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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalPersona, Inc., a global provider of biometrically-enabled authentication and access management solutions, announced that Coppel Corporation is using DigitalPersona(®) U.are.U(®) Fingerprint Readers with its customer and employee facing applications and systems. The use of fingerprint biometrics helps Coppel improve the verification of purchases for 20.6 million customers, along with increasing security and streamlining...

MemeBridge launches an easy-to-use recovery web site for lost PC BIOS passwords. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) August 17, 2012 MemeBridge has acquired the domain BIOSPassword.net and created a web site to help PC owners and technicians recover lost BIOS passwords. To use the tool, just enter the hash code displayed by the PC after three failed login attempts. The tool works on most PC's from Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, and Sony. It also works on many other PCs...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Most electronic medical records (EMRs) today require a standard username and password, leaving many physician's offices - often unknowingly - open to security threats and data breaches. In an effort to address growing physician concerns around patient data protection, drchrono added a new layer of security to its cloud-based EMR platform which offers physicians extra protection around patient data accessed through mobile and...

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Blizzard, the publisher of popular computer games such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, discovered that its servers were hacked and certain account information was stolen. The company detailed the break in on its website. The "Important Security Update" was addressed to players and friends. "This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Facebook wants to know if people are receiving phishing emails that seek to trick members into revealing their personal account information. The social network has launched a new email account -- phish@fb.com -- that accepts reports of any such phishing attempts, saying they will “investigate and request for browser blacklisting and site takedowns where appropriate.” “We will then work with our eCrime team to ensure we...

Password manager service my1login has introduced fun game-like challenges to strengthen online account security. UK (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 my1login is introducing gamification to its password manager service to encourage internet users to take control of their digital security. Launching today, users will be incentivised through game-like challenges to strengthen the security of their online accounts and to encourage others to do the same. Following the recent spate of password hacking...

Each web site and each piece of software now has its own unique method of establishing passwords. It is difficult to keep track, and just as likely that personal passwords will be permanently lost. In addition to having an inconveniently long title, The Ultimate Guide to Password Recovery and Data Management is a book suggesting to hold the solution to password mahem. EveryReview.net weighs in with a review of the book. (PRWEB) August 08, 2012 The Ultimate Guide to Password Recovery and...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online There’s an old saying about a fence which was once widely universal, suggesting that these safeguards only kept the good people off of your property or out of your house. Though a bit pessimistic in nature, the truth contained within is hard to deny: Those who are inclined to engage in some sort of criminality will do it, fences be damned. So, in a world where simple key combinations are translated to ones and zeros to build a...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Following Mat Honan’s harrowing tale of having his accounts hacked and digital life wiped clean, Apple has said it is suspending over-the-air AppleID password resets for at least the next 24 hours. Apple ordered their support staff on Tuesday to stop taking requests for passwords changes over the phone, according to employees who spoke with Wired.com. Rather than use a brute force attack to break into Honan’s accounts —...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Consumer electronics weblog Gizmodo was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack in which a hacker was able to gain access to one of their social media accounts by first cracking into the iCloud account of a former contributor, various media outlets reported over the weekend. According to Emil Protalinski of ZDNet, the Gawker Media-owned website had their Twitter account hacked into Friday by a group identifying themselves as...