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Volkswagen Spreads out Cyberark Security Solution in Germany
Dec 9, 2013Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has deployed Privileged Account Security solution from CyberArk to optimize its password management, as part of its security infrastructure project in Hanover, Germany. Computacenter, a partner of CyberArk, ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Commercial Vehicles
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Twitter's SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication Feature Could Be Abused to Lock Users
May 29, 2013Twitter's SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock users who don't have it enabled out of their accounts if attackers gain access to their log-in credentials, according to researchers from Finnish anti-virus ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Twitter Has Finally Introduced Two-Factor Authentication in a Bid
May 28, 2013Much-hacked social networking site Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication in a bid to cut down on the hijacking of accounts. The move follows a string of hacks of high-profile accounts by groups such as the ...
Tags: Twitter, Authentication, Google, Facebook
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Twitter Is Urging Its Account Holders to Be Smarter with Their Passwords
Feb 21, 2013Twitter is urging its account holders to be smarter with their passwords following two recent attacks by hackers directed at Burger King and Jeep that took control of those accounts. The accounts for Burger King and the Chrysler-owned car ...
Tags: Twitter, account security, Internet
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Facebook Has Restricted The Rate in Order to Block a Method of Harvesting Phone Numbers
Jan 4, 2013IDG News Service-Facebook has restricted the rate at which users can perform phone number searches on its mobile website in order to block a recently disclosed method of harvesting phone numbers. "The ability to search for a person by ...
Tags: facebook, harvest phone numbers
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Microsoft Has Bought Multi-Factor Authentication Specialist Phonefactor
Dec 25, 2012Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company's technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based in Overland Park, Kan., sells ...
Tags: Microsoft, PhoneFactor, technology, cloud services, applications
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Facebook Has Restricted The Rate to Block a Disclosed Method of Harvesting Phone Numbers
Dec 17, 2012Facebook has restricted the rate at which users can perform phone number searches on its mobile website in order to block a recently disclosed method of harvesting phone numbers. “The ability to search for a person by phone number ...
Tags: Accounts, Facebook, highlightedpost, Mark Zuckerberg, Passwords, security