Why are passwords alone dangerous? Understanding the mechanisms of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and secure authentication design

What is the difference between "Authentication" and "Authorization"?Chapter 2: Why can't passwords alone protect you?Chapter 3: What does Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) combine?Chapter 4: How are 6 ...
techtimes

BigBear 2.0 Hacked 258 Microsoft 365 Organizations by Disabling Hardware Security Keys

This photograph shows a view of Microsoft's logo on the company's French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux on the outskirts of Paris on January 6, 2025. Martin LELIEVRE/AFP via Getty Images A ...
cybersecuritynews

Top 10 Phishing Kits Used by Hackers to Launch Cyberattacks (July 20-26, 2026)

Global phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) activity surged to 7,295 tracked uploads during the week of July 20-26, 2026, driven overwhelmingly by OAuth device-code flow abuse and adversary-in-the-middle ...
BleepingComputer

Malicious sites use JavaScript to build malware in browser memory

A massive malvertising campaign is using fake Solana, Luno, and TradingView webpages with malicious JavaScript that instructs browsers to assemble malware directly in memory. The operation has been ...
learn

Secure ASP.NET Core Blazor WebAssembly with ASP.NET Core Identity

Instead of using the default UI provided by ASP.NET Core Identity for SPA and Blazor apps, which is based on Razor Pages, call MapIdentityApi in a backend API to add JSON API endpoints for registering ...
learn

Enable QR code generation for TOTP authenticator apps in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core includes support for authenticator applications for user authentication. Two-factor authentication (2FA) authenticator apps use a Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (TOTP), the ...
citizenlab

How Chinese Actors Use Impersonation and Stolen Narratives to Perpetuate Digital Transnational Repression

In collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), we identified two distinct actors aligned with the People’s Republic of China that have been targeting and ...
XDA Developers

I keep finding vibe coded apps that leak user data, and I'm not even looking for it

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...
cyfirma

Tycoon 2FA: A Technical Analysis of its Adversary-in-the-Middle Phishing Operation

CYFIRMA’s ongoing threat monitoring has identified Tycoon 2FA as one of the most advanced and actively deployed Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms targeting enterprise cloud environments. First ...
Security Boulevard

What is 2FA Authentication: Methods, Risks & Best Practices

Two-factor authentication (2FA) remains one of the most effective ways to reduce account takeover risk, but not all 2FA methods offer the same level of protection. This blog explains how 2FA works, ...