Fujitsu claims its new phone, the Fujitsu Arrows NX F-04G, is the first ever to use iris scanning to replace passwords or fingerprint readers. Time to ditch passwords? 
Tag Archives: authentication
RBS and NatWest banks to use Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint system for mobile login
The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest have launched a new mobile banking service that allows Apple customers to authenticate via Apple’s Touch ID.
Windows 10 will work with FIDO specs for password-free access, says Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that its forthcoming revamp of Windows will be compliant with FIDO’s current specifications for advanced authentication. Or has it?
SSCC 185 – “I have a number for you: Eighty Million” [PODCAST]
Our weekly “Chet Chat” podcast is carefully prepared to fit into a quarter-hour, so it is clear and concise as well as being witty and amusing. Enjoy…
US Military wants to replace passwords with “cognitive fingerprints”
DARPA has awarded researchers at the US military’s elite West Point military academy a multi-million dollar contract to produce a replacement for password authentication based on “cognitive fingerprints”
SCADA programmers? It’s time for security by default! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly 60-second security video. Enjoy the news in just one minute…
SSCC 182 – What would the Pirate Party do? [PODCAST]
This week’s episode of our quarter-hour security podcast. Entertaining as well as accurate and educational – why not give it a listen?
EU to demand 2-factor for online payments by August 2015?
The European Banking Authority has put out new guidelines for securing online payments. The report defines something called “strong customer authentication”, which is nearly, if not exactly, what the rest of us call 2FA…
Can we expect a future free from passwords and PINs?
Will passwords and PINs wither and die? Fast IDentity Online, or FIDO, says its new rules for designing authentication systems should make it “simpler and stronger for all”.
Alibaba turns into Ali-blab-blab thanks to web server URL security bug
Chinese e-commerce megabrand Alibaba just fixed a rather naughty security slipup on its online retail portal AliExpress. You could get data such as the addresses and phone numbers of other users.