When Two-factor Authentication Goes Wrong
Jun 27,
2018
For National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we are resharing some of our most popular cyber security blogs from the past year to ensure you are staying #CyberAware online – whether at home or in the office. I am a strong advocate of two-factor authentication, but when it goes wrong, you can lose access to critical […]
Improve Your Security with Two-Factor Authentication
Apr 25,
2017
Two-step or two-factor authentication provides better security than a single factor. For instance, a fingerprint and PIN is stronger than either alone. Security professionals generally divide authentication techniques into three categories: something you have, something you know, and something you are. Corresponding examples would be a token or an app on a smartphone, a password, and […]
The End of Fingerprint Authentication?
Jan 14,
2015
Some years ago the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) posted a video (actually two: one in English and one in German) showing how to capture fingerprints from objects and use the copies to spoof a fingerprint scanner. The method of capturing the prints was one often seen in TV crime dramas: use Cyanoacrylate glue to make […]
Multi-factor Authentication on the Web
Aug 29,
2012
Authentication is a central part of an authorization scheme – it is important to know who someone (or some thing) is to know what he/she/it is allowed to do. Recently there has been a lot of discussion of multi-factor authentication on the web. First, what is multi-factor authentication? There are three general ways to authenticate […]