News tagged with authentication

Informatics students discover, alert Facebook to threat allowing access to private data, bogus messaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Facebook security vulnerability discovered by a pair of doctoral students at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Informatics and Computing that allowed malicious websites to uncover ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Wi-Fi Direct allows P2P connections without Wi-Fi hot spots (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying laptop components incorporating the new Wi-Fi Direct technology, which provides peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi connections between devices such as cameras ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Interview: Budding Google social network sets itself apart

Like the strong-willed youth it is, Google's budding social network is confidently going its own way.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (Update)

(AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 81

Enticing words on bags of potato chips have a lot to say about social class, researchers find

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, the manufacturers of potato chips vary the wording on their bags to convey their products' authenticity in different ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Cyber attack on Europe exposes big flaws in Internet security

A major cyber attack in Europe that apparently was launched from Iran has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the Internet security systems used to authenticate websites for banking, email and e-commerce around the world.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Protecting medical implants from attack

Millions of Americans have implantable medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, 300,000 more people receive them every year. Most such devices have ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient cave paintings found in Romania

Romanian experts have discovered the most ancient cave paintings found to date in Central Europe, aged up to 35,000 years old, Romanian and French scientists said Sunday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 13, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 3

For better romantic relationships, be true to yourself

Be true to yourself, and better romantic relationships will follow, research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New research advances voice security technology

Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The safe way to use one Internet password

(PhysOrg.com) -- A little-used Internet authentication system from the 1980s could provide the answer for enabling web users to securely log in only once per Internet session, a Queensland University of Technology researcher ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Individual typing style gives key to user authentication

Your typing style is as individual as your fingerprints. Being able to use typing style to identify a change in users could be a vital security and forensic support for organisations such as banks, the military ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu develops world's smallest and slimmest palm vein biometric authentication sensor deployable in tablet devices

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced development of the world's smallest and slimmest palm vein authentication sensor that is capable of being employed in tablet devices. By upgrading the technology's ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Head for the clouds, feet firmly on the ground

Computer engineers in the US writing in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems have reviewed the research literature to get a clear picture of cloud computing, its adoption, use and th ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Company says YouPorn chat service compromised

(AP) -- Users of a chat service linked to the heavily-trafficked YouPorn website have had their personal information compromised after a third-party service provider failed to secure its data, YouPorn's owners said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Authentication

Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός; real or genuine, from αὐθέντης authentes; author) is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity. This might involve confirming the identity of a person, tracing the origins of an artifact, ensuring that a product is what its packaging and labeling claims to be, or assuring that a computer program is a trusted one.

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