Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters.
Tag Archives: authentication
Privacy and security risks as Sign In with Apple tweaks Open ID protocol
An open letter from the OpenID Foundation says that Apple introduced potential risks when it diverged from the OpenID Connect protocol.
Microsoft drops password expiration from Windows 10 security
Microsoft has recognised that users don’t actually change their passwords when prompted, they just tweak them. And that doesn’t help anyone.
Facebook won’t ask for your email password any more
What’s that you say – Facebook was asking for the password to your email account? Yes, sometimes it was.
G Suite admins can now disallow SMS and voice authentication
Users of G Suite may find that the option to authenticate themselves via SMS or voice call has suddenly disappeared.
Citrix admits attackers breached its network – what we know
On Friday, software giant Citrix issued a short statement admitting that hackers recently managed to get inside its internal network. According to a statement by chief information security officer Stan Black, the company was told of the attack by the FBI on 6 March, since when it had established that attackers had taken “business documents” […]
No Android passcode? No problem! Skype unlocked it for you
Microsoft closed the hole, which let any unauthenticated phone-grabber answer a Skype call and then roam around on your mobile.
Fake face fools fones
Forbes has added to the ever-growing pantheon of ways to trick biometrics by printing a 3D head and using it to break into Android phones.
Experian credit-freeze PINs could be revealed by a simple trick
The credit bureaus’ struggles with PINs continue…
Supermicro servers fixed after insecure firmware updating discovered
Researchers have sounded a warning about the security of Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) – a critical component that datacentres depend on to manage servers.