10 Things You Can Do with the Smartwatch
How often do you have to worry about your cell phone running out of battery when you have a whole heap of things to do today? Have you ever forgotten your phone at home while hurrying to work in the morning? And how did you feel this day? Waiting for an important call, you have to carry your cell phone everywhere (even to the toilet)? And what it is like when you are in a crowded transport and your phone starts ringing being in...
The Evolution of Two-Step Authentication
With the advent of computer technologies in everyday life, the protection of data transmitted and stored in the network has become a necessity. Along with the hardware and software components, the data protection systems must include authentication tools that can prevent unauthorized access to the accounts. At first, the usual reusable passwords seemed a quite sufficient protection means. But, it soon became clear that this way of...
Two-Step Authentication Is Already in Instagram
Few days ago it became known that Instagram starts rolling out two-factor authentication. At first, a beta version of 2FA was tested by a small number of selected users. But now two-step authentication becomes available to everyone. But what is the most surprising about this news is that the popular social network has moved to it so slowly. After all, two-factor authentication has long been an integral part of data protection of all...
Protectimus New OTP Tokens
The range of Protectimus OTP tokens is expanded with new hardware tokens for one-time passwords generation. Meet – Protectimus TWO and Protectimus SLIM mini. Protectimus TWO is a handy hardware token made in the form of a key fob. It works according to the TOTP algorithm. It is waterproof, and its battery life is up to 5 years. The main distinguishing feature of this token – is the possibility to select the time interval...
Mobile Trojan Virus Android.Bankosy Intercepts One-Time Passwords
We store a lot of important information in the network: personal correspondence, photos, documents. For the most part, these are spiritual values – precious memories and the fruits of hours-long labor. But the Internet also stores rather concrete financial ‘matters’: our money. Today many people use online banking, as it is convenient to transfer funds, to pay for the services, and to control your accounts online. It is no...