Data Breach Today

APRIL 21, 2023

80% Growth & Turning a Profit in 2022 Set Up Yubico Well While SPACs Have Struggled Hardware-based authentication vendor Yubico plans to go public at an $800 million valuation by merging with a special purpose acquisition company.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 7, 2021

Joni Brennan of Canadian ID Council on How IAM Capabilities Must Evolve "Multisectoral" authentication can help to ensure that government benefits are provided to the right recipients, says Joni Brennan, president of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Descope to Help Developers Make Authentication Part of Application Build Process The founding team behind SOAR vendor Demisto has started a passwordless authentication and user management platform company that caters to the developer community.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 4, 2021

Navy Federal Credit Union’s Thomas Malta on Applying CIAM Techniques New authentication models, including dynamic authorization and continuous authentication, that work well for consumers can be adopted for employees as well, says Thomas Malta, head of identity and access management at the Virginia-based Navy Federal Credit Union.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 4, 2021

Strategist Coby Montoya Discusses Leveraging Behavioral Biometrics to Fight Fraud With consumers relying more heavily on e-commerce during the pandemic and beyond, leveraging behavioral biometrics for authentication is an effective strategy, says Coby Montoya, a fraud-fighting and authentication strategist at a financial company.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2022

Okta's Sean Frazier on Securing the Supply Chain, Software Development Life Cycle Interest in passwordless authentication architecture continues to grow among U.S. government agencies and departments as they embrace more modern approaches to identity and access management, says Sean Frazier, federal chief security officer at Okta.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 25, 2022

2 Atlassian Products Affected: Jira and Jira Service Management Australian software firm Atlassian has issued fixes for a critically rated vulnerability in its Jira software that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely bypass authentication protections in place. Both Jira and Jira Service Management are vulnerable to this bug.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Fortifications, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and password managers, proved to be mere speed bumps. Coming advances.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Much more effective authentication is needed to help protect our digital environment – and make user sessions smoother and much more secure. Underscoring this trend, Uber was recently hacked — through its authentication system. The best possible answer is coming from biometrics-based passwordless, continuous authentication.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

Stresses Need for MFA, Stronger Access Controls The FFIEC has issued updated guidance advising banks to use stronger access controls and multifactor authentication. Some experts call the update "long overdue."

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Dark Reading

MAY 11, 2023

As a way to enhance the security of MFA, Microsoft will require users to authorize login attempts by entering a numeric code into the Microsoft Authenticator app.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Twitter is having intermittent problems with its two-factor authentication system: Not all users are having problems receiving SMS authentication codes, and those who rely on an authenticator app or physical authentication token to secure their Twitter account may not have reason to test the mechanism.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

FIDO Alliance's Hulka on Why Customers and Providers Like Payment Confirmation Payment regulations in Europe have forced retailers to implement strong authentication that's phishing-resistant and facilitates more customer understanding, says FIDO Alliance's Christina Hulka.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This dynamic adds extra urgency to authentication. Tom Scontras of Yubico talks about how the pharma sector approaches authentication. It's no secret: As pharmaceutical companies develop new health treatments, adversaries seek to steal or sabotage their intellectual property.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Security & ease of use: It is one thing for non-healthcare entities to debate these merits of new authentication in solutions. Tom Scontras of Yubico talks about how healthcare approaches authentication. But in healthcare, where the decisions directly impact patient safety, the stakes are critical.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 22, 2023

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. An attack like BrutePrint could present a significant threat to passkeys , an increasingly popular way to replace passwords with authentication methods like fingerprint authentication or face recognition.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Google announced that its Authenticator app for Android and iOS now supports Google Account synchronization. Google announced that its Google Authenticator app for both iOS and Android now supports Google Account synchronization that allows to safely backup users one-time codes to their Google Account. ” reads the announcement.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 26, 2021

Streamlining and Enhancing Authentication for the Workforce Many organizations have updated the authentication process for customers to help ensure frictionless transactions. Now, some are starting to take similar steps to streamline and enhance authentication of their employees - especially those working remotely.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2023

PyPI is going to enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for all project maintainers by the end of this year over security concerns. Due to security concerns, PyPI will be mandating the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) for all project maintainers by the end of this year. ” continues the announcement. .

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Keynotes for FIDO, Google and Yubico Discuss Remaking MFA, Next Steps for Passkeys Multifactor authentication was supposed to be the standard, but the sharp rise in highly successful MFA bypass attacks shows the industry needs to go further in verifying identities.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Cisco NFV Infrastructure Software Users Urged to Patch Immediately Cisco has released an urgent software update to fix a critical authentication bug that can allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to an affected device as an administrator.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

CISA is now pushing phishing-resistant multifactor authentication. Roger Grimes has an excellent post reminding everyone that “phishing-resistant” is not “phishing proof,” and that everyone needs to stop pretending otherwise. His list of different attacks is particularly useful.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 14, 2023

The two-factor authentication tool got some serious upgrades that can help you bolster security for your online accounts.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 19, 2020

Implementing an adaptive, risk-based authentication process for remote system access is proving effective as more staff members work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Ant Allan, a vice president and analyst at Gartner.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 9, 2023

Passkeys are a lot easier to manage and are resistant to phishing , harvesting and other credential attacks, which is why it’s making its way into the mainstream as a more secure and convenient authentication method. How Passkeys Work Passkeys work by using biometric authentication or a unique code to authenticate a user’s identity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. The challenge of multifactor authentication everywhere. Variety of a user’s authentication journey…. Variety of a user’s authentication journey….

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

VMware patched a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. ” reads a post published by the company.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company's Action Follows Similar Move by Google Nest Amazon's Ring is mandating the use of two-factor authentication for all users, a move designed to help stop creepy takeovers of the web-connected home security cameras. A passcode will be sent to a user's email address or by SMS.

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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. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. It supports standards that make implementing newer, stronger authentication methods possible for businesses.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 10, 2021

Smart & Adaptive MFA for the Modern Campus View this webinar as we discuss multi-factor authentication for the evolving campus community.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 1, 2022

FIDO2 multi-factor authentication systems are not susceptible to these attacks, because they are tied to a physical computer. .” Calling the target, pretending to be part of the company, and telling the target they need to send an MFA request as part of a company process.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 19, 2023

Organizations are planning on newer multifactor authentication methods, such as invisible MFA and passwordless, says SecureAuth in its "State of Authentication" report.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I currently have over 450 accounts that use passwords combined with a variety of two-factor authentication methods. Related: How the Fido Alliance enables password-less authentication. Only a dozen or so of my accounts get authenticated via self-hosted services. Sharing protocols.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Nelson Melo on the 4 Elements of Getting Customer Authentication Right

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