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GUEST ESSAY: Why it’s high time for us to rely primarily on passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

The next big thing is passwordless authentication. For example, we have passwordless facial and fingerprint biometric logins on our mobile phones and the thousands of apps that we use, as well as on our laptops and similar portable devices. The bottom line is user authentication is vital for securing access to data and systems.

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Innovation and authentic demand

IBM Big Data Hub

Arvind Krishna recently spoke with former IBMer and author Danny Sabbah about a new book he co-authored, The Heart of Innovation: A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand. In their conversation, Arvind and Danny discussed the secret to determining authentic demand and building innovative products that achieve runaway success.

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News Alert: W3C advances technology to streamline payment authentication

The Last Watchdog

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales.

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What Is a Firewall Policy? Steps, Examples & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

3 Main Types of Firewall Policies 9 Steps to Create a Firewall Policy Firewall Configuration Types Real Firewall Policy Examples We Like Bottom Line: Every Enterprise Needs a Firewall Policy Free Firewall Policy Template We’ve created a free generic firewall policy template for enterprises to download and use.

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Hackers Steal Session Cookies to Bypass Multi-factor Authentication

eSecurity Planet

One new tactic hackers have been using is to steal cookies from current or recent web sessions to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even cloud infrastructures rely on cookies to authenticate their users. Browsers allow users to maintain authentication, remember passwords and autofill forms. How Hackers Steal Cookies.

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Mobile Malware Bypasses Banks' 2-Factor Authentication: Report

Data Breach Today

IBM Researchers Describe How 'TrickMo,' a TrickBot Variant, Works A variant of the TrickBot Trojan bypasses two-factor authentication for mobile banking, for example, by intercepting one-time codes sent over SMS, according to IBM X-Force.

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Experts published PoC exploits for Arcserve UDP authentication bypass issue

Security Affairs

Data protection firm Arcserve addressed an authentication bypass vulnerability in its Unified Data Protection (UDP) backup software. Data protection vendor Arcserve addressed a high-severity bypass authentication flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-26258, in its Unified Data Protection (UDP) backup software. ” continues the post.