Author: Alex Brown
A self-professed technology geek, content writer Alex Brown is the kind of person who actually reads the manual that comes with his smartphone from cover to cover. His experience evangelizing for the latest and greatest tech solutions gives him an energized perspective on the latest trends in the authentication industry. Alex most recently led the content team at Boston-based tech company Form.com.
Biometrics for convenience is different than biometrics for security
This month at Black Hat a researcher demonstrated how to bypass Apple’s Face ID liveness detection using some tape and a pair of glasses. While you still need an unconscious user to carry out this attack, it does demonstrate that all systems have a weak link. Face ID’s weakest link, however, is not its liveness […]
A trick for remembering an endless number of passwords
The average business employee must keep track of 191 passwords. Whether this number is accurate or not, we all have too many passwords to remember. Everyone knows that re-using the same password across multiple websites is a bad practice. If the password is stolen from one of these websites the attackers have access to all […]
The Value of SMS One-Time Passcodes and Why They Shouldn’t be Banned
German banks are reportedly moving away from SMS one-time passcodes. Let me first say that I’m not a big fan of SMS-based one-time passcodes (OTP) . SIM swapping is a real threat and we’ve seen successful SIM swap attacks before. However, banning or dropping SMS-based techniques as a result of those successful attacks is exactly […]