Tag: mfa

CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help

Nov 10, 2025 9:19 AM

Tags: attack, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, framework, guide, identity, intelligence, metric, mfa, mitre, nist, office, okta, risk, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, update, usa, vulnerability

Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: AI Will Take Center Stage in Cyber in 2026, Google Says, as MITRE Revamps ATTCK Framework

Nov 7, 2025 8:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, android, antivirus, api, apple, attack, authentication, business, cio, cisa, ciso, cloud, communications, container, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, docker, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, framework, google, governance, group, guide, hacker, identity, infrastructure, injection, Internet, kubernetes, leak, least-privilege, linux, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, mobile, network, offense, oracle, programming, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, soc, social-engineering, software, sophos, spam, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-day

Learn why Google expects AI to transform cyber defense and offense next year, and explore MITRE’s major update to the ATT&CK knowledge base. We also cover a new McKinsey playbook for agentic AI security, along with the latest on Microsoft Exchange protection and the CIS Benchmarks. Key takeaways Google is forecasting that AI will kick…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: AI Will Take Center Stage in Cyber in 2026, Google Says, as MITRE Revamps ATTCK Framework

Nov 7, 2025 8:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, android, antivirus, api, apple, attack, authentication, business, cio, cisa, ciso, cloud, communications, container, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, docker, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, framework, google, governance, group, guide, hacker, identity, infrastructure, injection, Internet, kubernetes, leak, least-privilege, linux, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, mobile, network, offense, oracle, programming, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, soc, social-engineering, software, sophos, spam, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-day

Learn why Google expects AI to transform cyber defense and offense next year, and explore MITRE’s major update to the ATT&CK knowledge base. We also cover a new McKinsey playbook for agentic AI security, along with the latest on Microsoft Exchange protection and the CIS Benchmarks. Key takeaways Google is forecasting that AI will kick…
Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?

Nov 7, 2025 2:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trust

Stop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?

Nov 7, 2025 2:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trust

Stop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?

Nov 7, 2025 2:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trust

Stop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?

Nov 7, 2025 2:20 PM

Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trust

Stop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
How crooks use IT to enable cargo theft

Nov 5, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, control, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, fraud, government, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, login, mfa, network, password, phishing, privacy, risk, skills, smishing, social-engineering, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability

Value of stolen shipments has doubled: It’s hard to determine the size of this IT-related cargo theft problem. The US National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates cargo theft losses from all sources increased 27% last year compared to 2023, to $35 billion.Versik CargoNet, a company that tracks physical supply chain crime for law enforcement agencies, insurance…
How crooks use IT to enable cargo theft

Nov 5, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, control, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, fraud, government, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, login, mfa, network, password, phishing, privacy, risk, skills, smishing, social-engineering, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability

Value of stolen shipments has doubled: It’s hard to determine the size of this IT-related cargo theft problem. The US National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates cargo theft losses from all sources increased 27% last year compared to 2023, to $35 billion.Versik CargoNet, a company that tracks physical supply chain crime for law enforcement agencies, insurance…
Anatomy of Tycoon 2FA Phishing: Tactics Targeting M365 and Gmail

Nov 4, 2025 12:19 PM

Tags: 2fa, authentication, cyber, malware, mfa, phishing, service, strategy, tactics, threat

The Tycoon 2FA phishing kit represents one of the most sophisticated threats targeting enterprise environments today. This Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform, which emerged in August 2023, has become a formidable adversary against organizational security, employing advanced evasion techniques and adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) strategies to bypass multi-factor authentication protections. According to the Any.run malware trends tracker, Tycoon 2FA…
Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact

Nov 4, 2025 9:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-day

This is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact

Nov 4, 2025 9:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-day

This is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact

Nov 4, 2025 9:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-day

This is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers

Nov 4, 2025 12:19 AM

Tags: authentication, breach, cctv, hacker, law, login, mfa

Flock said around 3% of its law enforcement customers do not use multi-factor authentication, potentially exposing dozens of law enforcement agency accounts open to compromise and improper access. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/lawmakers-say-stolen-police-logins-are-exposing-flock-surveillance-cameras-to-hackers/
Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers

Nov 4, 2025 12:19 AM

Tags: authentication, breach, cctv, hacker, law, login, mfa

Flock said around 3% of its law enforcement customers do not use multi-factor authentication, potentially exposing dozens of law enforcement agency accounts open to compromise and improper access. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/lawmakers-say-stolen-police-logins-are-exposing-flock-surveillance-cameras-to-hackers/
Hacktivists increasingly target industrial control systems, Canada Cyber Centre warns

Nov 3, 2025 1:20 PM

Tags: authentication, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, leak, mfa, military, service, technology, vpn, vulnerability

Hacked fuel tank gauges can lead to dangerous situations: In another incident reported by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, attackers accessed an internet-exposed automated tank gauge (ATG) belonging to a Canadian oil and gas company and manipulated its values, triggering false alarms.ATGs are used to monitor fuel level, pressure, and temperature inside fuel tanks.…
Hacktivists increasingly target industrial control systems, Canada Cyber Centre warns

Nov 3, 2025 1:20 PM

Tags: authentication, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, leak, mfa, military, service, technology, vpn, vulnerability

Hacked fuel tank gauges can lead to dangerous situations: In another incident reported by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, attackers accessed an internet-exposed automated tank gauge (ATG) belonging to a Canadian oil and gas company and manipulated its values, triggering false alarms.ATGs are used to monitor fuel level, pressure, and temperature inside fuel tanks.…
Replacing Traditional Authentication Methods for Remote Access

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, authentication, mfa, password, vpn

Explore modern authentication methods for secure remote access, replacing outdated passwords and VPNs with MFA, passwordless, and ZTNA for enhanced security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/replacing-traditional-authentication-methods-for-remote-access/
TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Summary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…
TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Summary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…
Replacing Traditional Authentication Methods for Remote Access

Nov 3, 2025 5:19 AM

Tags: access, authentication, mfa, password, vpn

Explore modern authentication methods for secure remote access, replacing outdated passwords and VPNs with MFA, passwordless, and ZTNA for enhanced security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/replacing-traditional-authentication-methods-for-remote-access/
CISA and NSA Issue Urgent Guidance to Secure WSUS and Microsoft Exchange Servers

Oct 31, 2025 11:19 AM

Tags: access, authentication, cisa, cybersecurity, infrastructure, international, mfa, microsoft

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA), along with international partners from Australia and Canada, have released guidance to harden on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server instances from potential exploitation.”By restricting administrative access, implementing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strict transport security First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2025/10/cisa-and-nsa-issue-urgent-guidance-to.html
Is your perimeter having an identity crisis?

Oct 29, 2025 10:31 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, communications, credentials, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mfa, mobile, network, phishing, phone, RedTeam, resilience, smishing, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, threat

Craft phishing, smishing and vishing. Creating hyper-personalized emails that can be grammatically perfect, contextually aware and emotionally resonant. These messages no longer demonstrate the telltale signs of traditional phishing like broken English or generic greetings.Synthesize trust. Using voice-cloning AI to leave a quick, urgent voicemail from a trusted executive, bypassing the skepticism you’ve trained into…
Atroposia malware kit lowers the bar for cybercrime, and raises the stakes for enterprise defenders

Oct 29, 2025 5:26 AM

Tags: apt, authentication, automation, ciso, credentials, crime, cybercrime, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, infrastructure, mail, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, rat, service, spam, threat, tool, update, vulnerability

RAT toolkits proliferating: Atroposia is one of a growing number of RAT tools targeting enterprises; Varonis has also recently discovered SpamGPT and MatrixPDF, a spam-as-a-service platform and malicious PDF builder, respectively.Shipley noted that these types of packages which identify additional avenues to maintain persistence have been around for some time; Mirai, which goes back to…
Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI

Oct 28, 2025 7:26 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerability

Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI

Oct 28, 2025 7:26 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerability

Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
X warns users to re-enroll passkeys and YubiKeys for 2FA by Nov 10

Oct 28, 2025 8:26 AM

Tags: 2fa, authentication, Hardware, mfa, passkey, risk, switch

X urges users with passkeys or YubiKeys to re-enroll 2FA by Nov 10, 2025, or risk account lockout. Re-enroll, switch 2FA, or disable it. Social media platform X is urging users who use passkeys or hardware security keys like YubiKeys for two-factor authentication (2FA) to re-enroll their keys by November 10, 2025, to keep account…
Re-enroll 2FA security keys by November 10 or get locked out

Oct 27, 2025 9:26 PM

Tags: 2fa, authentication, mfa, passkey

X is warning that users must re-enroll their security keys or passkeys for two-factor authentication (2FA) before November 10 or they will be locked out of their accounts until they do so. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/x-re-enroll-2fa-security-keys-by-november-10-or-get-locked-out/
How to Take Vulnerability Management to the Next Level and Supercharge Your Career

Oct 27, 2025 7:26 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, metric, mfa, risk, skills, strategy, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management

At Tenable, we believe the next generation of great CISOs and security leaders will arise from those vulnerability management professionals who are driving the shift to exposure management today. Key takeaways: Vulnerability management is crucial for the evolution toward a more strategic, business-aligned approach to cybersecurity, that’s why these professionals are best positioned to lead…
X Warns Users With Security Keys to Re-Enroll Before November 10 to Avoid Lockouts

Oct 27, 2025 6:26 PM

Tags: access, authentication, Hardware, mfa, passkey

Social media platform X is urging users who have enrolled for two-factor authentication (2FA) using passkeys and hardware security keys like Yubikeys to re-enroll their key to ensure continued access to the service.To that end, users are being asked to complete the re-enrollment, either using their existing security key or enrolling a new one, by…