Published on: 2025-05-03 07:11:22
Hackers started exploiting a high-severity flaw that allows bypassing authentication in the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin for WordPress just hours after public disclosure. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version of OttoKit/SureTriggers, currently 1.0.79, released at the beginning of the month. The OttoKit WordPress plugin allows users to connect plugins and external tools like WooCommerce, Mailchimp, and Google Sheets, automate tasks like sending emails and add
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 19:12:34
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing authentication problems when Credential Guard is enabled on systems using the Kerberos PKINIT pre-auth security protocol. According to Redmond, these authentication issues impact both client (Windows 11, version 24H2) and server (Windows Server 2025) platforms, albeit only in some niche scenarios. On affected systems, users experience problems because the passwords aren't rotating correctly when using the Identity Update Manager certificate/Pre-Bootstr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 23:25:48
Suppose, not entirely hypothetically, that you have an Ubuntu 24.04 server system where you want to disable SSH passwords for the Internet but allow them for your local LAN. This looks straightforward based on sshd_config, given the PasswordAuthentication and Match directives: PasswordAuthentication no Match 127.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16 PasswordAuthentication yes Since I'm an innocent person, I put this in a file in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/ with a nice high ordering number, say '60-no-passwords.c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-09 04:25:48
Suppose, not entirely hypothetically, that you have an Ubuntu 24.04 server system where you want to disable SSH passwords for the Internet but allow them for your local LAN. This looks straightforward based on sshd_config, given the PasswordAuthentication and Match directives: PasswordAuthentication no Match 127.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16 PasswordAuthentication yes Since I'm an innocent person, I put this in a file in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/ with a nice high ordering number, say '60-no-passwords.c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 01:28:50
On Monday 7th of April 2025 at 7am UTC, we will migrate the Matrix.org homeserver's authentication system over to MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) in order to benefit from Next-generation authentication. The migration will involve up to one hour of downtime. MSC3861 (Next-generation auth for Matrix, based on OAuth 2.0/OIDC) and its dependent MSCs have progressed sufficiently that the Foundation is confident in MAS and the new next-generation auth APIs.Specifically, all the MSCs are now in o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 03:11:00
What just happened? Despite still being one of the most popular login methods, developers are gradually replacing passwords with newer, more robust authentication technologies. The "next generation" of online security is coming slowly but steadily, and Microsoft has now decided there is room for a significant redesign of the entire login experience. Microsoft recently announced that it is rolling out a new authentication experience for over one billion consumers. The redesign focuses on more se
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 03:19:00
We've all been there. You try to log into your bank account with your username and password only to be met with a generic "incorrect password" error. You double-check your password manager, try a few variations, but after too many failed attempts, the system locks you out. Now you're funneled into a tedious re-authentication process involving security questions you barely remember and a password reset form that smugly informs you, "New password can't be the same as the old one." You proceed to t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 03:19:00
We've all been there. You try to log into your bank account with your username and password only to be met with a generic "incorrect password" error. You double-check your password manager, try a few variations, but after too many failed attempts, the system locks you out. Now you're funneled into a tedious re-authentication process involving security questions you barely remember and a password reset form that smugly informs you, "New password can't be the same as the old one." You proceed to t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-28 15:20:36
is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling out a new sign-in screen for more than a billion consumers that access services like Outlook, Windows, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. The updated authentication screen is based on Microsoft’s Fluent 2 design language and even includes a dark mode with Xbox colors. The entire authentication process for Microsoft accounts has been improved as part of this re
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-28 23:16:33
Many of us have moved beyond passwords alone for online security, and it’s not hard to see why. Our new Specops Breached Password Report found that of one billion stolen credentials, almost a quarter met standard complexity requirements – and still the criminals broke through. These stolen passwords – 230 million of them – met all the requirements of their organization, including more than eight characters, one capital letter, a special character and a number. And there’s plenty more evidence
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 20:52:32
Microsoft is investigating a new Microsoft 365 outage that is affecting Teams customers and causing call failures. Since the incident started more than one hour ago, outage monitoring service Downdetector has received hundreds of reports, with affected users saying they're also experiencing authentication problems. "Users may not be able to receive calls placed through Microsoft Teams-provisioned auto attendants and call queues," the company said in a new service alert (TM1022107) in the Micro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 13:37:00
Microsoft says a coding issue is behind a now-resolved Microsoft 365 outage over the weekend that affected Outlook and Exchange Online authentication. According to an incident report published in the Microsoft 365 admin center on Saturday at 09:29 PM UTC, the incident also triggered Teams and Power Platform degraded functionality and caused Purview access issues and errors. These issues were addressed by reverting the buggy code change tagged as the preliminary root cause of the widespread ou
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 11:16:16
Torii Warning This project is in early development and is not production-ready. The API is subject to change without notice. Overview Torii is a powerful authentication framework for Rust applications that gives you complete control over your users' data. Unlike hosted solutions like Auth0, Clerk, or WorkOS that store user information in their cloud, Torii lets you own and manage your authentication stack while providing modern auth features through a flexible plugin system. With Torii, you
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 11:18:30
Hello, We are writing to inform you of a security incident. Due to a two-factor authentication (2FA) misconfiguration on an employee’s account, an unauthorized user gained access to certain Zapier code repositories. Normally, this would not impact our customers. Out of an abundance of caution, we audited the contents of the repositories, and we found that in isolated instances, certain customer information had been inadvertently copied to the repositories for debugging purposes. We became awar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 07:47:04
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google will soon ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication for Gmail accounts. QR codes will be used instead of SMS codes. This change will reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse. Update, February 25, 2025 (04:05 AM ET): Google has shared more details with us on how this move away from SMS codes would work. In some instances, users will send an SMS to a Google number instead of Google sending an SMS code to the user. Read our linked articl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 12:49:26
A massive botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is conducting password-spray attacks against Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts worldwide, targeting basic authentication to evade multi-factor authentication. According to a report by SecurityScorecard, the attackers are leveraging credentials stolen by infostealer malware to target the accounts at a large scale. The attacks rely on non-interactive sign-ins using Basic Authentication (Basic Auth) to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) prote
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 10:54:00
ZDNET Google reportedly is aiming to dump SMS as a two-factor authentication method for Gmail and switch to a more secure approach using QR codes. Reducing SMS abuse In an email conversation with Forbes published in a story on Sunday, Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer described this upcoming change. Instead of entering your number and getting a six-digit code via SMS, you'll see a QR code that you scan with your phone's camera. Richendrfer said Google is making this switch to "reduce the im
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SMS has long been replaced by RCS and instant messaging apps for our daily communication, but it’s still used in some niche functions. For instance, many services still allow SMS as a medium for two-factor authentication, even though two-factor authenticator apps and even app-less approaches are superior. If you’ve been relying on SMS to get into your Gmail account, here’s some bad (but good) news: Gmail is looking to ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication. Forbes quotes Gmail spokespers
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