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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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