Tag: authentication
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Okta vs Microsoft Entra ID: Which Enterprise SSO Platform Is Better?
Compare Okta vs Microsoft Entra ID for enterprise SSO. Learn differences in authentication, security, and identity management for SaaS and enterprise platforms. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/okta-vs-microsoft-entra-id-which-enterprise-sso-platform-is-better/
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Next Gen Spotlights: Preparing for a Post-Quantum World QA with Cavero Quantum
As quantum computing edges closer to reality, the pressure on organisations to future-proof their security infrastructure is mounting. Cavero Quantum, a spin-out from the University of Leeds, is tackling this challenge head-on with post-quantum cryptography and authentication designed for even the most constrained devices. The Gurus spoke to James Trenholme, Co-Founder and CEO of Cavero…
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Critical pac4j-jwt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Impersonate Any User
A critical security flaw in the popular Java authentication library pac4j-jwt allows attackers to completely bypass authentication and impersonate any user, including administrators. Tracked as CVE-2026-29000, this vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and requires nothing more than the server’s public RSA key to successfully exploit.”‹ Their automated tools and security engineers found…
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Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts
Organizations typically roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) and assume stolen passwords are no longer enough to access systems. In Windows environments, that assumption is often wrong. Attackers still compromise networks every day using valid credentials. The issue is not MFA itself, but coverage. Enforced through an identity provider (IdP) such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta,…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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Cisco Secure Firewall Vulnerability Exposes Networks to Authentication Bypass Attacks
Cisco recently disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) Software that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain complete root access to affected devices. Holding a maximum severity CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw demands immediate attention from network administrators. Discovered during internal security testing by Cisco researcher Brandon Sakai, the vulnerability…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Flaws Expose Devices to Root Access, Threatening Network Security
Cisco has issued critical software updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, elevate privileges to root, and execute arbitrary commands. The advisory (cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v), originally published on February 25, 2026, was urgently updated on March 5, 2026, after Cisco confirmed active in-the-wild exploitation…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Flaws Expose Devices to Root Access, Threatening Network Security
Cisco has issued critical software updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, elevate privileges to root, and execute arbitrary commands. The advisory (cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v), originally published on February 25, 2026, was urgently updated on March 5, 2026, after Cisco confirmed active in-the-wild exploitation…
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Tycoon 2FA Phishing Operation Dismantled in Joint Raid by Microsoft and Europol
Microsoft, Europol, and industry partners have successfully dismantled the Tycoon 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform. Operating since August 2023, this immense adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) operation allowed cybercriminals to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and infiltrate over 96,000 distinct victims globally. This coordinated disruption marks a significant blow to the cybercriminal impersonation economy. Anatomy of the Tycoon 2FA Threat…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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Honeywell Controllers Widely Exposed Without Authentication
Security researchers at Zero Science Lab have disclosed a critical vulnerability in Honeywell’s Trend IQ4xx series of Building Management System (BMS) controllers, revealing that the devices expose their full web-based Human-Machine Interface (HMI) without any authentication in their factory-default configuration. The advisory, tracked as ZSL-2026-5979, was publicly released on March 2, 2026, after months of…
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Secure Authentication Architecture for Ecommerce and Retail Platforms
Tags: authenticationSecure Authentication Architecture for Ecommerce and Retail Platforms First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/secure-authentication-architecture-for-ecommerce-and-retail-platforms/
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Retail Authentication Security: Preventing Credential Stuffing, Account Takeover, and Bot Attacks
Retail platforms face rising identity-based attacks like credential stuffing and ATO. Learn how to secure authentication and protect customer accounts from fraud. Act now! First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/retail-authentication-security-preventing-credential-stuffing-account-takeover-and-bot-attacks/
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Microsoft Alerts Customers to New Phishing Attack Exploiting OAuth in Entra ID to Bypass Detection
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, detection, exploit, google, government, microsoft, phishing, software, threat, vulnerabilityMicrosoft recently uncovered sophisticated phishing campaigns that exploit the by-design redirection mechanisms of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. Threat actors are targeting government and public-sector organizations by manipulating legitimate authentication flows in Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Rather than exploiting traditional software vulnerabilities or stealing credentials directly, this campaign abuses trusted protocol behavior to bypass…
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Why workforce identity is still a vulnerability, and what to do about it
Most organizations believe they have workforce identity under control. New hires are verified. Accounts are provisioned. Multi-factor authentication is enforced. Audits are … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/04/workforce-identity-assurance/
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Windows 11 23H2 to 25H2 Upgrade Reportedly Disrupts Internet Connectivity for Users
A persistent bug in Windows 11 in-place upgrades is reportedly wiping critical 802.1X wired authentication configurations, leaving enterprise workstations completely offline until manual intervention occurs. System administrators across Reddit’s r/sysadmin community are raising alarms, warning that this issue has reappeared across annual Windows 11 version updates, including the 23H2-to-24H2 and recent 23H2-to-25H2 upgrade paths. How…
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The DocuSign Email That Wasn’t A Three-Redirect Credential Harvest
<div cla TL;DR Attackers sent a convincing DocuSign notification with a “Review & Sign” button that chained through Google Maps redirects to an Amazon S3-hosted credential harvesting page. The redirect chain defeated URL scanners, and real law-firm footers added legitimacy. IRONSCALES Adaptive AI flagged the behavioral mismatch between sender infrastructure and brand identity before the first…
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N8N: Shared Credentials and Account Takeover
Executive Summary We identified a security weakness in n8n’s credential management layer that could have completely compromised the application’s security. This finding highlights the core risks of centralized authentication in workflow automation platforms. As n8n serves as the central hub connecting critical systems and orchestrating business processes across teams, any gap in credential handling can……
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The DocuSign Email That Wasn’t A Three-Redirect Credential Harvest
<div cla TL;DR Attackers sent a convincing DocuSign notification with a “Review & Sign” button that chained through Google Maps redirects to an Amazon S3-hosted credential harvesting page. The redirect chain defeated URL scanners, and real law-firm footers added legitimacy. IRONSCALES Adaptive AI flagged the behavioral mismatch between sender infrastructure and brand identity before the first…
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Cloudflare Threat Report 2026: Ransomware beginnt mit dem Login
Ein zentrales Motiv des Reports ist die Verschiebung vom klassischen Netzwerkangriff hin zum Identitätsmissbrauch. Infostealer wie LummaC2 stehlen aktive Session-Tokens und umgehen damit selbst Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierung First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/cloudflare-threat-report-2026-ransomware-beginnt-mit-dem-login/a43931/
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Threat actors weaponize OAuth redirection logic to deliver malware
An ongoing phishing campaign is abusing the OAuth authentication redirection mechanism to avoid triggering conventional email and browser defenses, Microsoft researchers have … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/03/attackers-abusing-oauth-redirection-phishing-malware/
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Threat actors weaponize OAuth redirection logic to deliver malware
An ongoing phishing campaign is abusing the OAuth authentication redirection mechanism to avoid triggering conventional email and browser defenses, Microsoft researchers have … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/03/attackers-abusing-oauth-redirection-phishing-malware/
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OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective
Tags: authentication, automation, awareness, business, cloud, control, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, governance, identity, login, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, saas, threat, toolContext, not the URL, is the new red flag: Sakshi Grover, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific, said the longstanding advice to hover over a link and verify its domain was built for an era of lookalike domains and that it no longer holds in environments where authentication flows routinely pass through trusted identity providers.”Organizations…
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New Starkiller Phishing Framework Uses Real Login Pages to Bypass MFA Security
A new phishing framework called Starkiller is raising the bar for “phishing-as-a-service” by serving victims the real login pages of major brands through attacker infrastructure, making pages look authentic and stay up to date. By acting as a live reverse proxy, it can capture credentials and, more importantly, steal session cookies/tokens after the victim completes multi-factor authentication (MFA), enabling…
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HPE AutoPass Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has disclosed a remote authentication-bypass vulnerability in HPE AutoPass License Server (APLS) that could let unauthenticated attackers bypass login controls over the network. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-23600 and is fixed in APLS 9.19 and later.”‹ Item Details Vendor bulletin HPESBGN05003 rev.1 (Security Bulletin), initial release 27 Feb 2026; last…
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Starkiller Phishing Suite Uses AitM Reverse Proxy to Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new phishing suite called Starkiller that proxies legitimate login pages to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections.It’s advertised as a cybercrime platform by a threat group calling itself Jinkusu, granting customers access to a dashboard that lets them select a brand to impersonate or enter a brand’s real URL.…
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How safe are Non-Human Identities from cyber threats
Why Are Non-Human Identities Crucial in Combating Cyber Threats? Have you ever considered the importance of Non-Human Identities (NHIs)? Protecting these machine identities has become as critical as safeguarding human credentials, particularly with the rise of automation and cloud computing. NHIs serve as the backbone of authentication processes in various industries, including financial services, healthcare,……
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When Trusted Authentication Enables Privilege Escalation
Active Directory remains the backbone of enterprise identity. Despite years of modernization efforts, many organizations still rely on legacy authentication protocols that were never designed for today’s threat landscape. New reporting from Dark Reading highlights how attackers continue to abuse NTLM and Kerberos within Microsoft Active Directory environments to escalate privileges, move laterally, and maintain…