Despite the astronomical growth of smartphones and tablets, and the rise in applications allowing consumers to purchase both virtual and real goods from their mobile devices, mobile commerce still ...

Passwords are notoriously problem-filled as a security measure, with everything from rampant re-use across accounts to poor choices like “password1” plaguing their effectiveness at keeping out hackers ...

I’m still on my quest to find good user authentication techniques that can supplement or replace the old username and password scheme. In this age of spoofing, phishing and stolen IDs, we need strong ...

The government has revealed plans for a national proof-of-identity scheme that privacy campaigners say has echoes of the ID card project that was scrapped less than six months ago. The identity ...

Are passwords passé? A couple of weeks ago, the “Seattle Post-Intelligencer” ran an Associated Press story that described various multi-factor authentication schemes, such as password-plus-biometric ...

Nico Popp can see the day when proving who you are on the faceless Internet will be as easy as using a picture I.D. in the real world. Popp is the point man for a new authentication program launched ...

About 50 percent of consumers say they frequently find themselves unable to perform transactions because of authentication failure-mostly due to forgotten usernames, passwords or responses to ...

The most common method used for authentication is Textual passwords. But textual passwords are vulnerable to dictionary attacks, eves dropping, social engineering and shoulder surfing. An alternative ...

Leading ISP AOL today unveiled a new log-in scheme that will offer its subscribers additional security and protection against password theft and phishing scams. The optional service uses a ...