Wi-Fi signals may hold the key to touchless access control 2025-11-10 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Imagine walking into a secure building where the door unlocks the moment your hand hovers near it. No keycards, no PINs, no fingerprints. Instead, the system identifies you by the way your palm distorts the surrounding Wi-Fi signal. That […]
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Passwordless adoption moves from hype to habit 2025-10-31 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec With the average person juggling more than 300 credentials and credential abuse still the top attack vector, the password’s decline is long overdue. Across every major sector, organizations are changing how users log in, and new data shows the shift is picking […]
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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Messaging service WhatsApp is launching passkey-encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android, allowing users to encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen-lock code. Backups have long been a weak link in messaging-security. Even if chats […]
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Can your earbuds recognize you? Researchers are working on it 2025-10-27 at 09:05 By Mirko Zorz Biometric authentication has moved from fingerprints to voices to facial scans, but a team of researchers believes the next step could be inside the ear. New research explores how the ear canal’s unique acoustic properties can be used to […]
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The password problem we keep pretending to fix 2025-10-16 at 07:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec Experts across industries say they are still losing ground against identity-related breaches, even after years of investment in stronger access controls, according to RSA. Many said their organizations had faced at least one identity-related breach in recent years, and most of […]
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Behind the screens: Building security customers appreciate 2025-10-09 at 08:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jess Vachon, CISO at PRA Group, discusses the company’s multi-layered defense against fraud and its commitment to protecting customer trust. Vachon explains how PRA Group balances identity verification with a seamless customer experience. Vachon also reflects […]
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Old authentication habits die hard 2025-10-06 at 07:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec Many organizations still rely on weak authentication methods while workers’ personal habits create additional risks, according to Yubico. Training and policy gaps 40% of employees said they have never received cybersecurity training. Even among those who have, the guidance is often outdated because many […]
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GitHub Boosting Security in Response to NPM Supply Chain Attacks 2025-09-24 at 13:18 By Ionut Arghire GitHub will implement local publishing with mandatory 2FA, granular tokens that expire after seven days, and trusted publishing. The post GitHub Boosting Security in Response to NPM Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]
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Scalekit Raises $5.5 Million to Secure AI Agent Authentication 2025-09-17 at 15:03 By Ionut Arghire The startup provides an authentication stack that secures both incoming authentication and outgoing agent actions. The post Scalekit Raises $5.5 Million to Secure AI Agent Authentication appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Password crisis in healthcare: Meeting and exceeding HIPAA requirements 2025-08-20 at 19:25 By Help Net Security In 2025, healthcare organizations are facing a new wave of password security risks. Recent data from the HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey reveals that 74% experienced at least one significant security incident over the last year. More than half of responders […]
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New NIST guide explains how to detect morphed images 2025-08-18 at 18:00 By Sinisa Markovic Face morphing software can blend two people’s photos into one image, making it possible for someone to fool identity checks at buildings, airports, borders, and other secure places. These morphed images can trick face recognition systems into linking the photo […]
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NIST finalizes lightweight cryptography standard for small devices 2025-08-13 at 17:24 By Anamarija Pogorelec The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a lightweight cryptography standard to protect even the smallest networked devices from cyberattacks. Published as Ascon-Based Lightweight Cryptography Standards for Constrained Devices (NIST Special Publication 800-232), the standard offers tools for […]
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1Kosmos Raises $57 Million for Identity Verification and Authentication Platform 2025-08-12 at 16:11 By Eduard Kovacs 1Kosmos has raised $57 million in Series B funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $72 million. The post 1Kosmos Raises $57 Million for Identity Verification and Authentication Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]
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From legacy to SaaS: Why complexity is the enemy of enterprise security 2025-08-11 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Robert Buljevic, Technology Consultant at Bridge IT, discusses how the coexistence of legacy systems and SaaS applications is changing the way organizations approach security. He explains why finding the right balance […]
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Fighting AI with AI: How Darwinium is reshaping fraud defense 2025-07-29 at 16:07 By Mirko Zorz AI agents are showing up in more parts of the customer journey, from product discovery to checkout. And fraudsters are also putting them to work, often with alarming success. In response, cyberfraud prevention leader Darwinium is launching two AI-powered […]
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Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business 2025-07-17 at 13:09 By Help Net Security Over the years, the number of services we use has exploded, and so has the need to protect our credentials. Back in what I like to call “the age of innocence,” we scribbled passwords on paper or reused “password123” across […]
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Why silent authentication is the smarter way to secure BYOD 2025-07-17 at 09:08 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Andy Ulrich, CISO at Vonage, explains how silent authentication offers a smarter, seamless solution to the security and productivity challenges of BYOD. He breaks down how it works, why it matters, and […]
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Inorganic DNA: How nanoparticles could be the future of anti-counterfeiting tech 2025-07-15 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz For decades, manufacturers and security professionals have been playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with counterfeiters. From holograms and QR codes to RFID tags and serial numbers, the industry’s toolkit has evolved, but so have the […]
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Aegis Authenticator: Free, open-source 2FA app for Android 2025-07-07 at 08:34 By Help Net Security Aegis Authenticator is an open-source 2FA app for Android that helps you manage login codes for your online accounts. The app features strong encryption and the ability to back up your data. It supports both HOTP and TOTP, so it […]
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NTLM relay attacks are back from the dead 2025-07-04 at 09:32 By Help Net Security NTLM relay attacks are the easiest way for an attacker to compromise domain-joined hosts. While many security practitioners think NTLM relay is a solved problem, it is not – and, in fact, it may be getting worse. Anecdotally, they are […]
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