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Hacker Group Claims Extraordinary Access to User Authentication Firm Okta

Gizmodo

Hacker group LAPSUS$ posted images on its Telegram channel overnight claiming it achieved administrator access to Okta, a user authentication and data management company. And if that’s true, it’s potentially bad for a number of large firms that use Okta services. Read more.

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2024 global network outage report and internet health check

Network World

Internet report for May 6-12, 2024 ThousandEyes reported 159 global network outage events across ISPs, cloud service provider networks, collaboration app networks and edge networks (including DNS, content delivery networks, and security as a service) during the week of May 6-12. The outage was cleared around 1:30 AM EDT.

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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. In the latest post, Google says it observed a 50 percent decrease in accounts being compromised among that test user group.

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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions based on reachability and routing information. BGP has been called the glue of the Internet and the postal service of the internet.

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The Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

I spoke on DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet. The foundation of the self-sovereign internet is built on autonomic identifiers. Alice) who, by virtue of knowing the authentication factors (e.g. Alice uses her private key to sign statements that authenticate herself and authorize use of the identifier.

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Agencies Warn of Pro-Russia Hackers Targeting OT Control Systems

SecureWorld News

and allied cybersecurity agencies are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign by pro-Russia hacktivist groups to target and compromise operational technology (OT) systems across critical infrastructure sectors in North America and Europe. Mandate multifactor authentication for privileged users. Multiple U.S.

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India’s Supreme Court hears challenge to biometric authentication system

Network World

Two lawsuits being heard this week before India’s Supreme Court question a requirement imposed by the government that individuals should quote a biometrics-based authentication number when filing their tax returns.