The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.
Torpig data shows that even SSL logins are vulnerable
Posted by: admin 15 years, 5 months ago
From the fascinating analysis of the Torpig botnet:
Two-factor authentication for Web-application developers
Posted by: admin 15 years, 5 months ago
We've done some re-arranging in the documentation area, creating a special how-to section for adding two-factor authentication to Web-enabled applications. Currently, we have:
WiKID Strong Authentication server adds support for SAML Single Sign-On Service for Google Apps
Posted by: admin 15 years, 5 months ago
We've added built-in support for Google Apps For Your Domain SAML/SSO to the community edition of the WiKID Strong Authentication server. It's a pretty slick way of adding two-factor authentication to Google's services. While I'm a big fan of the cloud, I also like having control and two-factor authentication gives you a lot more confidence about who is accessing your information in the cloud.
Another nail for SMS authentication
Posted by: admin 15 years, 5 months ago
Now that European banks are using SMS messaging for authentication, criminals are paying top dollar for used Nokia phones that can be reprogrammed due to a bug to work with any phone number. We've discussed why SMS authentication is a bad idea before. Here's more evidence.
A Customer service story
Posted by: admin 15 years, 6 months ago
You can see the long version in the IRC logs.
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