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MY TAKE: Businesses gravitate to ‘passwordless’ authentication — widespread consumer use up next

The Last Watchdog

Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Fortifications, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and password managers, proved to be mere speed bumps. Coming advances.

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QNAP Systems Patches Critical Vulnerability

Data Breach Today

Taiwanese Hardware Manufacturer Fixes Improper Authentication Flaw QNAP Systems on Saturday released a patch for a critical bug that allows unauthorized access to devices without authentication.

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Passwordless Authentication without Secrets!

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Passwordless Authentication without Secrets! This highlights an increasing demand for advanced authentication methods like passkeys and multi-factor authentication (MFA), which provide robust security for most use cases. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency.

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Token Snags Ex-OneSpan Revenue Leader John Gunn as New CEO

Data Breach Today

Gunn Will Prepare Token's Wearable Authentication Ring for Large-Scale Production Token selected former OneSpan CRO John Gunn as CEO to scale the organization and prepare its wearable authentication ring for large-scale production.

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How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. The challenge of multifactor authentication everywhere. Variety of a user’s authentication journey…. Variety of a user’s authentication journey….

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Drug Infusion System Flaw Could Lead to Attack

Data Breach Today

Manufacturer BD and CISA Issue Warnings Medical device maker Becton Dickinson and federal authorities have issued alerts concerning an authentication weakness that, if exploited, could result in a denial-of-service attack on certain models of the BD Alaris PC Unit drug infusion and monitoring system.

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ASUS fixed critical remote authentication bypass bug in several routers

Security Affairs

Taiwanese manufacturer giant ASUS addressed a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability impacting several router models. ASUS addresses a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3080 (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8), impacting seven router models. impacting multiple devices.