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Inside the economy built on stolen credentials

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Inside the economy built on stolen credentials 2025-09-26 at 09:08 By Sinisa Markovic Instead of going after software flaws or network weaknesses, attackers are targeting something much easier to steal: identity credentials. A new report from BeyondID calls this growing black market the identity economy, where usernames, passwords, tokens, and access rights are bought and […]

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Most data breaches have unknown causes as transparency continues to fall

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Most data breaches have unknown causes as transparency continues to fall 2025-07-24 at 11:57 By Help Net Security The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports 1,732 publicly disclosed data breaches in H1 2025, marking a 5% increase over the same period in 2024. The ITRC could track a record number of compromises in 2025 if

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FAPI 2.0: How the OpenID Foundation is enabling scalable interoperability in global healthcare

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FAPI 2.0: How the OpenID Foundation is enabling scalable interoperability in global healthcare 2025-07-14 at 09:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gail Hodges, Executive Director at the OpenID Foundation, discusses how the Foundation ensures global consistency in FAPI 2.0 implementations and helps different industries, including healthcare, adopt secure and interoperable identity

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Preparing for the next wave of machine identity growth

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Preparing for the next wave of machine identity growth 2025-05-01 at 09:21 By Mirko Zorz Machine identities are multiplying fast, and many organizations are struggling to keep up. In this Help Net Security interview, Wendy Wu, CMO at SailPoint, explains why machine identity security matters, where most companies go wrong, how automation can help, and

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Prioritizing data and identity security in 2025

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Prioritizing data and identity security in 2025 2025-03-04 at 17:02 By Help Net Security To say that the cybersecurity landscape has grown more complex over the past several years would be a dramatic understatement. Attackers have more resources at their fingertips than ever, and data breaches have become almost a daily occurrence. For both businesses

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What 2025 holds for user identity protection

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What 2025 holds for user identity protection 2024-11-14 at 06:45 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, David Cottingham, President of rf IDEAS, discusses what he sees as the most prominent areas for improvement and continued change in the space: As we move into 2025, it’s evident that businesses recognize MFA as

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74% of ransomware victims were attacked multiple times in a year

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74% of ransomware victims were attacked multiple times in a year 2024-08-12 at 07:01 By Help Net Security An alarming trend toward multiple, sometimes simultaneous cyber attacks forces business leaders to re-evaluate their cyber resilience strategies to address common points of failure, including inadequate identity system backup and recovery practices, according to Semperis. Survey of

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Only 45% of organizations use MFA to protect against fraud

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Only 45% of organizations use MFA to protect against fraud 2024-05-07 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Most businesses struggle with identity verification and have concerns over ability to protect against AI, according to Ping Identity. Despite stronger protection solutions available, many organizations aren’t taking full advantage. The report, based on responses from 700 IT

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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage

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Microsoft introduces new access policies in Entra to boost MFA usage 07/11/2023 at 18:17 By Helga Labus As part of a broader initiative to strengthen security, Microsoft is rolling out Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies in Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) to increase the use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for enterprise accounts. Microsoft Entra Conditional

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Microsoft launches new initiative to augment security

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Microsoft launches new initiative to augment security 03/11/2023 at 14:48 By Zeljka Zorz Nearly 22 years after Bill Gates announced a concerted Microsoft-wide push to deliver Trustworthy Computing, the company is launching the Secure Future Initiative, to boost the overall security of Microsoft’s products and its customers and users. A new Microsoft initiative focused on

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1Password also affected by Okta Support System breach

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1Password also affected by Okta Support System breach 24/10/2023 at 13:50 By Zeljka Zorz Following in the footsteps of BeyondTrust and CloudFlare, 1Password has revealed that it has been affected by the Okta Support System breach. “On September 29, we detected suspicious activity on our Okta instance that we use to manage our employee-facing apps,”

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Virtual claims raise alarms among insurance carriers and customers

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Virtual claims raise alarms among insurance carriers and customers 05/06/2023 at 06:08 By Help Net Security As the digital revolution changes the claims process, both carriers and customers are increasingly concerned about data privacy, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions. More than 60% of consumers have concerns over the security of their personally identifiable information when

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