Passkey adoption high among young users tired of endless GyF5*$%uu27
While passwords may hang on until the last possible asterisk, a new study from the FIDO Alliance tells a truth…
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How to get passkeys working for a billion Microsoft users and beyond
The FIDO Alliance has kicked off the Authenticate 2024 conference with a campaign urging people to “free yourself with passkeys,”…
Deepfake threat still stirring concern about election integrity
The specter of deepfakes continues to hover over the various elections of 2024, and even if little actual deepfake-driven disruption…
Microsoft selects Keyless biometric authentication for startup program
Microsoft has selected Keyless to participate in its Startups Pegasus Program, which will provide valuable resources, tools, and expert guidance…
Microsoft makes MFA mandatory for Azure sign-ins
In response to the escalating threat of cyberattacks, Microsoft has made multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for Azure sign-ins. Through its…
Microsoft calls for AI deepfake fraud to be made illegal as fake Harris ad circulates
It took less than ten days after Joe Biden stepped away from the U.S. presidential election for a deepfake of…
Scotland biometrics commish wants ICO to look into cops use of cloud
After Microsoft revealed that it could not guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its cloud servers, the…
Nuance, Au10tix security incidents expose client customer data
U.S. healthcare provider Geisinger Health has revealed that a former employee of Nuance Communications Inc. accessed patient data without authorization….
BIPA suit against X Corp. killed as judge hashes out ‘biometric identifiers’
The question of whether photos collected by social media sites constitute biometric data has another answer, this one from an…
MFA and passwordless authentication effective against growing identity threats
A new identity security trends report from the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) highlights the challenges companies continue to face…
