Secure the Second Factor Using Image-Based Authentication

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting mobile phones and the SMS communication channel used by many businesses for two-factor authentication. Using a variant of the Zeus malware, they can intercept the authentication text messages businesses send  customers and use them to authenticate their own fraudulent transactions. As attacks continue to increase, businesses need a more secure approach to two-factor authentication on mobile phones.

Image-based authentication from Confident Technologies verifies that it is actually the legitimate user in possession of the second factor and not another person who has stolen the mobile phone or is using malware to intercept the communication. It delivers a type of challenge-response on the user’s mobile phone for completely out-of-band, multi-layered authentication on the second factor device.

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