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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Intel unveiled on Thursday a new technology that could replace passwords used for social networks, online banking and other secure transactions with a simple wave of a hand. The company’s researchers demonstrated a prototype of the technology using a tablet computer loaded with special software and a biometric sensor that recognizes the unique patterns of veins on a person's palm "The problem with passwords -- we use too many...

my1login launches free ‘password strength meter’ in a bid to encourage safer password management practices...so, how ‘hackable’ is YOUR password? (PRWEB) September 04, 2012 Poor online password management is a “ticking time-bomb” that could ultimately result in identity theft, financial fraud and reputational damage on a massive scale for individuals and businesses alike, according to a leading security expert. Mike Newman, CEO of online security firm ‘my1login’ says:...

Unlock My Password is an easy to use product that will allow users to unlock their computer within 30 seconds, even if without a clue as to what the password was. (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 For those interested in protecting the safety of documents and personal identity, it is always a good idea to have password protection turned on with forced login each time the computer is booted up. However, a lot of people are actually scared to use this kind of protection because of the fear of losing...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. and ZURICH, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com), a leading software security company specializing in strong authentication products and services, announces today that WordPress (http://wordpress.org/), the largest self-hosted blogging tool worldwide, has incorporated MYDIGIPASS.COM on its platform. This enables bloggers to benefit from the added security the authentication service offers....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In July, cloud-storage company Dropbox brought in an outside team of experts to investigate claims of a possible targeted spam attack against its users. Some Dropbox users had begun to notice spam messages in inboxes which were only used for Dropbox and had never been given out. Such spam attacks could have meant Dropbox may have had some of their files compromised. Nearly a month later, Dropbox had acknowledged they had been...

CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- How secure is your information at work? Of the 26 percent of workers who reported having office laptops, 61 percent said they have critical, sensitive information stored on them. According to CareerBuilder's latest nationwide study, a significant number of workers may be putting their company or themselves at risk by failing to secure their laptop, sharing passwords or clicking on links from unknown sources. The study was conducted online...

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...