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Microsoft rolls out optional two-factor authentication for user accounts

Microsoft rolls out optional two-factor authentication for user accounts
  • Posted April 18, 2013, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, IT Security
  • If you care about the security of your Microsoft account enough to click a few buttons in exchange for an extra layer of safety, you may want to head here. That'll bring you to straight to the security section of your account page where you can enable two-factor authentication, a feature Microsoft...

iOS 6.1.2 fixes Exchange calendar bug, battery drain, passcode flaw

iOS 6.1.2 fixes Exchange calendar bug, battery drain, passcode flaw
  • Posted February 19, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • Apple has released yet another iOS update, iOS 6.1.2, to address a few lingering issues still haunting some iOS 6.1 and 6.1.1 users. The iterative update includes fixes an Exchange calendar bug, which in turn also solves the greatly decreased…

iPhone and Android passcodes can be bypassed within seconds

iPhone and Android passcodes can be bypassed within seconds
  • Posted March 28, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Swedish security firm, Micro Systemation, has demonstrated how simple it is to defeat lock screen passcode mechanisms on both iPhone OS and Android devices. To do it, the company shows off their own security tool called XRY, a utility used…

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