• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-26-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on SMS-based two-factor authentication may be headed out the door

SMS messaging for two-factor authentication might become a thing of the past. A U.S. federal agency is discouraging its use.The National Institute of Standards and Technology is pushing for the change. Its latest draft of its Digital Authentication ... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-26-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Kimpton Hotels is investigating a possible payment card breach

Kimpton Hotels, operator of boutique hotels across the U.S., is investigating reports of a possible payment card data breach. If confirmed, it would become the latest in a string of successful attacks on hotel chain operators in the last year.The […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-26-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Kimpton Hotels is investigating a possible payment card breach

Kimpton Hotels, operator of boutique hotels across the U.S., is investigating reports of a possible payment card data breach. If confirmed, it would become the latest in a string of successful attacks on hotel chain operators in the last year.The […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-26-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Verizon’s Yahoo deal creates tracking powerhouse, privacy groups warn

Verizon’s planned US$4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo is likely to create an international consumer tracking powerhouse, and that’s raising serious privacy concerns.Combined with other recent acquisitions, the Yahoo deal will allow Verizon to track consumers not only on the web, […]

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