Tag: authentication
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Daily OT Security News: September 10, 2026
Cisco FMC Flaw Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog SecurityWeek reported that Cisco and CISA flagged active exploitation of CVE-2026-20079, a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center that can let a remote unauthenticated attacker execute malicious… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/daily-ot-security-news-september-10-2026/
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Hackers Can Turn Vulnerable LiteLLM AI Gateways Into Root Access and Cloud Credential Theft
Tags: access, ai, authentication, cloud, credentials, cyber, data-breach, hacker, Internet, theft, vulnerabilityNearly one in 10 internet-exposed LiteLLM AI gateways accepted the widely documented default master key, sk-1234, or required no authentication, creating a direct path to LLMjacking, sensitive credential exposure, and in vulnerable versions root-level code execution inside the gateway container. Their internet scan of 3,074 publicly reachable instances found that 294 systems, or 9.6%, accepted…
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Cisco FMC bugs exploited by nation-state and ransomware actors (CVE-2026-20079, CVE-2026-20316)
State-sponsored and financially-motivated attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-20079, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/10/cisco-fmc-exploited-cve-2026-20079-cve-2026-20316/
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CISA Flags Exploited Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet Flaws, Sets Sept. 12 Federal Patch Deadline
Tags: authentication, cisa, cisco, citrix, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, update, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added three flaws, each impacting Cisco, Citrix, and Fortinet, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the patches by September 12, 2026.The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2026-20079 (CVSS score: 10.0) – An authentication First seen…
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Hackers Deploy Hundreds of AI Agents to Compromise 440 PaperCut Servers
Tags: ai, authentication, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, hacker, intelligence, russia, threat, vulnerabilityThreat intelligence firm GreyNoise has identified an AI-driven intrusion campaign, likely orchestrated by a Russian-speaking threat actor, that compromised at least 440 PaperCut NG/MF servers across 395 organizations in 48 countries. This campaign began on August 31, 2026, exploiting two vulnerabilities in PaperCut: CVE-2026-81578, an authentication bypass flaw, and CVE-2026-82078, a vulnerability that allows unsafe…
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Cisco confirms CVE-2026-20079 Secure FMC flaw exploited in attacks
Cisco has confirmed that a maximum-severity authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20079 in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software is being actively exploited in attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-confirms-cve-2026-20079-secure-fmc-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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Hackers Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions to Hijack Accounts Even After MFA
Cybercriminals are using a rebranded Evilginx2 phishing-as-a-service platform dubbed BigBear 2.0 to intercept authenticated Microsoft 365 sessions, allowing them to take over accounts even after victims complete multi-factor authentication (MFA). CloudSEK’s TRIAD team uncovered the operation after gaining administrative access to its control panel in June 2026 The campaign demonstrates a critical reality for Microsoft…
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Social Login: Definition, Pros Cons, Examples
Your app is ready to launch”, features polished, almost go-time. But what about authentication? Should you add social login? Will users actually use it, or just get confused? It’s a fair question. With 168 passwords to juggle (per NordPass), many users… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/social-login-definition-pros-cons-examples/
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Authentication Challenges in AI-Powered Applications and How to Solve Them
AI-powered applications are no longer simple request-response tools. They orchestrate long-running agents, call external APIs on a user’s behalf, retain conversational memory, and increasingly act autonomously across systems. That shift changes what “authentication” even means. Verifying a human at login… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/authentication-challenges-in-ai-powered-applications-and-how-to-solve-them/
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Beyond the Login: Detecting Brute-Force and Credential Abuse in the Cloud Era
How intelligent security monitoring can identify suspicious authentication activity before a failed login becomes a successful compromise The modern enterprise no longer has a single security perimeter. Employees, applications, cloud services, and remote-access platforms are connected from virtually anywhere in… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/beyond-the-login-detecting-brute-force-and-credential-abuse-in-the-cloud-era/
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BigBear Microsoft 365 phishing service bypassed MFA at 258 organizations
A phishing-as-a-service framework called BigBear 2.0 has been used to bypass multi-factor authentication at 258 organizations and steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bigbear-microsoft-365-phishing-service-bypassed-mfa-at-258-organizations/
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Hackers exploit RouterOS flaws to hijack MikroTik devices without authentication
Attackers are exploiting a chain of RouterOS vulnerabilities to hijack MikroTik devices with SSH open to the internet, CERT Polska found. CERT Polska, Poland’s national … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/07/mikrotik-routeros-ssh-vulnerabilities-exploited/
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JSCeal Malware Can Bypass Google Authentication Using Stolen Session Cookies
Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked JSCeal, a sophisticated compiled V8 JavaScript (JSC) malware with credential harvesting, surveillance, and traffic-interception capabilities.”The payloads are protected with javascript-obfuscator, using multiple techniques including RC4-protected strings, control-flow flattening, proxy functions, and operation wrappers,” Check Point Research said in a First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/09/jsceal-malware-can-bypass-google.html
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Attackers Hijack MikroTik Routers Through Internet-Exposed SSH Without Authentication
Tags: access, attack, authentication, control, data-breach, exploit, hacker, Internet, router, serviceAttackers are exploiting MikroTik routers with their Secure Shell (SSH) remote-access service, which is reachable from the internet, to gain full administrative control without authentication, according to CERT Polska’s attack warning, published on September 5.Successful attacks date to at least September 2. The Hacker News’s September 6 review of the warning found no victim count…
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Attackers Exploit PaperCut Flaws to Steal Credentials From Schools and Universities
Threat actors are exploiting the newly disclosed PaperCut flaws to facilitate credential theft in attacks targeting the education sector in the U.S. and Europe.The Arctic Wolf Adversary Research Team said it observed attackers exploiting CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078 an authentication bypass and remote code execution chain to conduct command execution and reconnaissance, as well as First…
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39 New Methods That Compromise Passkey Authentication
Passkeys eliminate many password-based attacks, but researchers have documented 39 methods for compromising authentication built around them. Token explains how attackers can abuse authentication prompts, synced credentials, enrollment, recovery, and other trust boundaries without breaking FIDO2 cryptography. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/39-new-methods-that-compromise-passkey-authentication/
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How AI Reduces False Positives in Security Operations
Modern security operations generate an enormous amount of security data. Endpoints produce process and file activity. Firewalls record network connections. Identity systems generate authentication events. Cloud platforms produce configuration and access logs. Applications generate application events, while security products continuously… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/how-ai-reduces-false-positives-in-security-operations/
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Keeper Security Named Exemplary in 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for IAM
Keeper Security has been named an Exemplary provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms, ISG’s highest classification. ISG Research evaluated 31 software providers across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management and access governance…. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/keeper-security-named-exemplary-in-2026-isg-buyers-guide-for-iam/
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Keeper Security Named Exemplary in 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for IAM
Keeper Security has been named an Exemplary provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms, ISG’s highest classification. ISG Research evaluated 31 software providers across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management and access governance…. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/keeper-security-named-exemplary-in-2026-isg-buyers-guide-for-iam/
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Keeper Security Named Exemplary in 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for IAM
Keeper Security has been named an Exemplary provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms, ISG’s highest classification. ISG Research evaluated 31 software providers across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management and access governance…. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/keeper-security-named-exemplary-in-2026-isg-buyers-guide-for-iam/
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Keeper Security Named Exemplary in 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for IAM
Keeper Security has been named an Exemplary provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms, ISG’s highest classification. ISG Research evaluated 31 software providers across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management and access governance…. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/keeper-security-named-exemplary-in-2026-isg-buyers-guide-for-iam/
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Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability CVE-2026-62911: What Administrators Should Do and How Zscaler Can Help
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday included a fix for CVE-2026-62911, a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. The severity has a CVSS score of 8.0 from Microsoft. As of September 1, threat intelligence group Shadowserver has… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/microsoft-exchange-vulnerability-cve-2026-62911-what-administrators-should-do-and-how-zscaler-can-help/
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Keeper Security Named Exemplary in 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for IAM
Keeper Security has been named an Exemplary provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms, ISG’s highest classification. ISG Research evaluated 31 software providers across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management and access governance…. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/keeper-security-named-exemplary-in-2026-isg-buyers-guide-for-iam/
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G7 Says Migrating to PQC Early Is Cheaper Than Later
Group Urges Countries to Treat PQC as a Standard Evolution of Cryptography. The G7 Cybersecurity Working Group urged governments and organizations to begin phased post-quantum cryptography migrations now, warning that early planning can reduce costs while limiting future exposure to quantum-enabled decryption and authentication attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/g7-says-migrating-to-pqc-early-cheaper-than-later-a-32738
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Enterprise SSO in a Java EE App: OIDC Without a Vendor SDK
Adding enterprise SSO to a Java EE application has a better answer than it used to, and most guides have not caught up. Jakarta EE Security ships an OpenID Connect authentication mechanism as part of the platform: annotate a class… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/enterprise-sso-in-a-java-ee-app-oidc-without-a-vendor-sdk/
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Critical Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw Lets Remote Attackers Execute Code as Root Without Authentication
Cisco has released security updates addressing a critical vulnerability in Nexus 9000 Series switches that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20212, has a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects Nexus 9000 platforms that are equipped with Cisco Silicon One ASICs. Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw…
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Startup Launch Checklist: Authentication and Security Essentials
Photo by Zulfugar Karimov on Unsplash A startup company can ship quickly and raise the much-needed funds, but if they have a weak login flow, it may just as well have taken a loss. Founders tend to underestimate how important… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/startup-launch-checklist-authentication-and-security-essentials/
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New ‘Knight Office’ Phishing Kit Steals Microsoft 365 Logins Without Touching a Password
A newly identified phishing-as-a-service kit is being used to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts by stealing victims’ active login sessions rather than their passwords, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Huntress, a technique that allows attackers to walk straight past multi-factor authentication (MFA) without ever needing to guess, crack, or bypass it. The kit, dubbed “Knight…