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Can the Heart Succeed Where Passwords Fail?
In a move that surely caught Hollywood by surprise, Canadian company Bionym has announced the imminent arrival of a biometric authentication device dubbed “Nymi” that relies not on retinal scans or fingerprints or even handprints, but upon the beating of your heart. As with many things human and organic, the particular rhythm of your cardiac
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Android Top Target for Mobile Malware
Confirming what many commercial security companies already claim, a security bulletin published on the Public Intelligence website by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation identifies the Android OS as the most attacked mobile operating system. Nearly 80% of all malware threats in 2012 targeting mobile devices were focused on Google’s
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Windows 8.1 Arriving October 18
News has surfaced via various outlets that Microsoft has finalized the “.1” update to Windows 8. This has a two-fold implication for everyone: first, manufacturers can now start to build PCs with 8.1 instead of 8 (which may help flagging sales), and consumers can expect the major update to arrive in October, as originally promised
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Twitter Hacked Again
An Islamist hacktivist going by the moniker “Mauritania Attacker” claims to have hacked and accessed the entire database of Twitter accounts. As proof of this exploit, he has published details on 15,000 accounts that included access tokens users have generated for other applications that use Twitter either as an authentication source, or as a means
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Security Shortcut Device Misses the Point
Motorola has recently announced a near-field communication (NFC) device called the “Skip” which can be paired with their new Moto X smartphone to allow for quick unlocking of a PIN-protected device. The small wearable device also comes with a handful of “Skip Dots” which are smaller versions of the Skip that can be placed at
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Don’t Save Passwords in Chrome
It pains me to criticize a browser that I typically praise and recommend, but I can’t play favorites when it comes to security. An article by Elliott Kember pointed out a glaring security controversy within Chrome that has the various tech ideology camps (hackers, security analysts, developers, power-users etc.) bickering over some of the most
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