Category: Biz & IT

  • A big bet to kill the password for good

    A big bet to kill the password for good

    Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey) After years of tantalizing hints that a passwordless future is just around the corner, you’re probably still not feeling any closer to that digital unshackling. Ten years into working on the issue, though, the FIDO Alliance, an industry association that specifically works on secure authentication, thinks it has finally identified the […]

  • Leaked ransomware documents show Conti helping Putin from the shadows

    Leaked ransomware documents show Conti helping Putin from the shadows

    Enlarge (credit: Wired | Getty Images) For years, Russia’s cybercrime groups have acted with relative impunity. The Kremlin and local law enforcement have largely turned a blind eye to disruptive ransomware attacks as long as they didn’t target Russian companies. Despite direct pressure on Vladimir Putin to tackle ransomware groups, they’re still intimately tied to […]