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  • Microsoft rolls out optional two-step authentication

    18.04.2013

    Microsoft has announced that it will be upgrading the Microsoft account and that this upgrade will include an optional two-step verification feature.

  • Pass-thoughts as a solution to the password problem

    16.04.2013

    A group of researchers from University of California, Berkeley, claims to have achieved 99 percent accuracy when using brainwave signals instead of passwords for user authentication.

  • WordPress sites targeted by mass brute-force attack

    15.04.2013

    US-CERT has issued an alert regarding the ongoing massive brute-force attacks against WordPress sites, warning users and administrators to keep their installation always updated and to change the username and password for their WordPress accounts - especially if they kept the default "admin" username and use an easy-to-guess, commonly-used password.

  • Employees admit to accessing or stealing private company information

    15.04.2013

    In a survey of 1,000 employers by LogRhythm, 80 percent do not believe any of their workers would view or steal confidential information, while three quarters (75 percent) admitted to having no enforceable systems in place to prevent unauthorised access to company data by employees.

  • Entrust updates IdentityGuard Mobile Credential

    11.04.2013

    Entrust announced updates to its mobile smart credential.





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