Tag: authentication
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Passwordless is finally happening, and users barely notice
Security teams know the strain that comes from tightening authentication controls while keeping users productive. A new report from Okta suggests this strain is easing. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/16/okta-mfa-security-shift-report/
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Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-finally-kill-obsolete-cipher-that-has-wreaked-decades-of-havoc/
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FreePBX Patches Critical SQLi, File-Upload, and AUTHTYPE Bypass Flaws Enabling RCE
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source private branch exchange (PBX) platform FreePBX, including a critical flaw that could result in an authentication bypass under certain configurations.The shortcomings, discovered by Horizon3.ai and reported to the project maintainers on September 15, 2025, are listed below -CVE-2025-61675 (CVSS score: 8.6) – Numerous First seen on…
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Why Modern SaaS Platforms Are Switching to Passwordless Authentication
Learn why modern SaaS platforms are adopting passwordless authentication to improve security, user experience, and reduce breach risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/why-modern-saas-platforms-are-switching-to-passwordless-authentication/
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What types of compliance should your password manager support?
Lost credentials and weak authentication controls still sit at the center of many security incidents. IT leaders and CISOs know this problem well. They also know that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/15/password-manager-compliance-types/
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What makes Non-Human Identities crucial for data security
Are You Overlooking the Security of Non-Human Identities in Your Cybersecurity Framework? Where bustling with technological advancements, the security focus often zooms in on human authentication and protection, leaving the non-human counterparts”, Non-Human Identities (NHIs)”, in the shadows. The integration of NHIs in data security strategies is not just an added layer of protection but…
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New ConsentFix attack hijacks Microsoft accounts via Azure CLI
A new variation of the ClickFix attack dubbed ‘ConsentFix’ abuses the Azure CLI OAuth app to hijack Microsoft accounts without the need for a password or to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) verifications. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-consentfix-attack-hijacks-microsoft-accounts-via-azure-cli/
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FortiCloud SSO Schwachstelle bei Authentifizierung
Fortinet warnt seine Kunden vor kritischen Sicherheitslücken bei der FortiCloud-SSO-Anmeldeauthentifizierung. Es gibt zwei kritische Schwachstellen in FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy und FortiSwitchManager, die es Angreifern ermöglichen könnten, die FortiCloud-SSO-Authentifizierung zu umgehen. Fortinet hat zum 9. Dezember 2025 Sicherheitsupdates zum Schließen der … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/12/11/forticloud-sso-schwachstelle-bei-authentifizierung/
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Fortinet fixed two critical authentication-bypass vulnerabilities
Fortinet patched 18 flaws, including two authentication-bypass bugs affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager with FortiCloud SSO enabled. Fortinet addressed 18 vulnerabilities, including two authentication-bypass flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 (CVSS score of 9.1), affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager when FortiCloud SSO is enabled. Both vulnerabilities are improper verification of cryptographic signature issues.…
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2025 Year of Browser Bugs Recap:
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, browser, cctv, chrome, cloud, communications, computer, credentials, crypto, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, flaw, gartner, google, guide, identity, injection, leak, login, malicious, malware, network, openai, passkey, password, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, saas, service, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, xss, zero-dayAt the beginning of this year, we launched the Year of Browser Bugs (YOBB) project, a commitment to research and share critical architectural vulnerabilities in the browser. Inspired by the iconic Months of Bugs tradition in the 2000s, YOBB was started with a similar purpose”Š”, “Što drive awareness and discussion around key security gaps and…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Tools, um MCP-Server abzusichern
Tags: ai, api, authentication, cloud, compliance, data-breach, detection, framework, identity, incident response, injection, least-privilege, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, saas, service, startup, threat, tool, vmware, zero-trustUnabhängig davon, welche MCP-Server Unternehmen wofür einsetzen “Unsicherheiten” sollten dabei außenvorbleiben.Model Context Protocol (MCP) verbindet KI-Agenten mit Datenquellen und erfreut sich im Unternehmensumfeld wachsender Beliebtheit. Allerdings ist auch MCP nicht frei von Sicherheitslücken, wie entsprechende Entdeckungen, etwa beim SaaS-Anbieter Asana oder dem IT-Riesen Atlassian gezeigt haben. Inzwischen hat sich jedoch einiges in Sachen MCP-Sicherheit getan.…
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Tools, um MCP-Server abzusichern
Tags: ai, api, authentication, cloud, compliance, data-breach, detection, framework, identity, incident response, injection, least-privilege, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, saas, service, startup, threat, tool, vmware, zero-trustUnabhängig davon, welche MCP-Server Unternehmen wofür einsetzen “Unsicherheiten” sollten dabei außenvorbleiben.Model Context Protocol (MCP) verbindet KI-Agenten mit Datenquellen und erfreut sich im Unternehmensumfeld wachsender Beliebtheit. Allerdings ist auch MCP nicht frei von Sicherheitslücken, wie entsprechende Entdeckungen, etwa beim SaaS-Anbieter Asana oder dem IT-Riesen Atlassian gezeigt haben. Inzwischen hat sich jedoch einiges in Sachen MCP-Sicherheit getan.…
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Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP Issue Urgent Patches for Authentication and Code Execution Flaws
Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP have moved to address critical security flaws in their products that, if successfully exploited, could result in an authentication bypass and code execution.The Fortinet vulnerabilities affect FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager and relate to a case of improper verification of a cryptographic signature. They are tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and First seen…
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Tools, um MCP-Server abzusichern
Tags: ai, api, authentication, cloud, compliance, data-breach, detection, framework, identity, incident response, injection, least-privilege, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, saas, service, startup, threat, tool, vmware, zero-trustUnabhängig davon, welche MCP-Server Unternehmen wofür einsetzen “Unsicherheiten” sollten dabei außenvorbleiben.Model Context Protocol (MCP) verbindet KI-Agenten mit Datenquellen und erfreut sich im Unternehmensumfeld wachsender Beliebtheit. Allerdings ist auch MCP nicht frei von Sicherheitslücken, wie entsprechende Entdeckungen, etwa beim SaaS-Anbieter Asana oder dem IT-Riesen Atlassian gezeigt haben. Inzwischen hat sich jedoch einiges in Sachen MCP-Sicherheit getan.…
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GitHub Action Secrets aren’t secret anymore: exposed PATs now a direct path into cloud environments
Tags: access, api, authentication, awareness, cloud, credentials, data-breach, detection, exploit, github, infrastructure, malicious, mfa, monitoring, security-incident, strategy, threat, trainingEasily evading detection: Wiz found that a threat actor with basic read permissions via a PAT can use GitHub’s API code search to discover secret names embedded directly in a workflow’s yaml code, accessed via “${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}.”The danger is that this secret discovery method is difficult to monitor because search API calls are not…
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GitHub Action Secrets aren’t secret anymore: exposed PATs now a direct path into cloud environments
Tags: access, api, authentication, awareness, cloud, credentials, data-breach, detection, exploit, github, infrastructure, malicious, mfa, monitoring, security-incident, strategy, threat, trainingEasily evading detection: Wiz found that a threat actor with basic read permissions via a PAT can use GitHub’s API code search to discover secret names embedded directly in a workflow’s yaml code, accessed via “${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}.”The danger is that this secret discovery method is difficult to monitor because search API calls are not…
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GitHub Action Secrets aren’t secret anymore: exposed PATs now a direct path into cloud environments
Tags: access, api, authentication, awareness, cloud, credentials, data-breach, detection, exploit, github, infrastructure, malicious, mfa, monitoring, security-incident, strategy, threat, trainingEasily evading detection: Wiz found that a threat actor with basic read permissions via a PAT can use GitHub’s API code search to discover secret names embedded directly in a workflow’s yaml code, accessed via “${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}.”The danger is that this secret discovery method is difficult to monitor because search API calls are not…
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Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings
Google warns Chrome users of rising “account takeovers” and urges stronger authentication to keep accounts and synced data safe. The post Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-chrome-account-takeover/
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Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings
Google warns Chrome users of rising “account takeovers” and urges stronger authentication to keep accounts and synced data safe. The post Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-chrome-account-takeover/
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers ‘”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings
Google warns Chrome users of rising “account takeovers” and urges stronger authentication to keep accounts and synced data safe. The post Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers ‘”, Users Told to Check Chrome Settings appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-chrome-account-takeover/
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Over 70 Domains Used in Months-Long Phishing Spree Against US Universities
Infoblox Threat Intel reports a campaign that used the Evilginx phishing kit to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and steal credentials from 18 US universities between April and November 2025. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/us-universities-domains-phishing-attacks/
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U.S. CISA adds a Meta React Server Components flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: authentication, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Meta React Server Components flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a a Meta React Server Components flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS Score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is a pre-authentication remote code execution…