables hackers to bypass multifunction authentication (MFA) protections and gain access to users’ online accounts The tech giant this week said it is piloting the use of Device Bound Session (..)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. A CISA advisory highlights that, “MFA is one of the most important cybersecurity practices to reduce the risk of intrusions—according to industry research, users who enable MFA are up to 99% less likely to have an account compromised.”.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. In 2018, LinkedIn rolled out a way to automatically detect fake accounts. Accounts with positive detections will be removed before they can be used to reach out to members. What's new?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Not All Authentication Methods Are Equally Safe. There is broad recognition by security leaders that stronger authentication is foundational to preventing data breaches. While the concept of multifactor authentication is comprehensive, the devil is hiding in the implementation detail. Distinct user authentication journeys.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Related: The Internet of Things is just getting started The technology to get rid of passwords is readily available; advances in hardware token and biometric authenticators continue apace. The hitch, of course, is that password-enabled account logins are too deeply engrained in legacy network infrastructure.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

All of these demands make your goals of implementing the most secure protocols, procedures and technology much more challenging. These challenges make it hard to follow the most secure practices: employing the most secure authentication methods, requiring constant re-authentication and only allowing access from corporate devices.

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