authentication

Australia's super funds told to assess authentication controls

Australia's super funds told to assess authentication controls

After wave of credential stuffing attacks.
Ry Crozier Jun 12 2025 6:42AM Financial Services
Twilio phishers went after Cloudflare, but failed

Twilio phishers went after Cloudflare, but failed

Most organisations would probably be breached in sophisticated attack.
Juha Saarinen Aug 10 2022 6:33AM Security
Researchers identify FIDO2 protocol vulnerabilities

Researchers identify FIDO2 protocol vulnerabilities

Updated: "Provably secure" can't be reached without changes.
Richard Chirgwin May 30 2022 6:56AM Security
Atlassian patches auth bypass in Seraph

Atlassian patches auth bypass in Seraph

Third-party apps also affected.
Richard Chirgwin Apr 22 2022 11:05AM Security
Okta says third-party breach may have impacted up to 366 customers

Okta says third-party breach may have impacted up to 366 customers

Hackers took control of contractor's computer.
Justin Hendry Mar 23 2022 11:31PM Security
Okta investigates possible data breach

Okta investigates possible data breach

May relate to third-party customer support engineer targeted in January.
Raphael Satter Mar 23 2022 7:08AM Security
1Password raises $858 million

1Password raises $858 million

Valuation more than triples.
Jane Lanhee Lee Jan 20 2022 11:31AM Software
Microsoft says M365, cloud services inaccessible due to Azure AD outage

Microsoft says M365, cloud services inaccessible due to Azure AD outage

Does not affect users with already active sessions.
Ry Crozier Dec 16 2021 1:38PM Cloud
Microsoft Teams, Azure Portal hit by authentication outage

Microsoft Teams, Azure Portal hit by authentication outage

Worldwide problems started at 6.15am Sydney time.
Ry Crozier Mar 16 2021 7:03AM Cloud
Macquarie Bank lets customers personalise authentication settings

Macquarie Bank lets customers personalise authentication settings

Three levels now offered through authenticator app.
Justin Hendry Oct 22 2020 12:33PM Security
Telstra hands digital credentials to 4.5m consumer customers

Telstra hands digital credentials to 4.5m consumer customers

Puts password-less authentication on its roadmap.
Ry Crozier Oct 13 2020 6:55AM Cloud
Microsoft Office 365 services inaccessible after code change

Microsoft Office 365 services inaccessible after code change

Rollback fails to mitigate worldwide impact.
Ry Crozier Sep 29 2020 8:16AM Cloud
NAB targets 250,000 sign-ups to VoiceID

NAB targets 250,000 sign-ups to VoiceID

By the end of the year.
Ry Crozier May 28 2020 8:48AM Financial Services
Sensis to re-platform cloud workloads onto more native AWS services

Sensis to re-platform cloud workloads onto more native AWS services

Kicks off 'Cloud 2.0' strategy.
Ry Crozier Dec 2 2019 7:07AM Cloud
Monash Uni deploys MFA after Iran attacks targeting universities

Monash Uni deploys MFA after Iran attacks targeting universities

Enrols 130,000 users in multi-factor authentication.
Ry Crozier Jul 11 2019 1:32PM Security
Microsoft hit by global cloud login problems

Microsoft hit by global cloud login problems

Australian enterprise users offline for hours.
Ry Crozier Jan 30 2019 9:38AM Cloud
In your face, passwords: big three browsers all adopt authentication API

In your face, passwords: big three browsers all adopt authentication API

Standard not signed off, but already ubiquitous.
Simon Sharwood Aug 1 2018 11:04AM Security
Timehop data breach impacts 21 million users

Timehop data breach impacts 21 million users

Cloud environment hacked.
a Staff Writer Jul 10 2018 7:00AM Security

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?