Tag: fido
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Hardening browser security with zero-trust controls
Tags: access, api, authentication, automation, browser, chrome, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, crowdstrike, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, framework, google, governance, group, Hardware, identity, kubernetes, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, network, nist, okta, passkey, password, phishing, phone, risk, risk-assessment, sap, service, soar, theft, threat, tool, update, wifi, windows, zero-trust1. Identity-first access control Network proximity is now an inferior trust signal. Only federated, cryptographically verifiable identity tokens issued by centralized enterprise IdPs using OIDC or SAML are permitted as gates to corporate resources. This transition, well-documented by FIDO Alliance and Microsoft research, transfers the very concept of “inside” the organization from the network to…
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Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE
Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE andrew.gertz@t“¦ Mon, 10/13/2025 – 14:53 Discover how Thales empowers enterprises with sovereign access through FIDO authentication in SAS PCE”, ensuring secure, phishing-resistant identity control for hybrid environments. Identity & Access Management Access Control Guido Gerrits – Field Channel Director, EMEA More About This Author…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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Stop Panicking: The FIDO ‘Bypass’ That Never Actually Bypassed FIDO
The cybersecurity world exploded in August 2025 when SquareX dropped a bombshell at Black Hat USA: passkeys were “pwned.” Headlines screamed. Twitter erupted. CTOs panicked. But here’s what actually happened: absolutely nothing changed about FIDO’s security. The Anatomy of a Media Meltdown SquareX’s presentation, “Passkeys Pwned: Turning WebAuthn Against Itself,” sent shockwaves through enterprise security..…
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Stop Panicking: The FIDO ‘Bypass’ That Never Actually Bypassed FIDO
The cybersecurity world exploded in August 2025 when SquareX dropped a bombshell at Black Hat USA: passkeys were “pwned.” Headlines screamed. Twitter erupted. CTOs panicked. But here’s what actually happened: absolutely nothing changed about FIDO’s security. The Anatomy of a Media Meltdown SquareX’s presentation, “Passkeys Pwned: Turning WebAuthn Against Itself,” sent shockwaves through enterprise security..…
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Breaking the Passkey Promise: SquareX Discloses Major Passkey Vulnerability at DEF CON 33
It is no secret that passwords are highly susceptible to phishing and brute force attacks. This led to the mass adoption of passkeys, a passwordless authentication method leveraging cryptographic key pairs that allows users to log in with biometrics or a hardware key. According to FIDO, over 15 billion accounts have been passkey-enabled, with 69%…
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Downgrade Attack Allows Phishing Kits to Bypass FIDO
You probably can’t break FIDO authentication. Still, researchers have shown that there are ways to get around it. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/downgrade-attack-phishing-kits-bypass-fido
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OAuth-Apps für M365-Phishing missbraucht
Gefälschte OAuth-Apps eröffnen Angreifern neue Wege, um Microsoft-Konten zu kapern.Bedrohungsakteure haben einen neuen, smarten Weg aufgetan, Microsoft-365-Konten zu kompromittieren. Wie Proofpoint herausgefunden hat, erstellen sie dazu zunehmend gefälschte OAuth-Anwendungen, die vertrauenswürdige Brands wie SharePoint und DocuSign imitieren. Die “Originale” dieser Apps nutzen die Identity-Plattform von Microsoft (Azure AD / Entra ID), um auf Daten aus…
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PoisonSeed Attack Turns Out to Be Not a FIDO Bypass After All
Cybersecurity firm Expel, in an update shared on July 25, 2025, said it’s retracting its findings about a phishing attack that it said leveraged cross-device sign-in to get around FIDO account protections despite being not in physical proximity to the authenticating client device.”The evidence does show the targeted user’s credentials (username and password) being phished…
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‘PoisonSeed’ FIDO Attack Turns Out to Be a Red Herring
Expel retracted its PoisonSeed research, in which it said attackers could circumvent FIDO security keys, and apologized for any misunderstanding. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/poisonseed-attacker-fido-keys
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PoisonSeed outsmarts FIDO keys without touching them
Tags: attack, authentication, ceo, cryptography, exploit, fido, Hardware, login, phishing, vulnerabilityFIDO isn’t broken, just outsmarted: Expel researchers called the campaign a concerning development, given that FIDO keys are often regarded as one of the pinnacles of secure MFA. “While we haven’t uncovered a vulnerability in FIDO keys, IT and SecOps folks will want to sit up and take notice,” they said. “This attack demonstrates how…
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PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing and Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to bypass Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals.The activity, observed by Expel as part of a phishing campaign in the wild, has been attributed to a threat actor named PoisonSeed, which…
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PoisonSeed Attack Tricks Users into Scanning Malicious MFA QR Codes
A sophisticated new cyber attack technique has emerged that exploits the cross-device sign-in features of FIDO keys, effectively bypassing one of the most secure forms of multifactor authentication (MFA) available today. Security researchers have identified this adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attack, attributed to the PoisonSeed threat group, which demonstrates how attackers can circumvent hardware-based authentication protections through…
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Hackers Exploit FIDO MFA With Novel Phishing Technique
PoisonSeed Threat Actor Uses Cross-Device Login Feature and QR Code to Trick Users. Expel researchers have found a novel adversary-in-the-middle phishing technique used by PoisonSeed, a cybercrime group previously tied to large-scale cryptocurrency thefts, to sidestep one of the most secure forms of multifactor authentication – FIDO2 physical keys. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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‘PoisonSeed’ Attacker Skates Around FIDO Keys
Researchers discovered a novel phishing attack that serves the victim a QR code as part of supposed multifactor authentication (MFA), in order to get around FIDO-based protections. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/poisonseed-attacker-fido-keys
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Phishers have found a way to downgrade”, not bypass”, FIDO MFA
Contrary to recent reports, phishing sleight-of-hand doesn’t defeat FIDO. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/no-phishers-are-not-bypassing-fido-mfa-at-least-not-yet-heres-why/
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Why should companies or organizations convert to FIDO security keys?
In this Help Net Security interview, Alexander Summerer, Head of Authentication at Swissbit, explains how FIDO security keys work, what threats they address, and why they’re … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/25/alexander-summerer-swissbit-fido-security-keys/
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OneSpan Acquires Nok Nok Labs to Expand FIDO-Based Passwordless Authentication
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/onespan-acquires-nok-nok-labs-to-expand-fido-based-passwordless-authentication
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Void Blizzard nimmt NATO-Organisationen ins Visier
Tags: access, api, authentication, blizzard, cloud, cyberattack, cyberespionage, edr, fido, framework, governance, government, hacker, intelligence, mail, malware, mfa, microsoft, open-source, passkey, password, phishing, risk, siem, spear-phishing, threat, tool, ukraineRussische Hacker ändern ihre Taktik von Passwort-Spraying zu Phishing, aber ihre Ziele innerhalb der NATO bleiben gleich.Seit über einem Jahr hat es eine neue Cyberspionage-Gruppe, die mit der russischen Regierung in Verbindung stehen soll, auf Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen innerhalb der NATO abgesehen. Die Gruppe wird von Microsoft Threat Intelligence ‘Void Blizzard” genannt. Die niederländischen…
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Will AI agent-fueled attacks force CISOs to fast-track passwordless projects?
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, fido, finance, framework, google, Hardware, identity, login, metric, microsoft, okta, passkey, password, phishing, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, technology, threat, tool, update, zero-trustPasswordless options: In retiring passwords, security leaders will need to consider their options, passkeys, biometrics, and third-party login services, looking for the best technical, usability, and security fit. There are pros and cons for each option, and in many cases CISOs may be guided towards one based on their existing environment.Passkeys, used by Microsoft, Samsung,…
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New Russian APT group Void Blizzard targets NATO-based orgs after infiltrating Dutch police
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, blizzard, cloud, credentials, data, defense, detection, edr, email, fido, framework, group, hacker, identity, least-privilege, login, mfa, microsoft, open-source, passkey, password, phishing, qr, risk, russia, siem, spear-phishing, switch, threat, toolSwitch to spear phishing: In recent months the group seems to have pivoted from password spraying to targeted spear phishing attacks that direct users to fake Microsoft Entra login pages using adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) techniques. Such a campaign led to the compromise of 20 NGOs in April.In its campaign against NGOs, Void Blizzard sent emails masquerading…

