Identity Alone Isn't Enough: Why Device Security Has to Share the Load
… In practice, most organizations still treat authentication as a one-time check. Identity is verified, MFA passes, a session begins, and trust holds until the token expires. …
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Italy disrupts CINEMAGOAL piracy app that stole streaming auth codes
… The system used virtual machines in Italy to capture valid authentication/decryption codes from legitimate subscriptions every 3 minutes and redistribute them to customers. …
Google: Hackers used AI to develop zero-day exploit for web admin tool
… Furthermore, the malware makes use of AI-based capabilities to replay authentication on the device, be it in the form of a lock pattern or a PIN, Google researchers say. …
Palo Alto Networks firewall zero-day exploited for nearly a month
… Admins can quickly check whether their firewalls are configured to use the vulnerable service from the User-ID Authentication Portal Settings page, found under Device User Identification Authentication Portal Settings - Enable Authentication Portal. On Wednesday, the U.S. …
Ukraine identifies infostealer operator tied to 28,000 stolen accounts
… The “session data” mentioned in the police announcement refers to session tokens that can be used to log in to the victim’s account without needing credentials and, in some cases, bypass multi-factor authentication MFA checks as well. …
Microsoft Self-Service Password Reset abused in Azure data theft attacks
… Microsoft believes that the actor abused the Self-Service Password Reset SSPR flow, in which an attacker initiates a password reset for a targeted employee’s account and then tricks the victim into approving multi-factor authentication MFA prompts. …
Android 17 to expand banking scam call and privacy protections
… To increase protection against device theft, Google's "Mark as lost" feature in Android 17 will allow locking a phone with biometric authentication, as an extra option to device passcode or a PIN. …
Avada Builder WordPress plugin flaws allow site credential theft
… The other security issue received the identifier CVE-2026-4798 and is an SQL injection that can be leveraged without authentication. …
Funnel Builder WordPress plugin bug exploited to steal credit cards
… The flaw has not received an official identifier and can be leveraged without authentication. …
TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms
…TON uses a 256-bit identifier instead of a normal domain, which hides the IP address and communication port, thus making the real server infrastructure more difficult to identify, block, or take…