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A Review on Continuous Authentication Using Multimodal Biometrics

Most existing computer and network systems authenticate a user only at the initial login session. This could be a critical security weakness, especially for high-security systems because it...

Could the Bitcoin network be used as an ultrasecure notary service?

Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money.

Offline Handwritten Signatures Classification using Wavelet Packets and Level Similarity Based Scoring

Offline signature classification has been extensively studied for many years. The challenge in this area is the correct classification of skilled forgeries which are the result of deliberate...

U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves

U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.

Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers

Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.

SoftBank in talks with U.S. to allay security fears, report says

The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the Sprint board, according to a news report.

Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

A Review Paper on Biometrics: Facial Recognition

Over the last ten years or so, facial recognition has become a popular area of research in computer vision and one of the most successful applications of image analysis and understanding. Because...

Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday.

Chinese hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets

More that three years after what came to be known as Operation Aurora, it appears that the cyber marauders were after more than just information on activists.

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