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ronjor
December 14th, 2009, 09:48 PM
-{ Quote: "By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek

Two-factor authentication -- used to protect online bank accounts with both a password and a computer-generated one-time passcode -- is supposed to be more secure than relying on a single password.

But Gartner Research VP Avivah Litan warns that cyber criminals have had success defeating two-factor authentication systems in Web browsing sessions using Trojan-based man-in-the-middle attacks." }-Article (http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222001977)