by Schehrezade Davidson | Oct 16, 2013 | Passwords, Trends, Usability
Imagine a world where your password works most of the time, say, when it’s sunny outside. But then if there is rain or snow, it stop working. Or how about adding a political aspect to your online security. If there is a political crisis, or another country is about...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Sep 29, 2013 | Passwords, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Innovation is awesome. Everyday new companies tackle old problems with creative solutions. Sometimes some of them are silly. A startup in Toronto wants to use a real-time, continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) as biometric authorization by using a bracelet with heartbeat...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Sep 14, 2013 | Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
The recent unraveling of the NSA snooping saga continues to shock the public, but also makes most security experts smirk. “Of course there is nothing private on the Web.” The issue of a government having access to private and specifically, encrypted information...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Aug 29, 2013 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
The simplest way to rob a bank is to walk through the front door (not that we’ve ever tried). The easiest way to hack a website/domain/account – is to use a username and password. This is what actually happened during the recent New York Times and Twitter domain...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Aug 8, 2013 | Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
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