Passwords: Here to Stay, Despite Smart Alternatives?

The lowly password is much-maligned as being the weakest link in any company’s security defenses. That’s for good reason: It’s a fact that password reuse, a lack of strong passwords, a failure to change them on a regular basis and other human errors plague the efficacy of this de facto standard f...

Is two-factor authentication (2FA) as secure as it seems?

Two-factor authentication 2FA was invented to add an extra layer of security to the—now considered old-fashioned and insecure—simple login procedure of entering a username and password. One of the most well-known examples of 2FA is when you try to log into a familiar website from a different...

A week in security (May 28 – June 3)

Last week on Labs, we talked about the significance of SEO poisoning in the world of search marketing, blackmail attempts against financial institutions in Canada, voice command flaws in smart assistants, survey and potential phishing scams on Instagram, and the latest changes in Office 365. We...

A week in security (April 23 – April 29)

Last week, we dug into behavioral biometrics, explored a new crossrider variant, and embraced the power of "no." We also launched another CrackMe challenge, took a deep dive into smart toys, and finished up with a look at digital privacy in the age of IoT. Other news LinkedIn does battle with...

Securing financial data of the future: behavioral biometrics explained

Some of us would be pretty excited about a brave, new passwordless world. Gone would be the days of having to write down 27 passwords and post them beside monitor screens. Or having to yell them out loud to a colleague on the other side of the room. For banks and other financial institutions, a...

Daon Mobile Biometrics - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Runtime privilege escalation vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Daon Mobile Biometrics published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Microsoft Touts New Phone-Based Login Mechanism

It likely won’t mark the death knell of passwords but Microsoft announced this week its giving users a new way to sign into their accounts without having to enter a lengthy combination of numbers, letters and characters. The feature, which relies on users having access to their mobile phones, is...

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. In partnership with DHS, the National Cyber Security Alliance has released the first in a series of tips focused on helping people protect their online activities and increase their...

NIST Recommends SMS Two-Factor Authentication Deprecation

A U.S. government agency said the end is nigh for SMS-based two-factor authentication, citing a lack of security around the feature. The latest draft version of the Digital Authentication Guideline issued this week by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology NIST said the practice...

End of SMS-based 2-Factor Authentication; Yes, It's Insecure!

SMS-based Two-Factor Authentication 2FA has been declared insecure and soon it might be a thing of the past. Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA adds an extra step of entering a random passcode sent to you via an SMS or call when you log in to your account as an added layer of protection. For exampl...

Google Trust API plans to replace your Passwords with Trust Score

The importance of increasing online security around personal information has risen due to the increase in cyber attacks and data breaches over recent years. I find it hilarious people are still choosing terrible passwords to protect their online accounts. The massive LinkedIn hack is the latest i...

NSA Wants To Track Smartphone Users Based on How They Type and Swipe

Just the way you swipe your smartphone screen is enough for your smartphone to identify you. Yes, it’s a Fact, not Fiction! The United States National Security Agency NSA has a new technology that can identify you from the way your finger swipe strokes and text on a smartphone screen, according t...

Verizon to Bolster Authentication with QR Codes

If you want to know what the future holds for authentication on the web, it all depends whom you ask. Some say it’ll come in the form of biometrics – iris and fingerprint scans, etc. Others say the answer lies in a tangle of constantly changing two-factor verification codes users need to punch in...

Exclusive : New Touch ID hack allows hacker to unlock an iPhone by multiple fingerprints

The Iranian group defeated the very basic phenomenon of an iPhone Fingerprinting scanner, which allows them to unlock an iPhone device with multiple Fingerprints. Apple's iPhone 5s, was launched just available in stores two weeks before with a new feature of biometrics-based security system calle...

Exclusive : New Touch ID hack allows hacker to unlock an iPhone by multiple fingerprints

The Iranian group defeated the very basic phenomenon of an iPhone Fingerprinting scanner, which allows them to unlock an iPhone device with multiple Fingerprints. Apple‘s iPhone 5s, was launched just available in stores two weeks before with a new feature of biometrics-based security system calle...

Hackers Bypass iPhone 5S Touch ID

Hackers from the venerable Chaos Computer Club in Germany have found a method for bypassing the new iPhone 5S Touch ID fingerprint security mechanism. The method, which is the first known technique for circumventing the iPhone’s newest security feature, involves taking a picture of a user’s...

Could Smart-Watches Replace Passwords as Authenticators?

Good passwords are hard to remember while passwords that are easily remembered are often just as easily guessed. Therein lies the reason passwords are such a security headache. The race to replace passwords is ever-present in the security industry, and the newest entrant is the smart-watch. “If t...

DARPA, FIDO Alliance Join Race to Replace Passwords

Nearly everyone agrees that passwords are the bane of Internet security. For years, industry thinkers have somewhat vaguely referenced the need for Internet fingerprints capable of reliably verifing identities online. Yet here we are, it’s 2013 and passwords remain the primary means of...

iGuard Security Access Control System Cross Site Scripting

Tile ==== iGuard Security Access Control System Webserver, Cross Site Scripting XSS Author ====== Usman Saeed , Xc0re Security Research Group Website : http://www.xc0re.net Twitter : http://twitter.com/xc0resecurity Blog : http://www.xc0re.net/blog Published :...