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How Ryan Reynolds has mastered authentic marketing

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He owns a majority stake in Mint Mobile , a mobile virtual network operator, which has grown more than 50,000% in the past three years. Most people know Ryan Reynolds from his movies, but the actor has his hands in a number of entrepreneurial ventures. The secrets of great marketing.

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How to move your two-factor authentication app to a new device

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What the design itself does make clear is that when security-minded consumers upgrade their devices, they will have to take a few extra steps to migrate their two-factor authentication apps. Somewhere between the two methods stands a middle ground: Use an app on your mobile device to generate that one-time code.

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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

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As such, the company says its software can authenticate where photos were taken and prove that they were not manipulated since there are an increasing number of deceptive photos and personal information that can be purchased on the Dark Web, social media and via software that can change the metadata of an image’s time or location. “Our

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When voice deepfakes come calling

CIO

And if they werent, multi-factor authentication (MFA), answers to security questions, and verbal passwords would solve the issue. Navigating IVR According to an analysis of call center deepfake attacks, a primary method favored by fraudsters is using voice deepfakes to successfully move through IVR-based authentication.

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How Have Mobile And Digital Apps Changed The Financial Services Industry?

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The financial services industry has changed a lot in the last few years due to innovations in mobile and digital apps and modern technology has made it easier for individuals to invest and borrow money. This blog will examine how mobile app for financial services. What makes people use mobile banking and finance apps?

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Three Ways Banks Can Improve Identity Authentication and Customer Data Privacy

CIO

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Have you thought about what can be done with this device to enhance identity authentication?

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How startups can go passwordless, thanks to zero trust

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Grid authentication cards: which provides access while using a combination PIN number. The app on the user’s mobile phone places an authentication cookie, which enables the user to continue from that device without having to go through any further authentication,” said Erka Koivunen, CISO at F-Secure.