Twitter nixes tweets by text after CEO account hack
Twitter on Wednesday halted users' ability to fire off tweets via text messages as it seeks to fix a vulnerability that led to CEO Jack Dorsey's account being hijacked.
Sep 05, 2019
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Twitter CEO account hacked, offensive tweets posted
Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted.
Aug 30, 2019
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FIDO, W3C show strong and simple are not opposites for user authentication
File under New and Official. After you check out this week's headlines for WebAuthn and W3C. The latter stands for Worldwide Web Consortium. The WebAuthn is now an official web standard. Backers say the specification marks ...
Mar 06, 2019 weblog
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Exposing flaws in metrics for user login systems
How good is the research on the success or failure of the system that verifies your identity when you log into a computer, smartphone or other device?
Feb 26, 2019
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Researchers develop a machine learning method to identify fake honey
A team of researchers at Imperial College London and UCL have recently developed a new method to authenticate honey using machine learning and microscopy. Their technique, outlined in a paper pre-published on arXiv, could ...
Jan 21, 2019 feature
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A new smartphone user authentication system based on gait analysis
A team of researchers at the University of Pretoria and City University of Hong Kong has recently developed a continuous smartphone user authentication system based on gait analysis. This system, outlined in a paper presented ...
Jan 18, 2019 feature
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Facebook admits phone numbers may be used to target ads
Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security.
Sep 28, 2018
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Researchers propose new method for secure, speech-based two-factor authentication
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed a new method for two-factor authentication via wearables using speech signals.
Aug 24, 2018
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Well, that was easy: Two-factor authentication hack feeds on phony e-mail
Two-factor authentication can be beat, as a hacker demo has shown. Lots of attention is being paid to a video posted where Kevin Mitnick, KnownBe4 chief hacking officer, revealed the two-factor exploit.
May 14, 2018 weblog
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Windows Hello: Researchers bypass face authentication
In the course of a research project, security experts Matthias Deeg and Philipp Buchegger of penetration-testing company SySS found out something that put Windows Hello in spoofing-attack news this week: They were able to ...
Dec 23, 2017 weblog
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Florida research team examines how use of sonar can thwart voice spoofing
(Tech Xplore)—Face recognition. Fingerprints. Now there is also talk about voice recognition but thieves may come up with ways to spoof voice authentication.
Nov 26, 2017 weblog
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Hackers locking Mac machines demand ransom
(Tech Xplore)—Find My device is a service indeed—not only to Apple device owners but, guess who, to hackers.
Sep 26, 2017 weblog
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The way we walk can be used to power and secure our devices
When we walk or move, we create kinetic energy in a way that is unique to each of us. Our latest research shows that it's so unique, it can be used to authenticate who we are.
May 24, 2017
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The age of hacking brings a return to the physical key
With all the news about Yahoo accounts being hacked and other breaches of digital security, it's easy to wonder if there's any real way to keep unauthorized users out of our email and social media accounts.
Mar 23, 2017
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Is zero-effort computer security a dream? Breaking a new user verification system
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Aalto University have found vulnerabilities in a recently proposed user-verification security system for computers.
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Authentication
Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός; real or genuine, from αὐθέντης authentes; author) is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity. This might involve confirming the identity of a person, tracing the origins of an artifact, ensuring that a product is what its packaging and labeling claims to be, or assuring that a computer program is a trusted one.
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