Tag: identity
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eBook: A quarter century of Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of enterprise identity and a prime target for attackers. Explore its 25-year history, evolving risks, and how organizations can … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ebook-active-directory-protection/
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eBook: A quarter century of Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of enterprise identity and a prime target for attackers. Explore its 25-year history, evolving risks, and how organizations can … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ebook-active-directory-protection/
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Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts
Tags: access, backup, cio, ciso, control, credentials, defense, detection, exploit, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, linux, monitoring, network, ransomware, threat, tool, windowsFixing the gaps : Threat actors are now exploiting legitimate IT tools and hybrid infrastructures to quietly sidestep conventional defenses, calling for CISOs to rethink security strategies.Mehta added that when Linux binaries execute on Windows through a remote tool, your Windows-only detections won’t save.He added, Agenda Ransomware exploits Windows-centric assumptions, under-protected RMM tools, and neglected driver…
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Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts
Tags: access, backup, cio, ciso, control, credentials, defense, detection, exploit, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, linux, monitoring, network, ransomware, threat, tool, windowsFixing the gaps : Threat actors are now exploiting legitimate IT tools and hybrid infrastructures to quietly sidestep conventional defenses, calling for CISOs to rethink security strategies.Mehta added that when Linux binaries execute on Windows through a remote tool, your Windows-only detections won’t save.He added, Agenda Ransomware exploits Windows-centric assumptions, under-protected RMM tools, and neglected driver…
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Data sovereignty proof: How to verify controls like ‘Project Texas’
“Verification regimes work best when they serve everyone’s interests. The reporting company wants a process that does not impose too many burdens or interrupt workflow while allowing it to demonstrate compliance. Oversight bodies want hard data that is difficult to fake and indicates adherence to the regime. Finally, these systems need to be simple enough…
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Data sovereignty proof: How to verify controls like ‘Project Texas’
“Verification regimes work best when they serve everyone’s interests. The reporting company wants a process that does not impose too many burdens or interrupt workflow while allowing it to demonstrate compliance. Oversight bodies want hard data that is difficult to fake and indicates adherence to the regime. Finally, these systems need to be simple enough…
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Scaling Identity Security in Cloud Environments
How Can Organizations Achieve Scalable Security in Cloud Environments? The increasing reliance on cloud environments means organizations face an unprecedented need for scalable security solutions. One of the more complex challenges is managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities are pivotal in automating tasks and connecting different services, yet they often present security gaps due……
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How Secure Are Your Machine Identities?
How Effective Is Your Non-Human Identity Management? Are your data security strategies truly effective in safeguarding machine identities within your organization’s cloud infrastructure? Where businesses increasingly rely on machine identities”, or Non-Human Identities (NHIs), to automate and streamline processes, the importance of managing these identities cannot be overstated. Machine identities are the backbone of modern…
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How AI LLMs Are Improving Authentication Flows
AI & LLMs are reshaping authentication. Learn how they enable adaptive security, fraud detection, and personalized login experiences in identity verification. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/how-ai-llms-are-improving-authentication-flows/
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How AI LLMs Are Improving Authentication Flows
AI & LLMs are reshaping authentication. Learn how they enable adaptive security, fraud detection, and personalized login experiences in identity verification. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/how-ai-llms-are-improving-authentication-flows/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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How to Detect Shadow AI in Your Organization FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, guide, identity, monitoring, network, software, toolOct 24, 2025 – Alan Fagan – Quick Facts: Shadow AI DetectionShadow AI often hides in day-to-day tools; chatbots, plug-ins, or automation apps.It rarely looks like a threat; it starts as convenience.The signs: odd data access, unknown app traffic, missing visibility.Firetail AI helps uncover hidden AI tools and activity before problems escalate.The earlier you detect…
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How to reduce costs with self-service password resets
Password resets account for nearly 40% of IT help desk calls, costing orgs time and money. Specops Software’s uReset lets users securely reset passwords with flexible MFA options like Duo, Okta, and Yubikey while enforcing identity verification to stop misuse. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-reduce-costs-with-self-service-password-resets/
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This free IGA tool boosts your identity security
Here are five ways tenfold’s free IGA solution helps you streamline identity governance and access control. First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/this_free_iga_tool/
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NDSS 2025 Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) 2025, co-located with the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025 Afternoon, Session 3
Authors, Creators & Presenters: PAPERS Vision: Retiring Scenarios — Enabling Ecologically Valid Measurement in Phishing Detection Research with PhishyMailbox Oliver D. Reithmaier (Leibniz University Hannover), Thorsten Thiel (Atmina Solutions), Anne Vonderheide (Leibniz University Hannover), Markus Dürmuth (Leibniz University Hannover) Vision: Towards True User-Centric Design for Digital Identity Wallets Yorick Last (Paderborn University), Patricia Arias Cabarcos…
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Keeper-Sentinel Integration Targets Rise in Identity Abuse and Privilege Misuse
Today, Keeper Security has announced a native integration with Microsoft Sentinel. This integration enables organisations to detect and respond to credential-based threats faster and with greater precision by streaming real-time Keeper event data directly into the Microsoft Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. Security teams gain deep visibility into credential use, privileged activity…
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JumpCloud Acquires Identity Threat Detection Startup Breez
JumpCloud announced Thursday it has acquired a startup, Breez, which will bring capabilities for identity threat detection and response to its platform. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/jumpcloud-acquires-identity-threat-detection-startup-breez
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Escaping Secrets Hell: How Workload Identity Scales Where Secrets Can’t
Organizations rushing to deploy AI agents and scale cloud native infrastructures are hitting an unexpected bottleneck: the complexity of securing machine-to-machine communications. Just 18 months ago, there were 45 machine identities for each human identity, but today that’s nearly doubled to 82-to-1, and this ratio is accelerating rapidly with AI agent and microservices deployments. Here’s..…
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Escaping Secrets Hell: How Workload Identity Scales Where Secrets Can’t
Organizations rushing to deploy AI agents and scale cloud native infrastructures are hitting an unexpected bottleneck: the complexity of securing machine-to-machine communications. Just 18 months ago, there were 45 machine identities for each human identity, but today that’s nearly doubled to 82-to-1, and this ratio is accelerating rapidly with AI agent and microservices deployments. Here’s..…
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Cabinet Office pinches digital ID responsibility from GDS
Prime minister Keir Starmer announces Cabinet Office will take over responsibility for the government’s new digital identity scheme First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633478/Cabinet-Office-pinches-digital-ID-responsibility-from-GDS
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Click, Call, Compromise: Hackers Continue to Evolve Tactics
Microsoft Says Hackers Pivoting to Identity Compromise. Hackers are as likely to log in as break in, warns Microsoft in an annual assessment of cyberthreats. During the first half of 2025, identity-based attacks rose by 32% due to credentials stolen by infostealers or password and email combinations plucked from bulk data breaches. First seen on…
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Satisfy Compliance with Improved IAM Policies
How Can Organizations Satisfy Compliance with Robust IAM Policies? The question of managing them effectively remains crucial. This is especially true for Non-Human Identities (NHIs), which serve as pivotal components in various industries. But what makes NHIs so indispensable, and how can organizations meet regulatory needs by leveraging Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies? Understanding……
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Phishing Scams Weaponize Common Apps to Fool Users
From fake PDFs to AI voice scams, phishing attacks are evolving fast. Learn key tactics and defenses to protect against fraud, identity theft, and account loss. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/phishing-scams-weaponize-common-apps-to-fool-users/
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Life, death, and online identity: What happens to your online accounts after death?
Tags: identityThe rapid technological advances of recent decades have transformed nearly every aspect of our lives. One major shift is that many of us now maintain extensive digital … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/22/what-happens-to-your-online-accounts-after-death/
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Life, death, and online identity: What happens to your online accounts after death?
Tags: identityThe rapid technological advances of recent decades have transformed nearly every aspect of our lives. One major shift is that many of us now maintain extensive digital … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/22/what-happens-to-your-online-accounts-after-death/
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The Many Shapes of Identity: Inside IAM 360, Issue 3
Tags: access, ai, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, encryption, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, passkey, password, risk, software, strategy, technology, threatThe Many Shapes of Identity: Inside IAM 360, Issue 3 josh.pearson@t“¦ Tue, 10/21/2025 – 17:27 The new issue of IAM 360 is here! In this issue, we take on a theme that shows how identity never stands still, reshaping how we live and work as it evolves. We call it Form Factor. Why Form Factor?…