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February 22, 2024 | Local, Defence and Security
Abuse of valid accounts by threat actors hits a high, says IBM | IT World Canada News
For years, cybersecurity experts have been warning organizations of the importance of identity and access management processes -- including password management and protection against compromise of multifactor authentication -- to secure IT assets. A new report from IBM, released Wednesday, suggests failure to do that is increasingly costing firms badly. Abusing valid accounts was in
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December 17, 2023
Hackers abusing OAuth to automate cyber attacks, says Microsoft | IT World Canada News
Threat actors are misusing OAuth-based applications as an automation tool for authentication, says Microsoft. "Threat actors compromise user accounts to create, modify, and grant high privileges to OAuth applications that they can misuse to hide malicious activity," the company said in a blog this week. "The misuse of OAuth also enables threat actors to maintain
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May 1, 2023
Intelligence watchdog questions cyber agency's approach to international law, CSE insists it was above board | CBC News
One of Canada's intelligence watchdogs has scolded the country's cyber security agency over its approach to international law.