PayPal’s two-factor authentication is easily beaten
A security feature offered by PayPal to help prevent accounts from being taken over by hackers can be easily circumvented, an Australian security researcher has found. PayPal users can elect to receive a six-digit passcode via text message in order […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post PayPal’s […]
New way of Authentication by Samsung – Experience the Iris Detection
Samsung is discovering the various new methods for the authentication to be introduced in its smartphones and tablets. Samsung is also using the fingerprint scanning same as the Apple is using now. Though, the Apple came up with it at first and Samsung after seven months yet its biometric technology has pushed the authentication means […]
Mandiant Researchers: Heartbleed Attack Bypasses Multifactor Authentication, Hijacks VPN Sessions.
According to the researchers at security firm Mandiant the attackers have developed a way to exploit heartbleed in an SSL VPN. The Heartbleed bug, as it’s now known, affects any sites and services running specific versions of OpenSSL. It is estimated that over 66% of the web uses OpenSSL, so a good portion of the […]
Basic Authentication Bruteforcer
This is a php script for brute forcing basic authentication. Takes a word list as input. View full post on Cracker Files ≈ Packet Storm Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Juniper and Thursby partner to provide smartcard authentication on Apple iOS devices
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Juniper Networks, a network innovator, announced on October 14 that it has partnered with View full post on The Cyber Wars
Entrust adding Arabic soft tokens to its software authentication platform
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Arabic soft tokenfrom Entrust Continuing its investment in the Middle East, Entrust Inc. announced on July 25 the availability of Arabic-language soft tokens as part of the Entrust IdentityGuard software authentication platform and the company’s comprehensive security framework. These distinctive soft tokens are available natively with Entrust IdentityGuard and […]
CanSecWest Day 1 – Pen testing, social authentication, APR and Duqu
A wrap-up of the news and talks from CanSecWest 2012 in Vancouver. I highlight talks on pen testing, social authentication, vulnerability mitigation and the Duqu command and control servers. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Info Security Products Guide Names TextKey Best Authentication Solution
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA– – In a stunning upset over long-established competitors, TextPower, a leader in innovative text messaging software solutions for enterprises, was named the "Best Authentication … View full post on text spoofing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
RSA to build authentication into Apple, Android phones
RSA, the security division of EMC, today said it would collaborate with several mobile and virtualisation platform vendors to integrate RSA two-factor authentication and risk detection technologies. The goal of the “Secure by RSA Certified Mobile Partner Programme” is to optimise RSA SecurID two-factor authentication and RSA’s Adaptive Authentication for mobile applications for Apple iOS […]
WWPass adds heavy crypto and physical key authentication to sites
Can a security startup which relies on Russian cryptography expertise bring about a revolution in the way that users authenticate to gain access to websites today and secure data? That’s what WWPass, founded and privately funded by Russian-born entrepreneur Gene Shablygin, wants to prove with a physical authentication token called the PassKey, with which users […]