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Researchers from the Vulnerability Laboratory have found that two other important public websites are vulnerable to remote attacks. This time, the sites belonging to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Oracle Solutions were identified as containing security flaws. Ucha Gobejishvili, also known as longrifl... |
28 January 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Mozilla wants users to have options when it comes to the web. It's why it created Firefox, as an option when there was only Internet Explorer, it's why it created add-ons.And it's why it's working on building a distributed authentication method, BrowserID, into the browser, to give people the opti... |
15 October 2011
03:01 GMT |
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The PHP development team is considering recalling the recently released PHP 5.3.7 after a serious bug was identified in the crypt() function.PHP 5.3.7 was released last week as an important security and stability update, developers urging users to upgrade as soon as possible at the time.However, since the crypt() bug... |
23 August 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Security researcher Moxie Marlinspike has developed a new system which he claims could solve many of the trust issues of the current Public Key Infrastructure.The most common way to authenticate websites and encrypt traffic is via SSL certificates. These certificates are issued by a number of Certificate Authorities ... |
17 August 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Dropbox has notified around one hundred users that their accounts were accessed by an unauthorized individual who exploited an authentication flaw. Dropbox announced earlier this week that a bug was accidentally introduced by the company's developers during a code update and allowed users to access other people&... |
25 June 2011
06:04 GMT |
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Dropbox is going through a security firestorm after it accidentally introduced a bug that allowed users to access other people's accounts without a password."Yesterday we made a code update at 1:54pm Pacific time that introduced a bug affecting our authentication mechanism. We discovered this at 5:41pm and a fix... |
21 June 2011
03:57 GMT |
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A strange password bug was identified on Amazon, where the casing and everything after the first eight characters is ignored for older access codes.The discussion about this problem was started on Reddit by a user who noticed that Amazon's system would authenticate him even if he mistyped the ending of his passw... |
28 January 2011
02:47 GMT |
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Considered the first step in supporting fully standard-based browser authentication, the WebID protocol was graced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) with an official development group.The WebID Incubator Group was announced January 14th 2011, and will be in charge with coordinating the efforts of several entitie... |
15 January 2011
08:23 GMT |
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A common effort from PayPal, Janrain and Gigya has been initiated at a recent PayPal Identity Services session, focused on expanding PayPal's Identity Services to support third-party authentication with PayPal credentials.This means that when a third-party website will implement PayPal's Identity Servi... |
28 October 2010
10:27 GMT |
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Online security is a serious issue. With more and more businesses moving to the cloud, the simple password system doesn't quite cut it anymore. Google has now unveiled a two-step verification system for Apps which adds another layer of security to the login process."Today we are changing that with the introducti... |
20 September 2010
06:59 GMT |
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Blizzard has announced that Starcraft II will need an Internet connection in order to allow even single player games to be launched and that all the multiplayer action will go through the infrastructure of Battle.net. A lot of players were up in arms over the measures, saying that they would limit access to the game ... |
29 October 2009
16:11 GMT |
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There is nothing a user hates more than long registration forms and complicated login systems. We sure are glad that Facebook relinquished both of them by taking another step towards a more user-friendly interface. From now on, Facebook users will be able to log in using just their username. For those who do not hav... |
18 September 2009
05:33 GMT |
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Amazon will introduce handheld token generators as an upgrade to its authentication procedures for the Web Services section. This type of authentication provides a huge leap in security for AWS members, being inspired by the token generators used in home banking secure customer login.Amazon Web Services is a product ... |
2 September 2009
04:32 GMT |
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Online web application provider Zoho has announced today, August 27, 2009, that website visitors can now sign in and benefit from their large amount of services just by using their Google Apps ID. This comes to append to the website's open gates policy launched last year.Previously, Zoho users were able to login... |
27 August 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Website administrators using the Parallels Plesk Panel, a web-hosting tool, should be very careful when thinking about activating the shortname authentication feature for all web services. If turned on, attackers could gain access to all shortname authenticated processes, including the SMTP server and use it to relay... |
22 August 2009
05:25 GMT |
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Various experts in areas such as usability, cryptography and security entered a debate over the necessity of masking passwords, a standard practice dating back to the beginning of the Internet. People on both sides of the barricade bring compelling arguments to the table. The practice of masking passwords is so comm... |
1 July 2009
04:56 GMT |
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Blizzard has released the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator for the iPhone, aimed at World of Warcraft players who are serious about keeping their accounts safe. According to those who've tested it, users are only required to download the free app and make one simple adjustment to their Battle.net account.Blizzard... |
3 April 2009
06:02 GMT |
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World War II and the Cold War era saw several thousands of nuclear tests being carried out throughout the world, including the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which literally put an end to hostilities in World War II. During that time, significant amounts of nuclear fallout have been produced,... |
5 July 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Fujitsu has just announced a new security device that allows users to log in to Windows and other software application based on your veins map. The new gadget is supposed to replace the older fingerprint scanner that has been proven to be easily tricked into granting unauthorized access to the system.Fujitsu's v... |
8 April 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Alcatel, Apple Computer Inc, AT&T, the Fedora Project, Fujitsu, the Hewlett Packard Company, the IBM Corporation, Juniper Networks, McAfee, the Microsoft Corporation, Novell Inc, Red Hat Inc, the Sony Corporation. All of these are examples of companies or corporations that use the Kerberos authentication protocol and... |
20 March 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Meet the A generation credit card. It looks futuristic enough to make me think of "Sliders". But, besides that, the device incorporates a 12-button keyboard, has a built-in tiny microprocessor and reveals an embedded ATM-like alphanumeric display. In addition, it promises to provide unprecedented security in phone an... |
25 October 2007
03:02 GMT |
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People are victims of Internet based fraud daily and this is due to various reasons. But one problem is authentication - when this process is not good enough, accounts will get hacked and people will lose money. You've seen Paypal in the title and you're probably now thinking that they're the only ones... |
19 September 2007
10:56 GMT |
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I've just read something very interesting on SecurityPark, a piece of news that contained a lot of statements coming from Steve Hurn, CEO of Secerno. After reading what Hurn had to say I have to agree that authentication isn't the same thing with being secure. One of the most concerning things in his statem... |
21 August 2007
10:57 GMT |
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Google quietly introduced a new feature for some AdSense registered members, allowing them to place adverts on the private websites protected with passwords. Although there is no official statement concerning the authentication feature, the function is now available to some publishers without any beta inclusion appro... |
5 June 2007
08:20 GMT |
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