Are 3D-Secure and One Time Passwords compliant with PSD2?
Posted on 03 May 2018 by
Can banks continue using 3D-Secure and One Time Passwords to authenticate users under the upcoming PSD2 regulations?
Posted on 03 May 2018 by
Can banks continue using 3D-Secure and One Time Passwords to authenticate users under the upcoming PSD2 regulations?
Posted on 20 February 2014 by
Here’s a familiar scenario: I hear about a great website/service that interests me. It’s free, but I have to create an account to use the service. I’m not sure I’m going to keep using the service, so I hesitate to set up an account. Then I notice that I can login using my LinkedIn profile, […]
Posted on 09 April 2013 by
When it comes to online banking fraud, the numbers tell the story: $21 billion: The amount stolen due to identify fraud. $3 billion: The amount stolen by cybercriminals from US banks, businesses and municipalities using financial malware. 39 percent: The amount of all computers infected with financial malware. 150 percent: The rate at which online […]
Posted on 16 July 2012 by
After the LinkedIn debacle, it’s depressing but not entirely surprising to see yet further reports of large-scale hacks, this time of Yahoo! losing 400,000 usernames and passwords to anonymous hackers. It seems amazing to us, working as we do in the security industry, that the passwords were stored in plaintext with absolutely no form of […]
Posted on 19 January 2012 by
We recently experienced one of the biggest tech events of the year – CES 2012. A hub of technology launches, consumer experiences and computing giants jostling for attention, one of the key trends at the show was motion-enabled TV and motion-controlled devices (think Tom Cruise using a Minority Report-style control of content on screens and […]
Posted on 21 October 2011 by
Where does trust come from? In Ericka Chickowski’s article on the future of the internet’s authentication mechanisms, she raises the debate about trust being driven by our browsers instead of through our passwords. As I wrote recently on the death of the password, I thought it important to touch upon the user’s ability to make […]