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Fake OAuth client IDs are helping attackers slip past sign-in logs
Attackers running account enumeration against Microsoft cloud tenants have added a step that keeps their probing out of the usual telemetry. They spoof the OAuth client ID, …
AWS gives its ERP agent deny-by-default rules and a separate identity
Accounts receivable teams at large companies spend hours each day matching incoming bank payments to invoices by hand. When those payments sit unmatched for days, cash flow …
Only 28% of financial workforce MFA is phishing-resistant
Passwords remain part of many workforce authentication flows in financial organizations, making phishing and credential theft major identity security risks, according to a new …
OAuth, guest accounts, and weak MFA drive SaaS risk
Organizations often create guest accounts to give contractors, suppliers, and partners temporary access to files and SaaS applications. Many of these accounts remain active …
Non-interactive SSH attacks dominate after login
Anyone who runs a server with SSH exposed to the internet sees the same pattern in the logs. A steady stream of automated scanners tries to log in, hour after hour, from …
Securing digital keys when your phone unlocks the car
In this interview with Help Net Security, Alysia Johnson, President of the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), explains how the CCC Digital Key has grown from a single-brand …
China-linked spies backdoored authentication stack to stay hidden for years
A China-linked cyber espionage group known as Velvet Ant spent nearly a decade inside the internal network of an unnamed organization without being detected, according to the …
Apple Intelligence can now replace weak passwords without user intervention
Apple’s next generation of Apple Intelligence, the company’s personal intelligence system, expands its capabilities and introduces new security features in Passwords. …
Let’s Encrypt works toward post-quantum certificates at web scale
Let’s Encrypt plans to pursue a post-quantum-safe Web PKI through Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a new approach that adds post-quantum authentication to the web without …
Thieves can pull off keyless car theft in under a minute and here’s how to stop them
A keyless car can be stolen in under a minute. Two people, a pair of cheap radio amplifiers, and a fob sitting on a hallway table inside the house. That is enough. No broken …
Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security
Microsoft has released multiple identity and network access capabilities for Entra, its family of identity and network access products that help organizations implement a zero …
Proton Pass adds monitored credential sharing for AI agents
Proton Pass, a secure, end-to-end encrypted password manager, added credential sharing through AI access tokens, allowing users to give AI agents access to selected items and …
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