The Hacker News

Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts

Seven Windows authentication paths bypass MFA protections, enabling credential attacks through AD, NTLM, Kerberos, RDP, SMB, and service accounts.

Neurotechnology Updates MegaMatcher ID with Improved Face Liveness Detection

MegaMatcher ID 2025.2 introduces ISO-compliant Level 2 face liveness detection and enhanced capture controls for secure ...
Forbes

AI’s Real Bottleneck Isn’t Algorithms, It’s The Rare Earths Of Data

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gary Drenik is a writer covering AI, analytics and innovation. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
IEEE

A Low-Cost Hybrid Elliptic Curve Cryptography Authentication Protocol for Trustworthy Internet of Things Communication

Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) consists of smart devices equipped with embedded sensors and actuators that interact with their surrounding environment, collect data, and share refined ...
JD Supra

ShinyHunters Bypassing Multifactor Authentication

Security professionals rely on the implementation of multifactor authentication (MFA) to defend against phishing attacks and intrusions. Unfortunately, we can’t completely rely on MFA to protect us as ...
Bleeping Computer

Mandiant details how ShinyHunters abuse SSO to steal cloud data

Mandiant says a wave of recent ShinyHunters SaaS data-theft attacks is being fueled by targeted voice phishing (vishing) attacks and company-branded phishing sites that steal single sign-on (SSO) ...
Wired

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. TikTok is currently ...
techtimes

How to Transfer Data Between iPhones Fast Using Built-In iOS Tools and Quick Start

Transferring data between iPhones has never been simpler thanks to built-in iOS tools that handle complete migrations without third-party apps or computers. These tools preserve everything from Face ...
Digi Times

NIST's PQC standards trigger global race to secure data before quantum attacks arrive

In August 2024, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finalized three Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards, known as FIPS 203, 204, and 205. These standards incorporate ...
ZDNet

Could you be an AI data trainer? How to prepare and what it pays

Organizations seek domain experts to train AI datasets. AI data training is becoming high-level, cognitive work. Pay rates for these specialists range very broadly. AI data trainers who ensure the ...
InfoQ

AlphaEvolve Enters Google Cloud as an Agentic System for Algorithm Optimization

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TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...