passwords

Dashlane Raises $30M In New Funding
Dashlane Raises $30M In New Funding
April 12, 2019  |  Investments

Dashlane, a password manager and identity management solution, announced it has raised $30 million in new funding, according to reports. The funding comes from a...

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Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
April 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty...

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Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
March 22, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the...

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Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
March 21, 2019  |  Facebook

The passwords of between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees for years,...

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Curing Medical ID Pains With Biometrics
Curing Medical ID Pains With Biometrics
March 21, 2019  |  Authentication

Here’s another place where passwords need to take a hike: healthcare. Bruce Forman, chief information security officer for UMass Memorial Health Care, tells PYMNTS that...

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Healthcare’s Cure For Ailing Passwords: Biometrics
Healthcare’s Cure For Ailing Passwords: Biometrics
March 20, 2019  |  Authentication

The average North American consumer is projected to have access to 13 networked devices by 2021, while the typical global user will have access to...

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India Lender Warns Of WhatsApp Scam That Steals Bank Details
India Lender Warns Of WhatsApp Scam That Steals Bank Details
March 13, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s biggest lender, has issued a warning that account holders are being tricked into offering up personal banking details....

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Apple MacOS Password Vulnerability Found By German Teen
Apple MacOS Password Vulnerability Found By German Teen
February 11, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A German teen has found a vulnerability bug in macOS that exposes all passwords stored on the system, but he has decided not to give...

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When Passwords Become Corporates’ Own Worst Enemy
When Passwords Become Corporates’ Own Worst Enemy
February 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Cyberattacks are a massive problem for organizations today, and the threat is only growing larger. IBM data said the average cost of a data breach...

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