Another day, another major internet security flaw (step aside, Heartbleed). A bug has been found in OpenID and OAuth 2.0, two authentication programs that let you log into web sites using your Google, ...

Authentication and authorization are critical parts of any application. They evolved over the years to meet the challenging requirements of the modern Web. OAuth2.0 and OpenID Connect offer a ...

Google is about to announce OpenID log-in functionality for enterprise users of its Apps productivity suite. The search giant has already adopted the authentication standard--whereby a single log-in ...

A security researcher has uncovered serious security vulnerabilities in the technologies used by many websites to authenticate users via third-party websites. A blog posted late last week revealed the ...

With major cyberattacks dominating headlines in recent weeks, you may be wondering how you can protect yourself online, whether it’s your social media accounts or banking accounts. And the best way to ...

As we have all seen plastered across the tech sites and numerous blogs (in between the daily Yahoo news), OpenID made a major announcement last week. For those of us that happened to be disconnected ...

A fundamental issue affects the OpenID authentication system, due to its reliance on the Domain Name System, a Sun identity-technology specialist has warned. Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for ...

Authentication systems employed by large websites such as Twitter and Digg could be at risk after researchers have discovered a basic flaw that could crack a large number of open-source software ...

The OpenID Foundation (OIDF), a pioneer in open identity standards, has released a comprehensive whitepaper addressing the ...