Tag: identity
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Can Agentic AI boost confidence in privileged access management
How Can We Enhance Security with Effective Non-Human Identity Management? Can your organization’s security posture handle the growing complexity of machine identities and their secrets? With the increasing deployment of microservices and containerized applications, managing non-human identities (NHIs) has become a critical part of information security strategies. But what makes NHI management so integral to……
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Romanian hacker faces up to 7 years for breaching Oregon emergency management department
In court on Thursday, Catalin Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/romanian-hacker-faces-7-years-oregon-breach
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ISMG Editors: No Honor Among Ransomware Thieves
Also: AI, Machine Identity Risks; Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Push. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors examined how cybercriminals may be turning on each other, what security leaders are really saying about machine identities and AI risk, and how shifting U.S.-Europe dynamics are reshaping technology resilience and digital sovereignty. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced for helping North Koreans gain fraudulent employment at dozens of U.S. companies and funnel that money back to the regime to fund its nuclear weapons program. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/ukrainian-man-jailed-for-identity-theft-that-helped-north-koreans-get-jobs-at-us-companies/
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Dynamic Objects in Active Directory: The Stealthy Threat
Active Directory’s “dynamic objects” feature offers attackers a perfect evasion cloak. These objects automatically self-destruct without a trace, so they allow adversaries to bypass quotas, pollute access lists, and persist in the cloud, leaving forensic investigators with nothing to analyze. Key takeaways The threat: Dynamic objects self-delete without leaving any traces, or “tombstones” in AD…
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Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed
Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed/
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Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026
With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged access management, and the extent of multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage are First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North Korea’s fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme.In November 2025, Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens and selling them to IT…
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Man gets five years for aiding North Korean IT employment scam
Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, 29, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 5 years in prison for an identity theft scheme that enabled North Korean workers to secure … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/20/ukrainian-national-sentenced-id-entity-theft-north-korea-it-workers-identity-theft/
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Hackers Exploit Critical BeyondTrust Vulnerability to Deploy VShell and SparkRAT
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in BeyondTrust’s remote support software to deploy the VShell backdoor and SparkRAT remote access trojan, enabling full compromise of exposed systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, is being used in real-world attacks against multiple industries across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. BeyondTrust is an identity and access management…
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10 Passwordless-Optionen für Unternehmen
Um Passwörter hinter sich zu lassen, gibt es bessere Lösungen. Wir zeigen Ihnen zehn. Passwörter sind seit Jahrzehnten der Authentifizierungsstandard für Computersysteme, obwohl sie sich immer wieder aufs Neue als anfällig für diverse Cyberangriffsformen erwiesen haben und kompromittierte Benutzerkonten auf regelmäßiger Basis zum Einfallstor für kriminelle Hacker werden. Ein Mittel für CISOs, um diesem Problem…
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Lattice-Based Zero Trust Identity Verification for AI Agents
Explore lattice-based zero trust identity verification for AI agents. Secure MCP deployments with quantum-resistant encryption and 4D access control. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/lattice-based-zero-trust-identity-verification-for-ai-agents/
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Lattice-Based Zero Trust Identity Verification for AI Agents
Explore lattice-based zero trust identity verification for AI agents. Secure MCP deployments with quantum-resistant encryption and 4D access control. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/lattice-based-zero-trust-identity-verification-for-ai-agents/
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Treasury AI Plan Faces Calls for Enforceable Controls
Analysts Urge Mandatory Guardrails on AI Agents, Identity and Privilege. Security leaders are pressing Treasury to embed enforceable guardrails – covering adversarial testing, AI inventory, identity privilege mapping and real-time monitoring – into its forthcoming financial-sector AI guidance as deepfake fraud, data poisoning and autonomous agent risks escalate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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What are the latest advancements in Non-Human Identity security
How Secure Are Your Machine Identities? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play a pivotal role in cybersecurity. Where businesses continue transitioning to cloud environments, the importance of protecting these machine identities becomes paramount. But how secure are your NHIs, and what measures are you implementing to ensure their protection? Understanding Non-Human Identities NHIs are essentially machine identities……
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The Cloud and AI Velocity Trap: Why Governance Is Falling Behind Innovation
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, flaw, framework, governance, grc, iam, identity, least-privilege, malicious, malware, radius, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustAI adoption is outpacing traditional cyber governance. The “Tenable Cloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026” reveals how overprivileged identities and unmonitored supply chain dependencies leave orgs exposed. We offer 10 tactics to shut down your most critical attack paths. Key takeaways The velocity trap: Security teams are fighting “machine-speed” threats with manual processes; you…
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The Cloud and AI Velocity Trap: Why Governance Is Falling Behind Innovation
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, flaw, framework, governance, grc, iam, identity, least-privilege, malicious, malware, radius, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustAI adoption is outpacing traditional cyber governance. The “Tenable Cloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026” reveals how overprivileged identities and unmonitored supply chain dependencies leave orgs exposed. We offer 10 tactics to shut down your most critical attack paths. Key takeaways The velocity trap: Security teams are fighting “machine-speed” threats with manual processes; you…
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How AI Agents Are Transforming Identity Verification and Authentication Systems
Explore how AI agents enhance identity verification and authentication systems with smarter fraud detection and seamless user security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/how-ai-agents-are-transforming-identity-verification-and-authentication-systems/
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What ‘The Traitors’ Reveals About Enterprise Identity Verification
Tags: identityFirst seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/what-the-traitors-reveals-about-enterprise-identity-verification/
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Hackers can turn Grok, Copilot into covert commandcontrol channels, researchers warn
Tags: ai, automation, awareness, cloud, control, detection, framework, governance, hacker, identity, monitoring, network, risk, saas, toolSteps to take: Security leaders should not respond by blocking AI outright, analysts said, but by applying the same governance discipline used for other high-risk SaaS platforms.Varkey recommended starting with a comprehensive inventory of all AI tools in use and establishing a clear policy framework for approving and enabling them.Organizations should also implement AI-specific traffic…
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Infostealer Found Stealing OpenClaw AI Identity and Memory Files
Researchers at Hudson Rock have identified a live infection where an infostealer exfiltrated a victim’s OpenClaw configuration. The discovery highlights a shift in malware behaviour toward harvesting personal AI identity files. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/infostealer-steal-openclaw-ai-identity-memory-files/
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Shadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud AI Stack
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, data, encryption, framework, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, iot, jobs, login, mfa, password, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, toolShadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud & AI Stack madhav Thu, 02/19/2026 – 06:30 The machines we don’t see are the ones running our businesses. Unfortunately, most IAM systems do not track them. In an ironic twist, the ghost in the machine has become the machine itself: invisible, autonomous, and increasingly beyond human…
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Redpanda brings identity, policy control, and data governance to AI agents
Redpanda announced the availability of new core capabilities in the Redpanda Agentic Data Plane (ADP), including a centralized AI gateway, AI observability and evaluation via … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/redpanda-brings-identity-policy-control-and-data-governance-to-ai-agents/
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Empowering a Global SaaS Workforce: From Identity Security to Financial Access
Explore how identity security and financial access solutions empower a global SaaS workforce with secure authentication and seamless payments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/empowering-a-global-saas-workforce-from-identity-security-to-financial-access/
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Empowering a Global SaaS Workforce: From Identity Security to Financial Access
Explore how identity security and financial access solutions empower a global SaaS workforce with secure authentication and seamless payments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/empowering-a-global-saas-workforce-from-identity-security-to-financial-access/
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Empowering a Global SaaS Workforce: From Identity Security to Financial Access
Explore how identity security and financial access solutions empower a global SaaS workforce with secure authentication and seamless payments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/empowering-a-global-saas-workforce-from-identity-security-to-financial-access/
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Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs
Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/managed-xdr-threat-report-security-programs/
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A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft
A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/a-mega-trove-of-exposed-social-security-numbers-underscores-critical-identity-theft-risks/
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Identity and supply chain need more attention, risk intelligence firm says
Roughly a third of attacks now use stolen credentials, according to the company’s latest report. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/identity-supply-chain-dataminr-report/812447/