Latest coverage for Authentication

Why MFA and Data Minimization Remain Key for Preventing Massive Data BreachesWhile PowerSchool's investigation into the massive theft of its customers' data is continuing, clear lessons have already emerged. Count among them the importance of using multi-factor authentication, which could have safeguarded access to PowerSchool's exploited customer support systems.

Google has launched a new feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices that locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside of trusted locations

Google has announced a new Android "Identity Check" security feature that lock sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside a trusted location. [...]

SonicWall is warning about a pre-authentication deserialization vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC), with reports that it has been exploited as a zero-day in attacks. [...]

SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances that it said has been likely exploited in the wild as a zero-day

Threat actor exploited phishing and OAuth abuse to inject malicious code Cybersecurity outfit Sekoia is warning Chrome users of a supply chain attack targeting browser extension developers that has potentially impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals already.…

Why Digital Trust and crypto-agility are essential to authentication and data security Sponsored Post Research firm IDC estimates that over 53 percent of organizations are now mostly or completely digital native.…

PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more Infosec in brief Hogwarts doesn’t teach an incantation that could have saved Harry Potter publisher Scholastic from feeling the power of an online magician who made off with millions of customer records - except perhaps the wizardry of multifactor authentication.…