The need to identify and track people in their online activities is as old as the Web itself. Services need a way to recognize a specific user over time to serve them customized content or just to make sure they are really interacting with right person. Device fingerprinting is a…
The creation of Bitcoin in 2009 and its subsequent success have changed the game in worldwide currency markets. …
Biometric authentication is becoming ubiquitous on mobile devices, where users routinely unlock their smartphone using a fingerprint or the face.
This is usually perceived as very secure, indeed biometric authentication complies with the principle of using multiple independent factors for user authentication, in this case something that the user is…
SIM-swap scams are one of the most common attacks to mobile phone users and leave them vulnerable to identity theft. In this article, we explain the threat they pose for multifactor authentication systems where codes are sent via SMS to a person’s mobile.
In short, a SIM-swap scam exploits the…
Your smartphone is your secure key. Unlock its potential using its camera sensor hardware. Spinoff of Politecnico di Torino. www.toothpic.eu.
