Tag: authentication
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Phishing kit Salty2FA washes away confidence in MFA
A call for layered and adaptive defenses: Countering Salty2FA might need something more than passwords and legacy controls, industry experts agreed. Darren Guccione, CEO of Keeper Security, argued that passkeys and passwordless authentication should be part of the strategy. “These technologies complement existing security measures by reducing reliance on traditional passwords, which remain a prime…
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Phishing kit Salty2FA washes away confidence in MFA
A call for layered and adaptive defenses: Countering Salty2FA might need something more than passwords and legacy controls, industry experts agreed. Darren Guccione, CEO of Keeper Security, argued that passkeys and passwordless authentication should be part of the strategy. “These technologies complement existing security measures by reducing reliance on traditional passwords, which remain a prime…
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Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach
Customers are urged to take action after a database containing scrambled passwords and authentication information was compromised. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/plex-urges-users-to-change-passwords-after-data-breach/
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Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach
Customers are urged to take action after a database containing scrambled passwords and authentication information was compromised. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/plex-urges-users-to-change-passwords-after-data-breach/
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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Using PAM for Passwordless Authentication without Local Users
Tags: authenticationExplore how to implement passwordless authentication using PAM, focusing on scenarios without local user accounts. Learn about the benefits, methods, and security considerations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/using-pam-for-passwordless-authentication-without-local-users/
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Using PAM for Passwordless Authentication without Local Users
Tags: authenticationExplore how to implement passwordless authentication using PAM, focusing on scenarios without local user accounts. Learn about the benefits, methods, and security considerations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/using-pam-for-passwordless-authentication-without-local-users/
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Using PAM for Passwordless Authentication without Local Users
Tags: authenticationExplore how to implement passwordless authentication using PAM, focusing on scenarios without local user accounts. Learn about the benefits, methods, and security considerations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/using-pam-for-passwordless-authentication-without-local-users/
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20 Popular npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
Multiple npm packages have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack after a maintainer’s account was compromised in a phishing attack.The attack targeted Josh Junon (aka Qix), who received an email message that mimicked npm (“support@npmjs[.]help”), urging them to update their update their two-factor authentication (2FA) credentials before September 10, 2025, by…
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Plex tells users to reset passwords after new data breach
Media streaming platform Plex is warning customers to reset passwords after suffering a data breach in which a hacker was able to steal customer authentication data from one of its databases. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/plex-tells-users-to-reset-passwords-after-new-data-breach/
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Salesloft Drift Hack Claims New Victims in Tenable, Qualys
Salesloft Says Hackers Broke Into Its GitHub Repository. Cybersecurity firms Tenable and Qualys fell to attacks stemming from hacker theft of authentication tokens from a third-party tool often integrated into Salesforce. The firms disclosed their exposure to the attack that lifted access tokens from marketing-as-a-service software provider Salesloft. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Salesloft Drift Hack Claims New Victims in Tenable, Qualys
Salesloft Says Hackers Broke Into Its GitHub Repository. Cybersecurity firms Tenable and Qualys fell to attacks stemming from hacker theft of authentication tokens from a third-party tool often integrated into Salesforce. The firms disclosed their exposure to the attack that lifted access tokens from marketing-as-a-service software provider Salesloft. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Hackers breached Salesloft ‘s GitHub in March, and used stole tokens in a mass attack
Hackers breached Salesloft’s GitHub in March, stole tokens, and used them in a mass attack on several major tech customers. Salesloft revealed that the threat actor UNC6395 breached its GitHub account in March, stealing authentication tokens that were later used in a large-scale attack against several major tech customers. Salesforce data theft attacks impacted major…
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Ausnutzung ohne Authentifizierung – Pufferüberlauf in Arcserves Unified Data Protection
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/kritische-sicherheitsluecken-arcserve-udp-a-66aeb7d96907b11d41b6e357e2b93790/
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How to Pick the Right Authentication Solution for Your Growing Startup
Compare top authentication providers for growing startups. Learn which auth solution saves money, time, and improves user experience for 40k+ users. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/how-to-pick-the-right-authentication-solution-for-your-growing-startup/
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Microsoft now enforces MFA on Azure Portal sign-ins for all tenants
Microsoft says it has been enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Portal sign-ins across all tenants since March 2025. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-enforces-mfa-on-azure-portal-sign-ins-for-all-tenants/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Expert Advice for Securing Critical Infrastructure’s OT and Industrial Control Systems, IoT Devices and Network Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisa, cisco, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, espionage, exploit, firmware, framework, google, government, guide, hacker, Hardware, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, login, mfa, military, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, organized, password, phishing, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, sans, service, software, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustDestructive cyber attacks against critical infrastructure have unfortunately become increasingly frequent. Just last week, multinational government agencies blared the alarm about a global cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure networks. With this type of cyber threat in the spotlight, we’re rounding up recent cyber advice for securing critical infrastructure. In case you missed it, here…
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Authentication Policies for Passwordless Systems
Tags: authenticationExplore how to create effective authentication policies for passwordless systems. Learn to balance security and user experience with biometrics and FIDO2 keys. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/authentication-policies-for-passwordless-systems/
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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Massiver Anstieg bei Hackerangriffen auf deutschen Bildungssektor
Tags: access, authentication, cyberattack, data, germany, group, hacker, login, mail, phishing, threat, vulnerabilityVor dem Schul- und Semesterstart in Deutschland ist die Zahl der Cyberattacken stark gestiegen.Während im September in vielen Bundesländern das neue Schuljahr beginnt, haben es Cyberkriminelle vermehrt auf den Bildungssektor abgesehen. Forscher des Security-Spezialisten Check Point stellten fest, dass Cyberattacken vor Schul- und Semesterstart hierzulande um 56 Prozent zugenommen haben. Das liegt weit über dem weltweiten…
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Alert: Exploit available to threat actors for SAP S/4HANA critical vulnerability
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, ciso, credentials, data, exploit, malicious, monitoring, password, programming, sans, sap, service, threat, vulnerability, zero-daydelete and insert data directly in the SAP Database;creating SAP users with SAP_ALL; download password hashes; modify business processes.”Historically, it has been difficult to apply patches to these complex systems, and many organizations will require careful (and slow) testing before the patches are deployed in production,” Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, told CSO.”ERP…
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Microsoft erzwingt ab 1. Oktober 2025 MFA bei Azure
Microsoft führt ab Oktober 2025 einen Multifaktor-Authentifizierung (MFA) für die Azure-Ressourcenverwaltung ein. Administratoren sollten zeitnah reagieren. Im Dokument Planning for mandatory multifactor authentication for Azure and other admin portals findet sich unter “Phase 2 Application” der Hinweis auf die anstehende Änderung. … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/09/05/microsoft-erzwingt-ab-1-oktober-2025-mfa-bei-azure/
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Fremde Anmeldungen an Microsoft Konten trotz 2FA Teil 2
Es ist ein kruder Sachverhalt, auf den ich mir noch keinen endgültigen Reim machen kann. Seit einigen Wochen finden Zugriffe auf Microsoft Konten durch Dritte statt, die im Aktivitätsverlauf zu sehen ist. Dabei haben die Nutzer die Zweifaktor-Authentifizierung für die … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/09/05/fremde-anmeldungen-an-microsoft-konten-trotz-2fa-teil-2/
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Principal Financial pioneers biometric authentication to beat online fraud
Tags: attack, authentication, business, ciso, compliance, conference, crime, crimes, data, finance, fraud, government, privacy, risk, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityImplementing quickly and decisively. Fraud was rising at an alarming pace, so speed mattered. Principal had to test, validate, and deploy a solution in months, not years.Balancing security with usability. Principal needed biometric authentication that was simple enough that customers wouldn’t get frustrated and abandon the process.Navigating uncharted territory. Principal was shifting to DIVA without…
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AI-Enabled Fraud Detection in Passwordless Login Flows
Discover how AI-powered passwordless authentication boosts security, prevents fraud, and simplifies logins with biometrics and passkeys. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/ai-enabled-fraud-detection-in-passwordless-login-flows/