Tag: authentication
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The Agentic Virus: How AI Agents Become Self-Spreading Malware
In my previous post, I walked through how disconnected MCP servers and AI agents create a growing blind spot in enterprise identity. The problem: thousands of MCP deployments running with overly broad tokens, no authentication, and no connection to your identity fabric. The solution: federate everything through the Maverics AI Identity Gateway. That post assumed……
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Dutch police arrest 21-year-old for alleged involvement in JokerOTP password stealer
The Dordrecht native was detained on Tuesday by police in East Brabant on accusations he distributed a bot called JokerOTP, which is used widely by cybercriminals to intercept the codes delivered by many platforms as part of multi-factor authentication sign-ins. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/dutch-police-arrest-man-over-jokerotp-password-stealer
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The Significance of Passwordless Authentication and eKYC in Simplifying Cross-Border Banking Onboarding
Explore how passwordless authentication and eKYC simplify cross-border banking onboarding by enhancing security, compliance, and user experience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-significance-of-passwordless-authentication-and-ekyc-in-simplifying-cross-border-banking-onboarding/
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The Significance of Passwordless Authentication and eKYC in Simplifying Cross-Border Banking Onboarding
Explore how passwordless authentication and eKYC simplify cross-border banking onboarding by enhancing security, compliance, and user experience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-significance-of-passwordless-authentication-and-ekyc-in-simplifying-cross-border-banking-onboarding/
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SMS and OTP Bombing Campaigns Found Abusing API, SSL and Cross-Platform Automation
The modern authentication ecosystem runs on a fragile assumption: that requests for one-time passwords are genuine. That assumption is now under sustained pressure. What began in the early 2020s as loosely shared scripts for irritating phone numbers has evolved into a coordinated ecosystem of SMS and OTP bombing tools engineered for scale, speed, and persistence.…
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What CISOs need to know about the OpenClaw security nightmare
OpenClaw exposes enterprise security gaps: The first big lesson of this whole OpenClaw situation is that enterprises need to do more to get their security fundamentals in place. Because if there are any gaps, anywhere at all, they will now be found and exploited at an unprecedented pace. In the case of OpenClaw, that means…
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Multiple Endpoint Manager bugs patched by Ivanti, including remote auth bypass
Ivanti patched over a dozen Endpoint Manager flaws, including a high-severity auth bypass that let attackers steal credentials remotely. Ivanti released patches for more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager, including flaws disclosed in October 2025. The update addresses a high-severity authentication bypass, tracked as CVE-2026-1603 (CVSS score of 8.6), that attackers could exploit…
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Is SSO the Same as SAML?
Confused about sso vs saml? Learn the difference between the authentication process and the XML-based protocol. Essential guide for engineering leaders and ctos. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/is-sso-the-same-as-saml/
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How to Prevent Vishing Attacks Targeting Okta and other IDPs
<div cla Vishing as the Front Door to MFA Bypass Threat reporting tied to ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider-linked activity shows voice phishing (vishing) being operationalized as a coordinated access vector against enterprise identity systems. Rather than relying solely on email-based phishing, attackers now call employees directly, impersonating IT support, security teams, or identity administrators. These…
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How to Prevent Vishing Attacks Targeting Okta and other IDPs
<div cla Vishing as the Front Door to MFA Bypass Threat reporting tied to ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider-linked activity shows voice phishing (vishing) being operationalized as a coordinated access vector against enterprise identity systems. Rather than relying solely on email-based phishing, attackers now call employees directly, impersonating IT support, security teams, or identity administrators. These…
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Microsoft Beefs Up Runtime Security
Redmond Rolls Out 2 Desktop Security Initiatives. Microsoft is touting changes to Windows meant to ensure better runtime security and user prompts when apps access sensitive desktop resources such as files, a camera or microphone. Other controls include blocking legacy authentication protocols to ensure use of multifactor authentication. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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FortiOS Authentication Bypass Exposes VPN and SSO Deployments
Fortinet disclosed a FortiOS flaw that could allow LDAP authentication bypass for VPN and SSO access. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/fortios-authentication-bypass-exposes-vpn-and-sso-deployments/
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FortiOS Authentication Bypass Exposes VPN and SSO Deployments
Fortinet disclosed a FortiOS flaw that could allow LDAP authentication bypass for VPN and SSO access. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/fortios-authentication-bypass-exposes-vpn-and-sso-deployments/
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Cyberangriff auf EU-Kommission
Tags: advisory, authentication, bug, cve, cvss, cyberattack, endpoint, exploit, germany, ivanti, mail, mobile, usa, vulnerabilityCyberkriminellen ist es gelungen, in ein System der EU-Kommission einzudringen.Die Europäische Kommission wurde Ziel einer Cyberattacke. Wie aus einer kürzlich veröffentlichten Mitteilung hervorgeht, erfolgte der Angriff Ende Januar und zielte auf ein System zur Verwaltung mobiler Endgeräte ab (Mobile Device Management MDM) .Demnach sind die Täter möglicherweise an Namen und Rufnummern einiger Mitarbeiter gekommen. Es…
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Hackers Abuse Apple PayPal Invoice Emails in DKIM Replay Attack Campaign
A sophisticated way to bypass email security by weaponizing legitimate messages from trusted companies like Apple and PayPal. These attacks, known as DKIM replay attacks, exploit email authentication systems to deliver scams that appear completely authentic. The technique is deceptively simple. Attackers create accounts on platforms like Apple’s App Store or PayPal and manipulate user-controlled…
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BeyondTrust Fixes Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in Remote Support and PRA
BeyondTrust has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution.”BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and certain older versions of Privileged Remote Access (PRA) contain a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability,” the company First seen on…
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New Telegram Phishing Scam Hijacks Login Flow to Steal Fully Authorized User Sessions
A new and sophisticated Telegram phishing operation is active in the wild, targeting users globally by hijacking the platform’s legitimate authentication features. Unlike traditional phishing, which often relies on malware or cloning login pages to steal passwords, this campaign integrates directly with Telegram’s official infrastructure. The attackers register their own Telegram API credentials (api_id and api_hash) and…
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Banks Face Dual Authentication Crisis From AI Agents
Experts Advise Moving From Verifying Identities to Knowing Agent Intentions. Financial institutions are rushing to deploy AI agents capable of autonomously initiating transactions, approving payments and freezing accounts in real time. But agents are creating a dual authentication crisis that traditional security frameworks cannot address. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/banks-face-dual-authentication-crisis-from-ai-agents-a-30711
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Moltbook Gave Everyone Control of Every AI Agent
Database Misconfiguration Exposed 1.5 million API Tokens. A misconfigured database at Moltbook, the viral social network for AI agents, exposed 1.5 million API authentication tokens, 35,000 email addresses, and private messages. Security researchers discovered unauthenticated read and write access to all platform data within days of launch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/moltbook-gave-everyone-control-every-ai-agent-a-30710
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CISA gives federal agencies 18 months to purge unsupported edge devices
Tags: authentication, cisa, cyber, data, exploit, firmware, Hardware, infrastructure, monitoring, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, technology, threat, updateImplementation hurdles: Sunil Varkey, advisor at Beagle Security, warns of implementation complexities. “The operational reality of removing legacy systems is not straightforward,” Varkey said. “Legacy devices continue to exist not by design, but by necessity.”He pointed to orphaned systems that remain live and embedded in workflows but lack clear ownership, and operational technology environments where…
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Four new vulnerabilities found in Ingress NGINX
Tags: access, api, authentication, container, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, group, injection, jobs, kubernetes, malicious, risk, service, strategy, vulnerabilitycustom-errors configuration that includes HTTP errors 401 or 403, and if the configured default custom-errors backend is defective and fails to respect the X-Code HTTP header, then an Ingress with the auth-url annotation may be accessed even when authentication fails.CVE-2026-24512 is a configuration injection vulnerability where the rules.http.paths.path Ingress field can be used to inject configuration into nginx.…
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Microsoft Urges Users to Finally Ditch NTLM Authentication
Seeking to Add Urgency, Mandiant Publishes Rainbow Tables for NTLM Key Hashes. For nearly 30 years, security experts have warned organizations to ditch the weak NTLM authentication protocol in Windows. But its use persists, even amidst easy and active exploits. Now Google has published rainbow tables for NTLMv1. Will this finally drive holdout organizations to…
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Go”¯1.25.7 and Go”¯1.24.13 Released With Patches for Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
The Go team has officially released versions 1.25.7 and 1.24.13. These minor point releases address two distinct security vulnerabilities affecting the cmd/cgo command and the crypto/tls library. The updates are recommended for all users to prevent potential code smuggling and authentication bypass scenarios. Overview of the Vulnerability cmd/cgo: Code Smuggling via Comment Parsing The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61732, affects the cmd/cgo tool, which enables…
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Orchid Security Introduces Continuous Identity Observability for Enterprise Applications
An innovative approach to discovering, analyzing, and governing identity usage beyond traditional IAM controls.The Challenge: Identity Lives Outside the Identity StackIdentity and access management tools were built to govern users and directories.Modern enterprises run on applications. Over time, identity logic has moved into application code, APIs, service accounts, and custom authentication First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Zero trust in practice: A deep technical dive into going fully passwordless in hybrid enterprise environments
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, credentials, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, group, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, lessons-learned, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, service, technology, update, windows, zero-trustArchitecture decisions: Hybrid authentication flows and Windows Hello for Business: Once your prerequisites are in place, you face critical architectural decisions that will shape your deployment for years to come. The primary decision point is whether to use Windows Hello for Business, FIDO2 security keys or phone sign-in as your primary authentication mechanism.In my experience,…
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Hackers Exfiltrate NTDS.dit File, Gain Full Control of Active Directory Environments
Active Directory serves as the central repository for an organization’s authentication infrastructure, making it a prime target for sophisticated threat actors. The NTDS.dit database, which stores encrypted password hashes and critical domain configuration data, is the crown jewel of enterprise security. Successful acquisition of this file can lead to complete organizational compromise, enabling attackers to…