Single Sign-On (SSO) is a technology layer that enables users to access multiple applications with one set of credentials.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Passkey authentication replaces traditional passwords with a pair of cryptographic keys—public and private.
Have you noticed how swiftly predictive and generative AI have become indispensable to modern cybersecurity?
A ransomware attack has struck the New York Blood Center, disrupting collection and distribution across 200 hospitals across the Northeast, amid ongoing shortages.
MGM Resorts will pay $45 million to settle a consolidated data breach lawsuit stemming from a 2019 data leak and a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the PII of 37 million people.
The database leak incident comes as DeepSeek is experiencing an amazing period of rapid success, but has also been tripped up by several other security issues in quick succession. The chat history exposure is joined by a DDoS and jailbreak issues that could undermine trust.
UnitedHealth Data Breach Victims Nearly Double to 190 Million; Affects Almost Every 1 in 2 Americans
The actual number of victims impacted by the February 2024 UnitedHealth data breach has nearly doubled to 190 million, affecting nearly every one in two Americans.
The DeepSeek-V3 chat platform temporarily suspended new registrations in response to the cyber attack. The Chinese AI company grabbed headlines in January when assorted benchmark tests put it on par with the leading generative AI apps.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that the AT&T breach allowed threat actors to access agents’ call logs, potentially exposing the identities of informants.
A data breach has impacted Otelier, exposing millions of hotel guest records after a threat actor breached the cloud-based hotel management software provider’s AWS S3 bucket.