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identity-security

21 articles

Hardening Intune Conditional Access to Block CVE‑2026‑6973 Admin Abuse

Background The threat landscape in 2026 has shifted from opportunistic exploitation to highly targeted campaigns that leverage zero‑day flaws with minimal dwell time. Two recent examples illustrate this trend: CVE‑2026‑42208, a SQL‑injection flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM that is now listed on CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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Why Zero Trust Isn’t a Product You Can Purchase

The Real Problem A recent wave of high-profile breaches has underscored why Zero Trust cannot be solved with a single product purchase. In early 2026, attackers leveraged CVE‑2026‑41329—a privilege‑escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows kernel—to move laterally across an enterprise network that had deployed a

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It's Not the Zero-Day: Why Stolen Passwords Are Still Killing You in 2026

The 2026 threat landscape prioritizes industrial-scale exploitation of known weaknesses over exotic zero-days. With automated bots scanning at 36k/sec and identity compromise driving 85% of alerts, defenders must shift focus from zero-day hunting to patch

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Three Critical ISE Flaws Mean Authenticated Attackers Own Your Network

Background Cisco Identity Services Engine sits at the heart of modern enterprise network access control, managing authentication for thousands of endpoints and users. Organizations entrust it with zero-trust architecture implementation, network segmentation policies, and compliance reporting—making it arguably one of the most critical components in their security stack. When

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Azure AI Foundry Critical Flaw: Authorization Failure Lets Attackers Escalate Privileges

This deep dive examines CVE-2026-32213's technical mechanics - how Azure AI Foundry's RBAC implementation at the API gateway creates an authorization chain failure. Security teams will learn precise detection methods and urgent mitigation strategies for t

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The MFA Paradox: How User Frustration Is Weaponizing Security

The Real Problem Organizations deploy MFA in ways that create more attack surface than they eliminate. A 2024 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation revealed 68% of enterprise implementations contained at least one critical configuration flaw. The most common: SMS-based MFA without call-back verification, allowing attackers who intercept text messages to

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