Tag: mfa
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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Over 70 Domains Used in Months-Long Phishing Spree Against US Universities
Infoblox Threat Intel reports a campaign that used the Evilginx phishing kit to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and steal credentials from 18 US universities between April and November 2025. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/us-universities-domains-phishing-attacks/
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Death to one-time text codes: Passkeys are the new hotness in MFA
Wanna know a secret? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/06/multifactor_authentication_passkeys/
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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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Evilginx Attack Campaigns: Session Cookie Theft and MFA Bypass Tactics
Security researchers are issuing urgent warnings about a rising wave of cyberattacks leveraging Evilginx, an attacker-in-the-middle phishing toolkit that intercepts login flows to steal session cookies and circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections. The threat is particularly acute within educational institutions, where attackers are demonstrating alarming success rates. Evilginx operates with surgical precision by positioning itself…
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Evilginx Attack Techniques Allow Hackers to Defeat MFA Through SSO Phishing
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, framework, hacker, login, mfa, open-source, phishing, threatA sophisticated threat actor has been conducting a persistent phishing campaign against United States educational institutions since April 2025, leveraging the open-source Evilginx framework to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The campaign, which has targeted at least 18 universities to date, utilizes adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to intercept login credentials and session cookies by mimicking legitimate single…
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Evilginx Attack Techniques Allow Hackers to Defeat MFA Through SSO Phishing
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, framework, hacker, login, mfa, open-source, phishing, threatA sophisticated threat actor has been conducting a persistent phishing campaign against United States educational institutions since April 2025, leveraging the open-source Evilginx framework to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The campaign, which has targeted at least 18 universities to date, utilizes adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to intercept login credentials and session cookies by mimicking legitimate single…
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Product showcase: UserLock IAM for Active Directory
UserLock brings modern identity and access management (IAM) to Active Directory, adding granular multi-factor authentication (MFA), contextual access controls, single sign-on … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/02/product-showcase-userlock-iam-for-active-directory/
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OpenAI admits data breach after analytics partner hit by phishing attack
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, chatgpt, credentials, data, data-breach, email, governance, government, mfa, openai, password, phishing, riskName provided to OpenAI on the API account Email address associated with the API accountApproximate location based on API user browser (city, state, country)Operating system and browser used to access the API accountReferring websitesOrganization or User IDs associated with the API account”We proactively communicated with all impacted customers. If you have not heard from us directly,…
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How AI Threats Have Broken Strong Authentication
A look at why identity security is failing in the age of deepfakes and AI-driven attacks, and how biometrics, MFA, PAD, and high-assurance verification must evolve to deliver true, phishing-resistant authentication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/how-ai-threats-have-broken-strong-authentication/
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How AI Threats Have Broken Strong Authentication
A look at why identity security is failing in the age of deepfakes and AI-driven attacks, and how biometrics, MFA, PAD, and high-assurance verification must evolve to deliver true, phishing-resistant authentication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/how-ai-threats-have-broken-strong-authentication/
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How AI Threats Have Broken Strong Authentication
A look at why identity security is failing in the age of deepfakes and AI-driven attacks, and how biometrics, MFA, PAD, and high-assurance verification must evolve to deliver true, phishing-resistant authentication. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/how-ai-threats-have-broken-strong-authentication/
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Tycoon 2FA: Das Phishing-Kit, das 2FA ausgehebelt hat
Um 2FA- und MFA-Verfahren zu umgehen, setzt das Kit auf einen Adversary-in-the-Middle-Ansatz (AiTM) und Reverse-Proxy-Server. Darüber werden täuschend echt nachgebaute Login-Seiten bereitgestellt, die Anmeldedaten und Sitzungscookies in Echtzeit abgreifen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/tycoon-2fa-das-phishing-kit-das-2fa-ausgehebelt-hat/a42947/
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The Death of Legacy MFA and What Must Rise in Its Place
Tycoon 2FA proves that the old promises of “strong MFA” came with fine print all along: when an attacker sits invisibly in the middle, your codes, pushes, and one-time passwords become their codes, pushes, and one-time passwords too. Tycoon 2FA: Industrial-Scale Phishing Comes of Age Tycoon 2FA delivers a phishing-as-a-service kit that hands even modestly..…
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Top 7 Strategies for Securing Customer Data While Expanding Your Business Internationally
Learn the top strategies to secure customer data when expanding internationally, from MFA and encryption to compliance, SIEM, and scalable security partners. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/top-7-strategies-for-securing-customer-data-while-expanding-your-business-internationally/
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Top 7 Strategies for Securing Customer Data While Expanding Your Business Internationally
Learn the top strategies to secure customer data when expanding internationally, from MFA and encryption to compliance, SIEM, and scalable security partners. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/top-7-strategies-for-securing-customer-data-while-expanding-your-business-internationally/
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Signing In to Online Accounts
Explore secure methods for signing into online accounts, including SSO, MFA, and password management. Learn how CIAM solutions enhance security and user experience for enterprises. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/signing-in-to-online-accounts/
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Signing In to Online Accounts
Explore secure methods for signing into online accounts, including SSO, MFA, and password management. Learn how CIAM solutions enhance security and user experience for enterprises. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/signing-in-to-online-accounts/
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The Akira Playbook: How Ransomware Groups Are Weaponizing MFA Fatigue
Akira ransomware is exploiting MFA push-spam, weak VPN security and identity gaps. Learn why these attacks succeed and the counter-playbook defenders must deploy now. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-akira-playbook-how-ransomware-groups-are-weaponizing-mfa-fatigue/
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The Akira Playbook: How Ransomware Groups Are Weaponizing MFA Fatigue
Akira ransomware is exploiting MFA push-spam, weak VPN security and identity gaps. Learn why these attacks succeed and the counter-playbook defenders must deploy now. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-akira-playbook-how-ransomware-groups-are-weaponizing-mfa-fatigue/
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Overcome the myriad challenges of password management to bolster data protection
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, backup, best-practice, breach, business, cio, cloud, compliance, control, cyberattack, data, data-breach, gartner, GDPR, identity, infrastructure, international, kaspersky, mfa, password, risk, software, technology, tool, update[1]And both enterprises and small and mid-sized businesses have already made significant investments in authentication, access controls and identity and access management (IAM).[2]But these investments are not effective without robust passwords. At the same time, password management is a cost for IT and security teams, and an inconvenience for technology users.The scale of the problem…
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The Tycoon 2FA Phishing Platform and the Collapse of Legacy MFA
Tycoon 2FA enables turnkey real-time MFA relays behind 64,000+ attacks this year, proving legacy MFA collapses the moment a phishing kit targets it. Learn from Token Ring how biometric, phishing-proof FIDO2 hardware blocks these relay attacks before they succeed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-tycoon-2fa-phishing-platform-and-the-collapse-of-legacy-mfa/
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Tycoon 2FA and the Collapse of Legacy MFA
Tycoon 2FA enables turnkey real-time MFA relays behind 64,000+ attacks this year, proving legacy MFA collapses the moment a phishing kit targets it. Learn from Token Ring how biometric, phishing-proof FIDO2 hardware blocks these relay attacks before they succeed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tycoon-2fa-and-the-collapse-of-legacy-mfa/
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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Spam flooding npm registry with token stealers still isn’t under control
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, blockchain, breach, control, credentials, crypto, detection, edr, exploit, finance, firewall, governance, identity, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, pypi, risk, software, spam, supply-chain, threat, tool, wormCSO that number has now grown to 153,000.And while this payload merely steals tokens, other threat actors are paying attention, said Sonatype CTO Brian Fox.When Sonatype wrote about the campaign just over a year ago, it found a mere 15,000 packages that appeared to come from a single person.With the swollen numbers reported this week,…