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Did Barclays err in going with card readers for two-factor security?

Here on Between the Lines, I've routinely hounded the US banking industry for not biting the bullet and moving all of its customers regardless of whether the customers like it or not to a multi-factor two or more system for authenticating users for online banking. For some banks in...

Tags: authenticator

Blog posts 2006-08-09

Why Americans are technology, political, and educational laggards and how it will doom them

The other day, via CNET Networks' internal email system, fellow ZDNet blogger and TechRepublic technical director George Ou sounded an alarm about an urgent online banking issue he came across on the Web site for the SANS Institute. It probably didn't get the attention it should have. Ou...

Tags: bank, authenticator

Blog posts 2006-04-28

MGS Authenticator Online (for Nokia 6630 6680 6681 6682 N70) 1.0 (Mobile)

Authenticator is the latest puzzle game for MGS Online. Put your visual and memory skills to the test. Compare two pictures and spot up to five differences within an allocated timeframe. Hurry, the clock's ticking!This 2D online game can be played on your own or against a friend. Challenge your...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Picture, Authenticator, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-02-27

MGS Authenticator Online (for Nokia 3230 6260 6600 6620 6670 7610) 1.0 (Mobile)

Authenticator is the latest puzzle game for MGS Online. Put your visual and memory skills to the test. Compare two pictures and spot up to five differences within an allocated timeframe. Hurry, the clock's ticking!This 2D online game can be played on your own or against a friend. Challenge your...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Picture, Authenticator, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-02-27

Additional Resources

RSA SecurID Aids Highly-Secure Remote Hard Drive Encryption

This government department ensures that the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid. The challenge was to further improve the security of sensitive data, including Personally Identifiable Information and to deploy government-approved hard...

Tags: Hard Drive, RSA Security Inc., RSA SecurID, Encryption, Digital Security, Taxes, Network Security, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Networking

Case studies 2009-09-01

Extra Security Layer Gives Banca Popolare Di Sondrio (SUISSE) Competitive Edge

Since its foundation in 1871, Banca Popolare di Sondrio has grown from being a small Italian bank to employing 2,300 people in 262 branches. The challenge was that it was keen to show customers that security measures were up-to-date, providing peace of mind that their savings and investments were safe...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Electronic Banking, Banca Popolare Di Sondrio, Banking, Digital Security, Security, Financial Services, Finance

Case studies 2009-08-01

World of Warcraft Armory charms the iPhone

World of Warcraft Armory charms the iPhoneNice appI had stumbled upon it when it was first released about a week ago (I had just randomly decided to see if Blizzard had any other apps, aside from the Battle.net Authenticator.)I use it and love it (with a name like mine, shocked?)Only...

Tags: Games, Smart phones, Web site development, World of Warcraft Armory, World of Warcraft, Apple iPhone, password

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

What Is Strong Authentication?

Strong Authentication is the authentication identification and authorization checking by one entity on another entity on the basis of a digital attribute. It is usually used to identify users and client components to systems and server components. Strong Authentication differs from regular conventional authentication in that the latter is based...

Tags: Authentication, CIDWAY, Client Component, Security

White papers 2009-01-01

Blizzard introducing two-factor authentication for WoW gamers

Password stealing malware targeting popular MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft for instance, has become so prevalent, that video game developers are taking their authentication model a step further, by introducing two-factor authentication into play. And while marketable, is the new authentication layer actually useful in a real life situation?...

Tags: Password, Two-factor Authentication, World Of Warcraft, Malware, Gamer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Games, Cyberthreats, Security, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Oracle Adaptive Access Manager

Businesses, government agencies, and consumers all face the growing threat of internet fraud. Oracle Adaptive Access Manager provides superior protection for businesses and their customers through it core components.Adaptive strong authenticator and adaptive risk manager are two primary components of Oracle Adaptive Access Manager. Together they create one of the...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Internet, Litigation, Business Operations

White papers 2008-02-08

Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" features

Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" featuresLooks good to me.I'll have to give it a go and see how it runs on the old dell.PolishedEver more polished! I for one will certainly give it a spin. But until the final release in October, I'll stick with 7.04 Feisty Fawn. I'm not much...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Linux, font, distro, PCLinuxOS, Fedora Project

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

OpenID: gone phishing

OpenID: gone phishingSimple Anti-PhishHere is 99% of a solution* to the problem: Passfaces is an easy-to-deploy user authentication method that leverages the universal human ability to recognize faces and can be used as an "unforgettable" password or as an instantly scalable second-factor authenticator. However, an often overlooked, inherent feature of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, Passfaces, phishing

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Software Company Enables Cross-Authentication for Benefit Enrollment Process

Choicelinx is a subsidiary of CIGNA HealthCare and provider of health benefits technology solutions. Both companies are committed to advancing consumer-driven products that will redefine the benefits industry. Choicelinx's Benefits Configurator decision-support tool and online enrollment application allow consumers to tailor their health benefits packages and enroll in them over...

Tags: Health Benefit, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Choicelinx, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2006-10-30

The amazing George and his tunneling machine

My ZD Net colleague, George Ou, is a strident opponent of the concept of Net neutrality. He's also kind of an abusive jerk about it see his comments on this posting. In a new posting, he touts the ability to tunnel through any firewall using DNS, then attempts...

Tags: carrier, network

Blog posts 2006-07-04

Now you can tunnel an IP stack through Ping!

Now you can tunnel an IP stack through Ping!YepAnything can be tunneled.Interesting blurb on [url=http://thomer.com/howtos/nstx.html]NSTX/ICMPTX[/url]One might easily conclude from this that MS uses similar tunneling variations to effortlessly pass-thru firewalls using port 80 on updates and WGA.Have you tried this through a stealth firewall?[i]This means that no matter what's...

Tags: Firewalls, TCP/IP, Domain names, NETWORKING, Network security, SECURITY, TCP SYN, firewall, TCP, DNS

Discussion threads 2006-07-01

Microsoft WPA2: How to look a gift horse in the mouth

There's an old proverb: Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. This basically means when someone gives you something like a horse for nothing, you don't look in that horse's mouth and complain that the horse has bad teeth. This is why I was really taken...

Tags: WPA2 Support, Andrew Garcia, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-06-13

Identity and Documentation

Identity and DocumentationPlease clarify.You wrote:In other words, they're [procedures] aimed at step two -comparing an id being presented to an authorized list- with governments artificially gluing on step one -establishing authorization- simply by not recognizing the distinction.If I obtain a passport or a driver's license, the government does make some...

Tags: Government, passport, authentication, identity, ID card

Discussion threads 2005-11-21

Microsoft security guru: Jot down your passwords

Microsoft security guru: Jot down your passwordsIt dependsIt actually depends on the number of passwords you have... if i have only one or two passwords, i dont think that remembering them would give me a hard time...in such instances it is always good not to write them down....so he is...

Tags: password, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-23

Analysis of the 802.11i 4-Way Handshake

802.11i is an IEEE standard designed to provide enhanced MAC security in wireless networks. The authentication process involves three entities: the supplicant, the authenticator, and the authentication server. A 4-Way Handshake must be executed between the supplicant and the authenticator to derive a fresh pairwise key and/or group key for...

Tags: Association For Computing Machinery, IEEE 802.11i, Analysis, Authentication, Network Security, Wireless, Security, Networking

White papers 2004-10-01

iMeMiner 1.6 (Mac)

The internet is filled with media - from images, to movies, to music, to games. With iMeMiner, you can automate the download of any conceivable media type. Download galleries or even museums of data. iMeMiner makes it a simple matter to extract the links from a museum page, select which...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Media, Museum, Image, Geneffects, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2004-03-25