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Microsoft launches the Identity Bounty Program, offering up to $100,000

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the Identity Bounty Program, inviting security researchers to find vulnerabilities in identity services, and offering payouts ranging from $500 to $100,000. Read more...

Major exploit found in OAuth and OpenID login tools

John Callaham — Fri, 02 May 2014 16:21:40 +0000

Two popular open source login systems, OAuth and OpenID, can be affected by the "Covert Redirect" exploit to take personal data from users, according to a new study from a security researcher. Read more...

Facebook opens up to OpenID

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:17:27 +0000

Facebook has stepped forward and joined OpenID with a growing number of popular web sites that have recently joined OpenID. Up till now, Facebook has only allowed third-party developers to access user's data strictly... Read more...

Windows Live to act as OpenID provider

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:44:18 +0000

In July of last year, Microsoft threw its weight behind supporting the OpenID protocol. In February of this year, Microsoft joined the OpenID foundation's board. Now, Microsoft has committed to OpenID further by announcing that... Read more...

OpenID is an untrusted protocol, says Sun

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:34:15 +0000

OpenID is an untrusted protocol. Sun has no liability for what happens to any information you give to a third-party web site using this service. Most OpenID-enabled sites are genuine but some may be phishers... Read more...

Industry leaders join board of OpenID foundation

Simon Andrews — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:55:02 +0000

Several industry leaders in the tech industry, and in particular the online side of it, have officially joined the OpenID foundation as corporate board members, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, IBM, and VeriSign. This large step... Read more...

Microsoft pledges support for OpenID

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:34:51 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard. The announcement was made Tuesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco during a joint keynote by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and... Read more...