The Worst Passwords of 2019 Confirm Dumb People Still Use the Internet

The Worst Passwords of 2019 Confirm Dumb People Still Use the Internet

These are without a doubt the worst passwords of the year

Google Will Make Biometric Authentication Mechanisms in Android P More Secure

Google Will Make Biometric Authentication Mechanisms in Android P More Secure

Android P to offer users better biometric security, privacy

  • iPhone
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • January 23rd, 2017
Apple Working on Full-Face Recognition System for the iPhone

Apple Working on Full-Face Recognition System for the iPhone

Unlikely to be ready for the iPhone 8, though

  • Windows
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • October 10th, 2016
Microsoft Patents Tech That Makes the Windows 10 Lock Screen More Personal

Microsoft Patents Tech That Makes the Windows 10 Lock Screen More Personal

New way to display personal information on the lock screen

Face Authentication Systems Can Be Bypassed Using a VR Headset & Facebook Photos

Face Authentication Systems Can Be Bypassed Using a VR Headset & Facebook Photos

Projections from a VR headset can trick facial recognition systems using 3D head models based on social media photos

New Gozi Trojan Version Can Bypass Some Behavioral Biometrics Defenses

New Gozi Trojan Version Can Bypass Some Behavioral Biometrics Defenses

New Gozi campaign targets Japan, Spain, Poland

NIST Prepares to Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication

NIST Prepares to Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication

Biometrics are gaining ground as an acceptable authentication method, but some conditions must be met

Older People Use More Complex Passwords than Tech-Savvy Millennials

Older People Use More Complex Passwords than Tech-Savvy Millennials

Your grandparents can teach you about using proper passwords

FBI Seeks to Keep Its Biometrics Database Above the Law

FBI Seeks to Keep Its Biometrics Database Above the Law

Agency doesn't want to report anymore about how it uses the database, and whose details are stored inside it

Visa Database Vulnerabilities Can't Be Exploited to Insert Terrorists in the US

Visa Database Vulnerabilities Can't Be Exploited to Insert Terrorists in the US

The world's largest biometrics database is safe, for now

Consumers Would Like to See Biometrics Replace Passwords in Smart Homes

Consumers Would Like to See Biometrics Replace Passwords in Smart Homes

Most people favor fingerprints as their smart home's login system, but they also like voice recognition as well

This Is Why We Can't Have Encryption Backdoors: US, UK Police Abuse Their Powers

This Is Why We Can't Have Encryption Backdoors: US, UK Police Abuse Their Powers

Two reports show potential dangers of encryption backdoors

You Can Unlock Fingerprint-Protected Phones with a Regular Inkjet Printer

You Can Unlock Fingerprint-Protected Phones with a Regular Inkjet Printer

Attack successfully tested against Samsung and Huawei phones

Fingerprint-Protected Handgun Safe Can Be Opened with a Paperclip

Fingerprint-Protected Handgun Safe Can Be Opened with a Paperclip

Top-of-the-line biometrics-protected handgun safe can still be broken into using some inventivity and classic methods

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 24th, 2016
MasterCard Moves Forward with Selfie-Based Payment Method

MasterCard Moves Forward with Selfie-Based Payment Method

It may look as a good idea now, but there are some downsides

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 17th, 2016
W3C Launches Initiative to Standardize Passwordless Login Systems

W3C Launches Initiative to Standardize Passwordless Login Systems

W3C places its bet on encryption, disavows passwords

Fingerprints of over 5.6 Million Americans Stolen During the OPM Hack

Fingerprints of over 5.6 Million Americans Stolen During the OPM Hack

News out of the OPM hack investigation seems to be getting bleaker and bleaker with every new DoD update

 
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