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Apple tramples on security in the name of convenience

Computerworld Vertical IT

Apple plans with iOS 14.5 to allow masked enterprise employees to access their iPhones if they are also wearing an Apple Watch (running WatchOS 7.4), that is unlocked. Apple has refused to let this convenience do anything other than opening the phone (which is bad enough).

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Lapsus$ gang claims new hack with data from Apple Health partner

The Verge

Screenshots of the hacked data, originally posted by Lapsus$ and shared on Twitter by security researcher Dominic Alvieri, appeared to show folders bearing the names of a range of global businesses: among them were delivery and logistics company DHL, US cable network C-Span, and French bank BNP Paribas. The Verge regrets the error.

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How Serious Is The Lack Of Machine Learning Talent?

The Accidental Successful CIO

However, at banks, insurers and other financial companies their use of artificial intelligence is being especially hampered by a scarcity of data and talent. The banking and financial services sector have been showing a steady increase in demand across the board for AI-enhanced robotic process automation tools.

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Learning from Experience: 5 Critical Success Factors for CIAM Passwordless Projects

CIO Business Intelligence

The move to passwordless customer authentication should be considered carefully. However, like any modification to an authentication system, many factors exist that lead to the success or failure of a transition to passwordless authentication. 2. Understanding customer authentication scenarios. CIAM is a specialty.

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Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.

Vox

Access to just about everything I wasn’t already logged into on my computer was dependent on access to my phone, with my mobile-device-only password manager and multifactor authentication apps and text messages. Would it even be possible to log in, since my passwords and authentication tools were only on the phone? “I

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Passwordless MFA for Customers: How to Fortify Security without Introducing Friction

CIO Business Intelligence

Password-based authentication is likely the most widely used method of authenticating users to online services. Password-based authentication is used because it is easy to understand and implement. They provide multifactor authentication (MFA) without the usual burden on the user. on a user’s other online accounts.

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Web 2.0 is Collapsing Under its Own Weight

Phil Windley

What started out as an easier way to do things like shop, bank, and get health care information has become increasingly complex over time. And it's not just doctors, of course, banks, government agencies, hospitals, ecommerce sites, and customer service systems all adopt these special purpose messaging systems. Email can be insecure.

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