Movie Pass sign. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for MoviePass) MoviePass settles with the FTC over exposing private information, misleading consumers The FTC also slammed the company for using an array of tricks to keep users from actually using the service. Jun 7, 2021 By Tonya Riley
General views of the Google Irvine offices on October 23, 2020 in Irvine, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Google to make multi-factor authentication its default mode "If they succeed this will probably be one of the most important cybersecurity improvements this decade," one security researcher said. May 6, 2021 By Tim Starks
Cloudflare headquarters in San Francisco. (Getty Images) Meet ODoH, where privacy means just not knowing anything It's part of a trio of privacy-minded initiatives that Cloudflare is touting. Dec 8, 2020 By Tim Starks
(Yubico) Yubico pushes an enterprise security plan geared toward corporate America It's a new service offering YubiKeys in bulk. Feb 4, 2020 By Jeff Stone
Paul Beckman speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group) What ‘Have I been Pwned?’ taught DHS’s internal cyber chief about passwords "I get emails from this website on a monthly or basis,” DHS CISO Paul Beckman said Tuesday. Jan 28, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Google’s update Wednesday is a significant step to enhancing adoption of better security practices. (Getty) Google makes safe logins more convenient by allowing smartphones to be security keys It's the latest anti-phishing effort from Google's Advanced Protection team. Jan 15, 2020 By Jeff Stone
QR codes can be used for authentication. (Getty Images) Authentication startup Trusona raises $20 million by promising to help clients ditch passwords Trusona is working with the likes of Microsoft and the health care company Aetna. Jan 14, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Christiaan Colen / Flickr) Google expands Chrome’s anti-phishing tools as hackers’ obsession with credentials continues It’s the latest example of a technology company trying to reduce users’ blind reliance on passwords. Dec 10, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Renata Spinks speaks Dec. 3, 2019, at the Security Transformation Summit presented by Fortinet and produced by FedScoop and StateScoop. (Scoop News Group) How the Marine Corps thinks about beating adversaries in cyberspace Renata Spinks says the Marines want their cybersecurity-focused personnel to think like an adversary. Dec 3, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty) Imperva says cloud firewall customers’ passwords were exposed The company found out about the incident last week thanks to an unnamed third party, he said. Aug 27, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas