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Comment The password is useless to hackers since it is good for only one access attempt. As these applications and services become more personalised, many require users authenticate themselves - usually with a... [15 Oct 2009]
Convenient Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Web Portals & Enterprise Applications
White Paper Providing single-factor authentication, or password only protection, creates a significant security threat to organizations. Single-factor authentication is easily defeated by hackers and can result in a... [06 Oct 2009]
A Real-Time Intrusion Detection System Using Data Mining Technique
White Paper Presently, most computers authenticate user ID and password before users can login these systems. However, danger soon comes if the two items are known to hackers. This paper, proposes a system, named... [20 Jun 2009]
Understanding the Value of Outsourcing Network Security Services
White Paper Many in-house Security Administrators are concerned primarily with password management, firewall monitoring, addressing email spam and eradicating viruses. But today's security experts need to be well versed in spyware,... [20 Jun 2009]
IT Analysis - Ignorance Is Not Bliss
White Paper In 2008, the Internet Theft Resource Center estimates that 35 million data records were breached in the US alone, the majority of which were neither encrypted nor protected by a password. Such a sad state of affairs... [01 Mar 2009]
Monster users victims of data theft
News Monster is urging its users to visit the site and change their password. User information, including passwords, has been stolen from job site Monster, the company has announced. Monster's database of user account... [27 Jan 2009]
Microsoft: IE at risk from security hole
News The exploit sites we've seen so far drop a wide variety of malware - most commonly password stealers like new variants of game password stealers like Win32/OnLineGames, and Win32/Lolyda; keyloggers like... [15 Dec 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News These tokens, such as the two-factor tokens being used by VeriSign, are synced with an internal server and display password strings that are valid only for a minute or so. Every firm with critical data should be giving... [13 Oct 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The spokesperson declined to say whether the computer had been password-protected or encrypted. H is for Hackers The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's... [18 Jun 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News The fastest-growing category of threats hosted on the sites was backdoor and password-stealing malware, which increased 855 per cent from May 2007 to May 2008. There was also a 220 per cent increase in the amount of... [06 Jun 2008]
Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm
News Ratcliffe told silicon that requests for password resets were running at 400 per month. H is for Hackers Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets [21 Apr 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment But, as reliance on technology continues to grow, the number of passwords that users have assigned to them has mushroomed, leading not only to insecure password management practices but also causing many headaches for... [18 Mar 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It is essential that before a company allows personal information to leave its premises on a laptop there are adequate security procedures in place to protect... [25 Jan 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News The password-protected CDs contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the entire HMRC child benefit database. H is for Hackers Click on the links below to find out more. [14 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News After losing an unencrypted CD containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) went on to lose the details of 25 million child benefit recipients after two password-protected CDs... [13 Dec 2007]
