Topic: credential security
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Secure Your Credentials: IT's Multi-System Strategy
IT teams must securely manage credentials across systems using a comprehensive approach that combines technology, policy, and training to address escalating cyber threats. Key security measures include strong authentication like multi-factor authentication, encryption for data protection, and con...
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Why I'm Finally Ditching Passwords for Passkeys
Passkeys are often implemented alongside passwords rather than replacing them, creating a hybrid and sometimes confusing login process that varies by website. Despite inconsistencies in adoption, passkeys provide strong phishing protection because scammers cannot replicate their authentication, s...
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DeepLoad Malware Uses AI Code to Evade Security
A sophisticated malware campaign is actively targeting enterprise credentials, using AI-generated code to adapt and evade traditional signature-based security detection. The campaign, attributed to a well-resourced group, focuses on stealing login information to enable further network intrusion, ...
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Hybrid Work Drives Surge in Active Directory Password Resets
The shift to hybrid work has drastically increased costly and time-consuming password reset requests, as remote employees face lockouts that halt productivity for hours instead of being quickly resolved in-person. This surge is driven by technical issues like outdated cached credentials on remote...
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Google launches secure API pilot for manager accounts
Google is piloting a new security layer for the Google Ads API that lets manager account owners restrict sensitive operations,like account management, user admin, and billing,to an allowlist of pre-approved applications. Participants must submit their top-level manager account ID, after which Goo...
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Secure Active Directory with UserLock IAM: Product Showcase
UserLock is a modern IAM layer for Microsoft Active Directory that enhances security with granular MFA, contextual access rules, and real-time session monitoring without requiring a disruptive identity overhaul. It provides comprehensive visibility and control by aggregating AD entities into dash...
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Master NIS2 Compliance: Secure Passwords & MFA
The NIS2 Directive is a critical EU regulation requiring medium and large organizations in key sectors to implement stringent security controls, with a major focus on robust identity and access management to combat credential-based attacks. Compliance is mandatory for qualifying organizations, an...
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Fake Remote Workers: The Hidden Threat in Your Hiring Process
Fake remote workers, particularly North Korean operatives, bypass technical defenses by exploiting the hiring process, using forged identities, AI-generated profiles, VPNs, and proxy-based device delivery to gain legitimate network access and steal data or extort employers. Standard employment ch...
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Automate IT Governance with Josys' Centralized Identity Data
Josys has evolved from SaaS management into an autonomous identity governance platform, using AI to centralize and automate security compliance, addressing the critical risk of credential-based breaches highlighted by industry statistics. The platform automates key processes like access reviews a...
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Middle East Brute-Force Attacks Surge in 2026
A sharp rise in brute-force attacks targeting network security appliances like firewalls and VPNs was observed in early 2026, with a dominant share of malicious traffic originating from the Middle East. These attacks highlight the critical targeting of internet-exposed edge devices, with over hal...
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