Neowin News Feed for: Identity

McAfee launches AI-powered and identity features in latest products

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:30:01 +0000

McAfee has launched a bunch of new features for its McAfee+ and McAfee+ Family plans. Pricing begins at $49.99 for the first year that you decide to subscribe. Read on to see the new features. Read more...

Worldcoin World App experiences issues as people try to claim their Universal Basic Income

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:08:01 +0000

Worldcoin's World App has come under a lot of strain today as millions of global users scramble to receive a Worldcoin Grant currently worth around $20. It's the first Grant after the Genesis Grant. Read more...

Instagram introduces Video Selfie and Social Vouching as new options to verify age

Fiza Ali — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:44:01 +0000

In order to tackle the issue of inappropriate media exposure and to offer age-specific experiences, Instagram is introducing new ways to verify age including video selfies, and social vouching. Read more...

Microsoft and Mastercard partner to announce "next-gen" identity solution

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:56:01 +0000

Microsoft and Mastercard have announced enhancements to the latter's Digital Transactions Insights solution, which now has "next-gen" identity verification and real-time decision-making capabilities. Read more...

Microsoft names and shames a perpetrator behind ZLoader botnet to deter others

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has publicly revealed the identity and location of a perpetrator behind ZLoader in order to deter others. The person had developed a ZLoader component that is used to distribute ransomware. Read more...

Microsoft announces the next phase of its plans for a decentralized identity system

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 07:08:01 +0000

Microsoft's vision is to develop a decentralized digital identity system that stores all your user data in a "self-owned identity", giving you complete control how your information is utilized. Read more...

The UK government moves forward on digital ID framework

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:08:02 +0000

The UK government has further developed its digital ID framework which will eventually come into law and allow certified organisations to offer digital ID services, helping users prove who they are. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: An unfortunate Exchange, Ignite in the spring, and Windows generations

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 15:52:01 +0000

The week brought us Ignite news, Exchange on-prem vulnerability news, and even some expected Insider build news. Make sure to catch up with everything that happened via our handy overview. Read more...

Microsoft partners with Mastercard to improve digital identity management

Usama Jawad — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:40:01 +0000

Microsoft is teaming up with Mastercard on a service that allows users to "enter, control and share their identity data their way" using their personal devices, to enhance digital identity management. Read more...

Microsoft: Only 47 percent of people try to protect their privacy online

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:27:41 +0000

Microsoft said that in a new survey, 87 percent of people say they are concerned with online privacy but just 47 percent take active measures to protect their online identity. Read more...

The new Microsoft brand family, at a glance

Andy Weir — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:39:26 +0000

Microsoft's unveiling of its new logo is a key component of the major brand identity update across the whole corporation. We take a look at some of the other Microsoft brands that have changed so far. Read more...

Facebook could lose millions in lawsuit over Sponsored Stories

Paul Ferson — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:24:44 +0000

A class-action lawsuit has beaten Facebook into allowing users to opt out of Sponsored Stories, and could also cause significant financial ramifications for the site as well. Read more...

Your mobile phone reveals more about you than you realise

Paul Ferson — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:14:03 +0000

Your mobile phone knows an awful lot more about you than you might realize, and as a result phones are becoming targets for theft. There are steps that can be taken though to prevent this. Read more...

Google releases 'Me on the Web' tool to manage web identities

Byron Hinson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:29:09 +0000

Google today announced the release of a brand new tool called “Me on the Web”, it is a part of the Google Dashboard (just underneath the account details) which lets users set up custom Google... Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile disabled

Denis Wong — Thu, 12 May 2011 08:22:29 +0000

It would be funny if the Mark Zuckerberg lost access to his own profile from his own company. After all, it's rare to see a company's own founder locked out of his own site. His... Read more...

US government proposes singular Internet identity plan

Michael Collado — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:16:54 +0000

The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) proposed a plan at an event earlier today to create a secure Internet identification system. The plan hopes to eliminate the current status quo—currently multiple passwords and usernames,... Read more...

UK News: Nine out of 10 firms put customer data at risk

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:01:59 +0000

Over 90 per cent of UK firms are putting their customers at risk of identity fraud, according to the results of a study released today to mark National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. The event is... Read more...

Monster.com Identity Attack May Claim More Victims

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:00:20 +0000

According to digital security firm Symantec, as many as 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people from Monster.com Worldwide's job search service may have been stolen by the trojan horse Infostealer.Monstres in a... Read more...

US identity fraudster jailed for seven years

Steven Parker — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:41:53 +0000

US authorities have sentenced a man to seven years in prison for buying stolen identities from cyber-criminals in other countries. Jacob Vincent Green-Bressler was convicted of soliciting information including credit and debit card account numbers,... Read more...

ISPs Suspected of Massive Identity Theft in Korea

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:32:35 +0000

Police are investigating South Korea's two biggest internet service providers, KT and Hanaro Telecom Inc., on suspicion that they broke identity theft laws on more than seven million occasions. The two companies are suspected of... Read more...

eBay's Changing Identity

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:34:17 +0000

In its television ads, eBay describes itself as the place to get "it," whatever it may be. The company deliberately leaves "it" undefined to emphasize the immense variety of goods available for auction on its... Read more...

Data Breaches Responsible For Only 6% of identity fraud

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:29:02 +0000

Public notifications of breaches reached into the tens of millions last year, but identity fraud only increased four percent. The large number of data breaches and the publicity they have received has created the incorrect... Read more...

PayPal Security Flaw allows Identity Theft

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:40:51 +0000

A security flaw in the PayPal web site is being actively exploited by fraudsters to steal credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to PayPal users. The issue was reported to Netcraft today via... Read more...

AOL Sues Over Identity Thefts, Uses New Law

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:25:14 +0000

America Online said on Tuesday it had filed lawsuits this week against three identity theft gangs, seeking combined damages of $18 million and using a new law against so-called "phishers." The... Read more...

Update for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:04:47 +0000

This update resolves several issues as outlined in Knowledge Base Article 838876 Download: Update for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (KB838876) View: Knowledge Base Article 838876... Read more...

Update for Identity Integration Feature Pack

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:46:44 +0000

SUMMARY Microsoft has released the fourth update rollup of the Microsoft Identity Integration Feature Pack (IIFP), build 1023. This article discusses the issues that this update fixes, the product enhancements that this update includes,... Read more...

Update for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:45:05 +0000

Microsoft has released the fourth update rollup of Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS 2003). This update rollup is build 1023. This article discusses the problems that the update rollup addresses, and it discusses how... Read more...

Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Evaluation

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:48:47 +0000

Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 Enterprise Edition manages identities and coordinates user details from an organization's many sources of identity data. Using MIIS, you can combine identity information for a given user or resource... Read more...

Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:54:18 +0000

The original version of this bulletin was released on 05 September 2002. The vulnerability identified in the original version of the bulletin could enable an attacker who had a valid end-entity certificate to issue a... Read more...

'Phishing' scams reel in your identity

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:44:39 +0000

The Web sites look real and the information sought seems justified. But it's really the latest form of e-mail scam, called "brand spoofing," "carding" or "Phishing." The official-looking messages tell recipients that,... Read more...

Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 RTM

Tom Warren — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 16:11:14 +0000

Advanced Capabilities Integrate Identities and Automate Provisioning Across Multiple Directories to Deliver More-Secure, Less-Expensive Identity and Access Management Microsoft Corp. today delivered the Microsoft® Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, a key... Read more...

Microsoft Identity Server Prepped For Windows Server 2003

Tom Warren — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:17:35 +0000

Microsoft is turning its attention to the identity management space. To that end, the software giant is preparing to launch the Microsoft Identity Server, formerly referred to as Microsoft MetaDirectory Services 2003,... Read more...

Identity thieves strike eBay

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:59:28 +0000

When Deborah Fraser's credit card number was stolen, the thief didn't use it to buy a new car or a high-end laptop. Instead, the number was used to buy something potentially much more valuable--a domain... Read more...

Trainee(!) dishwasher pleads guilty to $80m identity fraud

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:19:29 +0000

A 32 year-old former trainee dishwasher (how can you be a trainee dishwasher?) has pleaded guilty to masterminding what investigators believe is the largest identity theft scam ever attempted. Abraham Abdallah, a... Read more...

MS02-050: Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing (Q328145)

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:05:17 +0000

This patch eliminates a security vulnerability associated with the validation of digital certificate chains. Before installing it, customers should review the Caveats section of this bulletin, which discusses a known side effect of installing the... Read more...

Ebay Identity Theft Hits Close to Home

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:32:37 +0000

Thanks to Darren Bolton for this email Imagine Melissa Perenson's surprise when a Good Samaritan suggested by e-mail last week that she withdraw her recent eBay bid for a notebook because the seller... Read more...

Identity crisis: Birth records online

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 12:01:52 +0000

People-search and family history Web sites have come under fire from California lawmakers, residents and privacy advocates concerned that personal data available online can be used to aid identity theft. Genealogical Web... Read more...