Tag: authentication
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cPanel Vulnerability Exploited to Compromise Government and Military Servers
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel and Web Host Manager, officially tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being exploited by unidentified threat actors. Security researchers at Ctrl-Alt-Intel recently uncovered an alarming campaign leveraging this vulnerability to compromise government and military organizations across Southeast Asia. The attackers managed to weaponize publicly available exploit code just days…
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ChatGPT advanced account security adds passkeys and hardware keys
Journalists, elected officials, researchers, and political dissidents have spent years adapting their accounts to phishing-resistant authentication on consumer platforms. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/04/openai-chatgpt-advanced-account-security/
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ConsentFix v3 Automates OAuth Abuse to Bypass MFA and Hijack Azure Accounts
What happened A third iteration of the ConsentFix attack technique has been circulating on hacker forums, introducing automation and scalability to a method that abuses Microsoft Azure’s OAuth2 authorization code flow to hijack accounts without passwords and despite multi-factor authentication being enabled. The original ConsentFix was documented by Push Security in December 2025 as an…The…
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Impacket for Pentester: Net
This article walks through three authentication paths that impacket-net supports, NTLM hash (Pass-the-Hash), Kerberos ticket, and AES key, and demonstrates how each one First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/impacket-for-pentester-net/
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cPanelSniper PoC Exploit Disclosed as 44,000 Servers Reportedly Compromised
A critical zero-day vulnerability in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) is under massive active exploitation following the public release of a sophisticated proof-of-concept exploit. Tracked as CVE-2026-41940, this flaw has already compromised tens of thousands of servers worldwide. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-41940, is a severe authentication bypass flaw affecting cPanel and WHM. It carries…
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cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns
The agency added the flaw to the KEV list days after hosting providers confirmed active, ongoing attacks. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cpanel-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/
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Strengthening Trust in Digital Education Platforms with Passwordless Authentication
Learn how passwordless authentication strengthens trust in digital education platforms by improving security, user experience, and access control. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/strengthening-trust-in-digital-education-platforms-with-passwordless-authentication/
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cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/cpanel-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/
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Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available
The critical CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild and has been leveraged in attempts since late February. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-cpanel-and-whm-bug-exploited-as-a-zero-day-poc-now-available/
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Attackers Exploit cPanel Authentication Bypass 0-Day After PoC Release
A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being actively exploited across the web hosting industry. This CVSS 9.8 flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass cPanel and WHM login mechanisms, granting them full administrative control over servers. The vulnerability stems from a Carriage Return Line Feed (CRLF) injection flaw within the application’s session…
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Attackers Exploit cPanel Authentication Bypass 0-Day After PoC Release
A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being actively exploited across the web hosting industry. This CVSS 9.8 flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass cPanel and WHM login mechanisms, granting them full administrative control over servers. The vulnerability stems from a Carriage Return Line Feed (CRLF) injection flaw within the application’s session…
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Qinglong Task Scheduler RCE Flaws Exploited in the Wild
Tags: authentication, cyber, exploit, flaw, hacker, malware, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityHackers are actively exploiting two severe authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Qinglong, a popular open-source task scheduling platform. These flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and deploy resource-draining cryptomining malware on vulnerable servers. Qinglong is a self-hosted task management platform used by developers to automate background tasks using Python, JavaScript, Shell, and TypeScript scripts. With…
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ProFTPD SQL Injection Flaw Opens Door To Remote Code Execution Attacks
A newly disclosed flaw in ProFTPD is drawing urgent attention because it can let attackers move from a simple SQL injection bug to authentication bypass, privilege escalation, and in some environments even remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2026-42167, the issue was found in ProFTPD’s mod_sql extension by ZeroPath Research, and MITRE assigned it a CVSS…
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Official SAP npm packages compromised to steal credentials
Multiple official SAP npm packages were compromised in what is believed to be a TeamPCP supply-chain attack to steal credentials and authentication tokens from developers’ systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/official-sap-npm-packages-compromised-to-steal-credentials/
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cPanel Vulnerability Exposes Servers to Takeover
A cPanel flaw allows authentication bypass and risks full server compromise, prompting urgent patching. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/cpanel-vulnerability-exposes-servers-to-takeover/
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Hackers exploit RCE flaws in Qinglong task scheduler for cryptomining
Tags: authentication, exploit, flaw, hacker, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, tool, vulnerabilityHackers are exploiting two authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the Qinglong open-source task scheduling tool to deploy cryptominers on developers’ servers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-rce-flaws-in-qinglong-task-scheduler-for-cryptomining/
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The Future of CIAM: Why Legacy Identity Systems Are Dead (And What Replaces Them)
The CIAM platform that got you to 1 million users won’t get you to 10 million AI agents. Legacy authentication built for humans is failing against AI-powered attacks moving at machine speed. Here’s what replaces it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-future-of-ciam-why-legacy-identity-systems-are-dead-and-what-replaces-them/
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The Future of CIAM: Why Legacy Identity Systems Are Dead (And What Replaces Them)
The CIAM platform that got you to 1 million users won’t get you to 10 million AI agents. Legacy authentication built for humans is failing against AI-powered attacks moving at machine speed. Here’s what replaces it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-future-of-ciam-why-legacy-identity-systems-are-dead-and-what-replaces-them/
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The Future of CIAM: Why Legacy Identity Systems Are Dead (And What Replaces Them)
The CIAM platform that got you to 1 million users won’t get you to 10 million AI agents. Legacy authentication built for humans is failing against AI-powered attacks moving at machine speed. Here’s what replaces it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-future-of-ciam-why-legacy-identity-systems-are-dead-and-what-replaces-them/
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Hybrid Authentication Environments
Reduce credential risk in hybrid authentication environments by securing the password layer that remains alongside passkeys. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/hybrid-authentication-environments/
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Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified, Update Your Server Immediately
cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the control panel software.The problem affects all currently supported versions, according to an alert released by cPanel on Tuesday. The issue has been addressed in the following versions -11.110.0.9711.118.0.6311.126.0.5411.132.0.29 First seen on…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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cPanel Releases Emergency Patch for Critical Authentication Flaw
Web hosting administrators must take immediate action, as cPanel has rolled out an emergency security update to address a critical vulnerability. Disclosed on April 28, 2026, this flaw impacts various authentication paths within the cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) ecosystem. Control panels like cPanel act as the central nervous system for web servers, handling everything…
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cPanel Releases Emergency Patch for Critical Authentication Flaw
Web hosting administrators must take immediate action, as cPanel has rolled out an emergency security update to address a critical vulnerability. Disclosed on April 28, 2026, this flaw impacts various authentication paths within the cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) ecosystem. Control panels like cPanel act as the central nervous system for web servers, handling everything…