by Tricerion | Jan 31, 2020 | Mobile, Passwords, Phishing, Usability, Vulnerabilities
The increased use of mobile devices highlights the tension between the ease of use of performing common tasks and processes, and the importance of maintaining an adequate level of security. Mobile phones and tablets are feeling more and more as extra body parts, and...
by Tricerion | Dec 10, 2013 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Mobile, Passwords, Phishing, Retail, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Phishing is a confidence problem. Last year the Royal Bank of Scotland paid out $285.7 million to their customers who experienced a service outage due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. In early December the bank was hit again with a similar attack. ...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jul 15, 2013 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Mobile, Passwords, Phishing, Retail, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Tricerion is in the business of visual security. We built the world’s most secure graphic authentication system. We believe security should be as tangible as the reality of financial losses and damages to major brands due to the widespread practice of relying on...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jun 27, 2013 | Cyberthieves, Mobile, Passwords, Phishing, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Gunnar Peterson hopes we can leave a better legacy of online security than what is currently being used to safeguard our sensitive data, finances, and infrastructure. What worked for the Pharaohs to record on papyrus and clay tablets their glorious conquests is not...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 5, 2012 | Mobile, Usability
As mobile devices flood the market and consumers increase their browsing time on small screens with smaller keyboards, the alphanumeric password is seeming less and less user friendly. Windows, trying to appeal to the mobile savvy user, is initiating an authentication...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 14, 2010 | Mobile, Retail, Trends, Usability
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show brought us some interesting trends and ideas. In his review of the show, Lance Ulanoff lists 9 things he’s learned there. In the last point in that post, he makes the observation that “the marriage of technology and content...
