Tag: authentication
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Critical ASP.NET core vulnerability earns Microsoft’s highest-ever severity score
The CVSS confusion: Despite Dorrans’ cautious assessment of the actual risk, the 9.9 CVSS rating has caused considerable confusion among developers, with many questioning whether the vulnerability truly warrants such an extreme severity score.Dorrans addressed this directly in the GitHub discussion, explaining that Microsoft’s scoring methodology accounts for worst-case scenarios.”On its own for ASP.NET Core,”…
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Evaluating the Best Passwordless Authentication Options
Explore the top passwordless authentication methods and solutions. Compare features, security, and ease of implementation to find the best fit for your software development needs. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/evaluating-the-best-passwordless-authentication-options/
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Was kann man gegen Phishing von MFA unternehmen
Phishing”‘Angriffe, die Multi”‘Factor”‘Authentication (MFA) umgehen, nutzen inzwischen Reverse”‘Proxy/AiTM”‘Kits, gefälschte OAuth”‘Apps, Push”‘Bombing und Social”‘Engineering”‘Tricks; Abwehr muss technisch, organisatorisch und auf Nutzerverhalten abzielen. Technische Maßnahmen (Priorität hoch) Phishing”‘resistente Authentifizierung einführen Setze FIDO2/Passkeys, Hardware”‘Security”‘Keys und plattformbasierte kryptografische Anmeldungen statt SMS, E”‘Mail”‘OTPs oder einfachen App”‘Pushs ein. OAuth”‘App”‘Kontrollen und Berechtigungsprüfung erzwingen Whiteliste vertrauenswürdige OAuth”‘Ziele, blockiere inaktive oder nicht genehmigte Third”‘Party”‘Apps……
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Neues, getarntes Phishing-Kit zielt auf Microsoft 365 ab
Ein neuartiges, getarntes und hartnäckiges PhaaS-Kit stiehlt Anmeldedaten und Authentifizierungs-Token von Microsoft 365-Nutzern, wie eine aktuelle Analyse von Barracuda zeigt [1]. Die Bedrohungsanalysten beobachten dieses neue und sich rasant weiterentwickelnde PhaaS-Kit seit Juli 2025 und haben es »Whisper 2FA« getauft. Im vergangenen Monat hat Barracuda fast eine Million Whisper 2FA-Angriffe auf Konten im Rahmen von……
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Was kann man gegen Phishing von MFA unternehmen
Phishing”‘Angriffe, die Multi”‘Factor”‘Authentication (MFA) umgehen, nutzen inzwischen Reverse”‘Proxy/AiTM”‘Kits, gefälschte OAuth”‘Apps, Push”‘Bombing und Social”‘Engineering”‘Tricks; Abwehr muss technisch, organisatorisch und auf Nutzerverhalten abzielen. Technische Maßnahmen (Priorität hoch) Phishing”‘resistente Authentifizierung einführen Setze FIDO2/Passkeys, Hardware”‘Security”‘Keys und plattformbasierte kryptografische Anmeldungen statt SMS, E”‘Mail”‘OTPs oder einfachen App”‘Pushs ein. OAuth”‘App”‘Kontrollen und Berechtigungsprüfung erzwingen Whiteliste vertrauenswürdige OAuth”‘Ziele, blockiere inaktive oder nicht genehmigte Third”‘Party”‘Apps……
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Neues, getarntes Phishing-Kit zielt auf Microsoft 365 ab
Ein neuartiges, getarntes und hartnäckiges PhaaS-Kit stiehlt Anmeldedaten und Authentifizierungs-Token von Microsoft 365-Nutzern, wie eine aktuelle Analyse von Barracuda zeigt [1]. Die Bedrohungsanalysten beobachten dieses neue und sich rasant weiterentwickelnde PhaaS-Kit seit Juli 2025 und haben es »Whisper 2FA« getauft. Im vergangenen Monat hat Barracuda fast eine Million Whisper 2FA-Angriffe auf Konten im Rahmen von……
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Was kann man gegen Phishing von MFA unternehmen
Phishing”‘Angriffe, die Multi”‘Factor”‘Authentication (MFA) umgehen, nutzen inzwischen Reverse”‘Proxy/AiTM”‘Kits, gefälschte OAuth”‘Apps, Push”‘Bombing und Social”‘Engineering”‘Tricks; Abwehr muss technisch, organisatorisch und auf Nutzerverhalten abzielen. Technische Maßnahmen (Priorität hoch) Phishing”‘resistente Authentifizierung einführen Setze FIDO2/Passkeys, Hardware”‘Security”‘Keys und plattformbasierte kryptografische Anmeldungen statt SMS, E”‘Mail”‘OTPs oder einfachen App”‘Pushs ein. OAuth”‘App”‘Kontrollen und Berechtigungsprüfung erzwingen Whiteliste vertrauenswürdige OAuth”‘Ziele, blockiere inaktive oder nicht genehmigte Third”‘Party”‘Apps……
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Deutschland größtes Hacker-Ziel in der EU
Tags: authentication, china, cyberattack, defense, extortion, germany, hacker, iran, login, mail, mfa, microsoft, north-korea, password, phishing, ransomware, software, ukraineLaut einer Studie von Microsoft richteten sich 3,3 Prozent aller Cyberangriffe weltweit im ersten Halbjahr 2025 gegen Ziele in Deutschland.Kein Land in der Europäischen Union steht so sehr im Fokus von kriminellen Hackern wie Deutschland. Das geht aus dem Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 hervor, den der Software-Konzern in Redmond veröffentlicht hat. Danach richteten sich…
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The Impact of AI on Authentication
Exploring how AI enhances security and the threats it poses to authentication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/the-impact-of-ai-on-authentication/
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Unlock Passwordless Login on Bubble with MojoAuth: Next-Gen OpenID Connect (OIDC) Authentication
Set up MojoAuth Bubble plugin for secure passwordless login using magic link, OTP, or passkeys, no code, full OpenID Connect support. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/unlock-passwordless-login-on-bubble-with-mojoauth-next-gen-openid-connect-oidc-authentication/
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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New Phishing Technique Targets Users via Basic Auth URLs
Netcraft recently uncovered a suspicious URL targeting GMO Aozora Bank, a Japanese financial institution. The URL leveraged a legacy web technique”, Basic Authentication URL formatting”, to visually impersonate the bank and deceive customers. This discovery prompted a broader review of phishing activity that still relies on this old but effective technique, exposing how threat actors…
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New Phishing Technique Targets Users via Basic Auth URLs
Netcraft recently uncovered a suspicious URL targeting GMO Aozora Bank, a Japanese financial institution. The URL leveraged a legacy web technique”, Basic Authentication URL formatting”, to visually impersonate the bank and deceive customers. This discovery prompted a broader review of phishing activity that still relies on this old but effective technique, exposing how threat actors…
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Phishing training needs a new hook, here’s how to rethink your approach
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, computer, cybersecurity, detection, metric, mfa, mobile, phishing, risk, threat, training, vulnerabilityPhishing training offers minimal benefits: Grant Ho, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Chicago collaborated with UC San Diego and UC San Diego Health to evaluate the efficacy of annual training and embedded phishing training. In their research, they analyzed how approximately 20,000 employees at UCSD Health handled simulated phishing campaigns across…
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Imprivata Buys Verosint for Real-Time Identity Risk Spotting
Risk Scoring to Enable Real-Time Action by Imprivata on Suspicious Access Attempts. Imprivata’s acquisition of Verosint adds 150 real-time behavioral and environmental signals to its access management suite. CEO Fran Rosch says the combined risk scoring system will enable smarter authentication, especially for remote and third-party users. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/imprivata-buys-verosint-for-real-time-identity-risk-spotting-a-29736
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Kerberoasting Protection
Active Directory environments use Kerberos as the default authentication protocol, which unfortunately makes them particularly vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”, an attack where threat actors leverage the fact that service tickets are encrypted using a key derived from the account’s password to obtain the credentials and takeover privileged accounts. Generally, the adversary performs a service ticket request……
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Static Credentials Expose MCP Servers to Risk
Study Finds Weak Authentication Practices Across AI Agent Servers. Tools developers use to connect artificial intelligence tools with external applications and data sources typically are secured by static credentials such as API keys and personal access tokens, exposing AI agent systems to theft or misuse, research shows. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/static-credentials-expose-mcp-servers-to-risk-a-29731
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How Attackers Bypass Synced Passkeys
TLDREven if you take nothing else away from this piece, if your organization is evaluating passkey deployments, it is insecure to deploy synced passkeys.Synced passkeys inherit the risk of the cloud accounts and recovery processes that protect them, which creates material enterprise exposure.Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) kits can force authentication fallbacks that circumvent strong First seen on…
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How Attackers Bypass Synced Passkeys
TLDREven if you take nothing else away from this piece, if your organization is evaluating passkey deployments, it is insecure to deploy synced passkeys.Synced passkeys inherit the risk of the cloud accounts and recovery processes that protect them, which creates material enterprise exposure.Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) kits can force authentication fallbacks that circumvent strong First seen on…
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FortiPAM FortiSwitch Manager Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Fortinet has disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting FortiPAM and FortiSwitchManager products that could enable attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms through brute-force attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49201, was internally discovered by Gwendal Guégniaud of the Fortinet Product Security team and published on October 14, 2025. Weak Authentication Vulnerability Enables Brute-Force Attacks The security flaw…
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Sysdig warnt vor kritischer Schwachstelle in Redis
‘RediShell” macht deutlich, wie gefährlich übersehene Altlasten im Open-Source-Ökosystem sein können. Selbst eine 13 Jahre alte Codebasis kann zu einem kritischen Einfallstor werden, wenn grundlegende Sicherheitspraktiken wie Authentifizierung, Zugriffskontrolle und Laufzeiterkennung fehlen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/sysdig-warnt-vor-kritischer-schwachstelle-in-redis/a42370/
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13 cybersecurity myths organizations need to stop believing
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, banking, breach, business, ceo, compliance, computer, computing, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, encryption, finance, government, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, openai, passkey, password, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBig tech platforms have strong verification that prevents impersonation: Some of the largest tech platforms like to talk about their strong identity checks as a way to stop impersonation. But looking good on paper is one thing, and holding up to the promise in the real world is another.”The truth is that even advanced verification…
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Pixnapping Attack Hijacks Google Authenticator 2FA Codes in Under 30 Seconds
Security researchers have unveiled a sophisticated new attack technique dubbed >>Pixnapping
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New Pixnapping Android Flaw Lets Rogue Apps Steal 2FA Codes Without Permissions
Tags: 2fa, android, attack, authentication, data, exploit, flaw, google, group, mfa, side-channel, vulnerabilityAndroid devices from Google and Samsung have been found vulnerable to a side-channel attack that could be exploited to covertly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, Google Maps timelines, and other sensitive data without the users’ knowledge pixel-by-pixel.The attack has been codenamed Pixnapping by a group of academics from the University of California (Berkeley), University of…
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SonicWall VPNs face a breach of their own after the September cloud-backup fallout
What defenders should watch out for: Huntress highlighted that, in a few cases, successful SSLVPN authentication was followed by internal reconnaissance traffic or access attempts to Windows administrative accounts. Additionally, logins originating from a single recurring public IP may suggest a coordinated campaign rather than random credential reuse.On top of the steps outlined in SonicWall’s…