Researcher: Debian cryptography may be flawed
News All system administrators that allow users to access their servers with SSH and public-key authentication need to audit those keys to see if any of them were created on a vulnerable system. Any SSH server that uses a host key generated by a flawed...
[May 16, 2008, 10:34]
Experts gather for cybercrime conference
News Douglas Otis of Trend Micro plans to give a talk on how email authentication technology called Sender ID could be abused to launch denial-of-service attacks, he said. These new trends include use of subdomains, more man-in-the-middle style attacks...
[January 22, 2007, 15:11]
When two-factor fails review
Reviews With the advent of keystroke loggers and phishing attacks, it's possible that someone else might know your password as well, so two-factor authentication means that you have a second way to prove your identity.
[July 17, 2006, 8:50]
Biometrics: the key to call centre fraud?
News With the agent no longer privy to confidential information, the authentication process is quite anonymous. Two-factor authentication Brand envisages authentication encompassing a number of different methods of determining identity, and therefore "I...
[August 20, 2002, 8:49]
Microsoft under pressure for latest Hotmail hole
News But its notoriety for security breaches and outages will be more serious now that the integral components of Windows are closely integrated with Microsoft's Passport authentication system and Web-based services.
[August 21, 2001, 13:07]
