Microsoft’s Teams client stores users’ authentication tokens in an unprotected text format, potentially allowing attackers with local access to post messages and move laterally through an organization ...

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are integral to the functionality of the internet today. By enabling communications between programs, they make many processes more efficient and convenient, ...

Using React Native authentication to verify user identities is a relatively painless and straightforward process that not only protects your company’s data and your user’s privacy, but also improves ...

A deep dive comparing API Keys, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and HMAC for CTOs. Learn which api authentication method fits your enterprise SSO and IAM strategy.

Hackers with Amazon users’ authentication tokens could’ve stolen or encrypted personal photos and documents. The Amazon Photos app for Android insufficiently protected user access tokens, according to ...

Authentication tokens aren't actual physical tokens, of course. But when these digital identifiers aren't expired regularly or pinned for use by a specific device only, they may as well be made of ...

Sometimes a breach doesn’t kick down the front door. It just changes the name on the badge.

For years, cyber defenders have touted multifactor authentication (MFA) as a so-called ‘silver bullet’ against account takeover. As cyber-criminals continually ramped up their social engineering ...

Today’s credential-based attacks are much more sophisticated. Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Amazon Web Services has issued a security bulletin, ...