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RSS passwordsFacebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News And offering Facebook users the chance to register and log in to external sites without separate usernames and passwords gives Facebook Connect's marketing a slant of user convenience - and security, as some web users... [21 Sep 2009]
Nortel Networks Case Study: CallPilot Password Reset
White Paper The challenge was to look for an inexpensive method to reset voicemail passwords without Level 1 Help Desk assistance. Thousands of Nortel employees use Nortel CallPilot for voicemail. The Nortel IT team developed a... [19 Sep 2009]
Data and System Security Whitepaper
White Paper Access to the data within the practice is controlled by solid user authentication, user login time windows, user inactivity timeouts, the enforcement of strong login passwords, well defined user roles and access levels. [02 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up With the office deserted for the holidays, there are fewer stupid users assuming you can remember their passwords or demanding you fix their self-inflicted tech woes with their bleats of "but it said I should click on... [21 Aug 2009]
Botnet finds a home on Twitter
News Downloader.Sninfs, also known as Infostealer.Bancos, is a Trojan that uses the guise of a Brazilian banking site to collects passwords and related personal information from infected computers. A Twitter account can be... [17 Aug 2009]
The Secure Access Using Smart Cards Planning Guide
White Paper Administrators are increasingly aware of the dangers that result if they rely only on user names and passwords to provide authentication to network resources. Users rarely show great discretion when they write down... [14 Aug 2009]
Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
News HM Revenue and Customs is warning taxpayers who file their tax self-assessments online to be especially wary of fraudsters after finding passwords for the service are being hijacked. According to HMRC, a "small number"... [06 Aug 2009]
VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Services: Five Business Strategies for Reducing the High Cost of Online Consumer Authentication
White Paper However, as online identity theft, fraud, and credit card data breaches become increasingly sophisticated, user names and passwords are insufficient to verify or authenticate users' identity and protect high-value... [31 Jul 2009]
Mail-SeCure: Anti Phishing
White Paper Phishing (also known as carding and spoofing) is a form of social engineering, characterized by attempts to fraudulently acquire sensitive information (such as passwords and credit card details), by masquerading as a... [31 Jul 2009]
Pharewell to Phishing: Secure Direction and Redirection Over the Web
White Paper The conventional wisdom has always been that users should refrain from entering their sensitive data (such as usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers) into http(or white) pages, but they can enter these data into... [31 Jul 2009]
Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Security and Privacy in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games and Social and Corporate Virtual Worlds
White Paper 2007 was the year of online gaming fraud - with malicious programs that specifically target online games and virtual worlds increasing by 145% and the emergence of over 30,000 new programs aimed at stealing online game... [13 Jul 2009]
HIMSS/Imprivata Webinar - William Osler Hospital Centres: Three Hospitals, One Successful Strategy for Single Sign-on and Biometrics Deployment
White Paper William Osler Health Center (WOHC) was challenged by too many passwords while the IT help desk was struggling with the high volume of reset calls. To alleviate this problem and in order to provide secure network access,... [01 Jul 2009]
Improved Phishing Detection Using Model-Based Features
White Paper Criminals are trying to convince unsuspecting online users to reveal passwords, account numbers, social security numbers or other personal information. Phishing emails are a real threat to internet communication and web... [01 Jul 2009]
Evaluating the Wisdom of Crowds in Assessing Phishing Websites
White Paper Phishing is the process of enticing people to visit fraudulent websites and persuading them to enter identity information such as usernames and passwords. The information is then used to impersonate victims in order to... [01 Jul 2009]
Phishing, Pharming, and Vishing, Oh My! a Guide to the "INGs" and How to Remain Protected
White Paper The flaw in the DNS (Domain Name System), which acts like the Internet's telephone book, could allow Internet traffic to be secretly redirected so thieves could, for example, hijack a bank's Web address and collect customer... [01 Jul 2009]
