Looking for a way to get its security gadgets into the hands of average consumers, RSA Security plans to test a new Web authentication service. The security company's new RSA Authentication Service is ...

I have a general curiosity about how login sessions work. I.E., If I log into a website, what's typically happening that shows I have access rights to whichever pages, my specific user profile, etc?

Google Messages for Web is likely going to augment its authentication system. Instead of scanning a QR code, you’ll authenticate by signing into the same Google account. Finally, it seems you’ll ...

It may have been drawn two decades ago, but the old New Yorker cartoon still rings true: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." "It's really easy to be whoever you want to be on the Internet," ...

The SolarWinds security fiasco, which Microsoft president Brad Smith described as “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen,” may have begun, suggested former SolarWinds CEO ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Roughly 80% of data breaches are due to compromised passwords, according ...

Multi-factor (MFA) authentication can boost account security, but you should be on the lookout for malicious prompts that give bad actors the codes they need to log in easily.

Apple has announced a security enhancement for users with an Apple ID. With the upcoming releases of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, users will automatically be assigned a passkey that can be ...

Microsoft has warned that the hacking group behind the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack have a new technique for bypassing authentication in corporate networks. The trick, a highly specialized ...