Tag: identity
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Stopping AiTM attacks: The defenses that actually work after authentication succeeds
Tags: 2fa, access, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, communications, compliance, control, credentials, data, defense, detection, email, finance, framework, identity, incident response, login, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, nist, passkey, phishing, risk, service, threat, tool, trainingThe 3 controls that close the gap: Control #1: Bind sessions to managed devices The most impactful single control for session security is requiring managed, compliant devices as a condition of accessing sensitive resources. When access policies, such as Microsoft Entra Conditional Access, require that the device presenting a session token is enrolled, managed and…
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Beyond the perimeter: Why identity and cyber security are one single story
By James Odom, Director of Cyber, and Jim Small, Director of Identity at Hippo Digital For years, identity and cyber security have been treated as separate disciplines, with identity focusing on authentication, onboarding and access and cyber security focusing on networks, monitoring and threat response. That separation made sense when systems had clearer boundaries. The…
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Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover
An administrative role meant for artificial intelligence (AI) agents within Microsoft Entra ID could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from Silverfort.Agent ID Administrator is a privileged built-in role introduced by Microsoft as part of its agent identity platform to handle all aspects of an AI agent’s identity lifecycle operations…
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Firefox bug CVE-2026-6770 enabled cross-site tracking and Tor fingerprinting
CVE-2026-6770 let attackers fingerprint Firefox and Tor users, even in Private mode. Firefox 150 and Tor Browser 15.0.10 fixed it. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6770, allowed attackers to fingerprint Firefox users, even in Private Browsing, and also impacted the Tor Browser. The flaw worked even when Tor’s New Identity feature was used, bypassing protections meant…
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Is Your IAM Ready for AI?
e=4>Explore how AI is reshaping the security landscape”, uncover emerging threats, identity challenges, and the strategies needed to stay ahead. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/your-iam-ready-for-ai-a-31509
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Your IAM was built for humans, AI agents don’t care
Identity and access management was built for a simpler world. One where the hardest problem was a human logging in, and where >>Who are you?<< was sufficient to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/27/ai-agents-access-control-model/
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Your IAM was built for humans, AI agents don’t care
Identity and access management was built for a simpler world. One where the hardest problem was a human logging in, and where >>Who are you?<< was sufficient to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/27/ai-agents-access-control-model/
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Quantum-Resistant Identity and Access Management for MCP Resources
Secure your MCP hosts with quantum-resistant IAM. Learn about lattice-based signatures, PQuAKE, and 4D context-aware access for AI agents. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/quantum-resistant-identity-and-access-management-for-mcp-resources/
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9 Identity-Based Threats Redefining Cybersecurity in 2026 (Beyond Credential Stuffing)
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, credentials, cybersecurity, deep-fake, identity, mfa, phishing, threatDiscover the 9 most dangerous identity-based threats in 2026, from AI phishing attacks and deepfake authentication bypass to MFA fatigue and harvest-now-decrypt-later quantum threats. Learn why legacy authentication fails against each one and how phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication changes the equation. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/9-identity-based-threats-redefining-cybersecurity-in-2026-beyond-credential-stuffing/
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9 Identity-Based Threats Redefining Cybersecurity in 2026 (Beyond Credential Stuffing)
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, credentials, cybersecurity, deep-fake, identity, mfa, phishing, threatDiscover the 9 most dangerous identity-based threats in 2026, from AI phishing attacks and deepfake authentication bypass to MFA fatigue and harvest-now-decrypt-later quantum threats. Learn why legacy authentication fails against each one and how phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication changes the equation. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/9-identity-based-threats-redefining-cybersecurity-in-2026-beyond-credential-stuffing/
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Saviynt stellt IdentityAgenten vor
Neue Lösung ermöglicht Steuerung autonomer KI-Agenten über den gesamten Lebenszyklus von der Erkennung bis zur Laufzeitkontrolle. Saviynt, Anbieter einer Identity-Security-Plattform, hat heute seine Lösung Saviynt Identity Security for AI vorgestellt. Die Lösung unterstützt Unternehmen dabei, autonome KI-Agenten vergleichbar mit menschlichen und maschinellen Identitäten zu verwalten: mit durchgehender Sichtbarkeit, Lifecycle-Governance und kontextbasierter Zugriffskontrolle in… First seen…
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The Rise of ‘Shadow AI Agents’ Inside Enterprises
Okta’s Shiven Ramji on Visibility, Identity and Hidden Risk. Enterprises are rapidly deploying AI agents, but many don’t know where they are or what they’re accessing. Shiven Ramji of Okta explains why shadow agents are the next major security risk and how identity, visibility and governance must evolve to keep up. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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New US House privacy bills raise hard questions about enterprise data collection
Tags: access, ai, awareness, banking, business, cio, ciso, compliance, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, group, identity, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, privacy, regulation, risk, service, strategy, supply-chainWhere privacy law overlaps with AI governance: The SECURE Data Act does not contain broad, standalone AI governance rules, but it still touches AI in meaningful ways.The bill includes opt-outs for fully automated profiling used for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. That language can clearly implicate some uses of AI, particularly in hiring,…
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Why AI Agents Need Least Privilege Too, and How to Enforce It Automatically
AI agents are cloud identities. They don’t get a badge or a login. They get a service account, an IAM role, or an API key, just like any other non-human identity running in your environment. Mechanically, there’s nothing new. What’s new is how many of them are being deployed, how fast, and with how much……
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Hackers Exploit Agent ID Administrator Role to Hijack Service Principals
A severe scoping vulnerability was recently discovered in Microsoft Entra ID’s new Agent Identity Platform. The security flaw allowed users assigned the Agent ID Administrator role to hijack arbitrary service principals across an organization’s tenant, leading to potential privilege escalation. Although the administrative role was designed strictly to manage AI agent identities, a boundary breakdown…
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Google drafts AI agents to secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Google drafts AI agents secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Ping Identity holt Google Cloud Security Partner Award 2026
Der Award unterstreicht die gemeinsame Führungsrolle bei der Modernisierung und Erweiterung von Identitätskontrollen in KI-gesteuerten Echtzeit-Umgebungen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/ping-identity-holt-google-cloud-security-partner-award-2026/a44757/
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Offer customers passkeys by default, UK’s NCSC tells enterprises
How passkeys change the attack model: The NCSC added that passkeys reduce risk by removing reliance on shared secrets and binding authentication to the legitimate service.According to the agency, this prevents credential reuse and relay attacks, as authentication cannot be intercepted and reused by an attacker.Passkeys use cryptographic key pairs stored on a user’s device,…
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UK’s NCSC calls passkeys the default, says passwords are no longer fit for the purpose
How passkeys change the attack model: The NCSC added that passkeys reduce risk by removing reliance on shared secrets and binding authentication to the legitimate service.According to the agency, this prevents credential reuse and relay attacks, as authentication cannot be intercepted and reused by an attacker.Passkeys use cryptographic key pairs stored on a user’s device,…
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Google gets agent-ready for the Mythos age
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl: Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk.Wiz is being positioned as the connective tissue across environments, supporting everything from AWS and Azure to SaaS platforms and AI agent studios.”Wiz now supports Databricks as well as new agent studios…
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15 Identity Providers Your B2B SaaS Must Support to Close Enterprise Deals
Struggling to close enterprise deals? Discover the 15 essential Identity Providers (IdPs) your B2B SaaS must support to meet strict security requirements. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/15-identity-providers-your-b2b-saas-must-support-to-close-enterprise-deals/