LA Times: Hacker taps into Carson city coffers
I just ran across an article in the LA Times about the dangers of keyloggers: Hacker taps into Carson city coffers. Apparently, the city’s top financial officer had her password stolen using a program that logged her keystrokes, allowing attackers to re-play her passwords later to make large cash transfers to their bank accounts. This [...]
This is certainly one of the most compelling security highlights of Interop 2007.
It’s been gratifying to see the industry’s reaction to our announcement of PhoneFactor. The latest is a blog post from Brokmann & Company, PhoneFactor Makes Security Tokens Obsolete. Peter Brokmann had a lot of nice things to say about the service. Here’s one of my favorite quotes: I think back to my own experience with [...]
What’s wrong with passwords?
It’s been a super busy week again at Positive Networks, as we prepare to enter our next round of beta testing in the coming weeks. I’ve finally managed to get the PhoneFactor Blog up and running, although it’s not yet in its final form. But, be that as it may, I thought I might take [...]
New PhoneFactor podcast
A Podcast from Interop about PhoneFactor is now available. It can be found at the Interop website. In the podcast, Jason Sloderbeck and Chris Austin discuss the basics of PhoneFactor, some of its implications for resellers, and some future directions we’re planning on taking the product. If you have questions beyond the basics that Jason [...]
Welcome to the PhoneFactor blog
Welcome to the new PhoneFactor blog. My name is Steve Dispensa, and I’m the Chief Technology Officer at Positive Networks. I’m thrilled to announce PhoneFactor, our new phone-based two-factor authentication service. PhoneFactor is the result of a couple of years of thinking and designing and many months of coding. PhoneFactor uses your phone to do [...]
