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Old habits die hard—and so do old passwords. In fact, a 2019 survey conducted by Google found that 65% of people reuse the same password for multiple accounts! Yet, after decades of dangerous breaches ...

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 ...

The pandemic has uprooted life for everyone, from distributors to sellers to consumers; and with this change in the economy, a heavier dependence on digitalization has formed. Businesses across ...

One-time passcodes or passwords (OTPs), like a code sent via SMS to a user’s mobile phone, are commonly used for two-factor authentication (2FA). While any form of multi-factor authentication (MFA) ...

Digital transformation has become a buzzword over the past year, with most businesses having to quickly transition from offline to online to keep up with the pace of change in consumer behaviour ...

Facebook has introduced a new authentication feature designed to help users better protect their accounts from being hijacked by password-stealing miscreants. The opt-in feature — which requires users ...

For years, the password was as secure of a means of authentication as we needed. Unless you were in charge of nuclear codes, a basic password of maybe a dozen characters was enough. Problem is, as the ...

Salesforce.com has acquired Toopher, the developer of a mobile two-factor authentication app that uses location-awareness. Toopher in Austin, Texas, said on its website that it will no longer sell its ...