MCP is transforming AI agent connectivity, but authentication is the critical gap. Learn about Shadow IT risks, enterprise requirements, and solutions.

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Discover the latest changes in online account management, focusing on Enterprise SSO, CIAM, and enhanced security. Learn how these updates streamline login processes and improve user experience.

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Explore if facial recognition meets the criteria to be classified as a passkey. Understand the security, usability, and standards implications for passwordless authentication.

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Explore post-quantum key exchange methods for securing Model Context Protocol (MCP) authentication. Learn about PQuAKE, implementation strategies, and future-proofing AI infrastructure against quantum threats.

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According to the Thales Consumer Digital Trust Index 2025, global confidence in digital services is slipping fast. After surveying more than 14,000 consumers across 15 countries, the findings are clear: no sector earned high trust ratings from even half its users. Most industries are seeing trust erode — or, at best, stagnate. In an era..

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The Account Takeover fraud threat is accelerating across the United States, prompting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to issue a new alert warning individuals, businesses, and organizations of all sizes to stay vigilant. According to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), more than 5,100 complaints related to ATO fraud have been filed since January 2025, with reported losses exceeding $262 million. The bureau warns that cyber criminals are increasingly impersonating financial institutions to steal money or sensitive information. As the annual Black Friday sale draws millions of shoppers online, the FBI notes that the surge in digital purchases creates an ideal environment for Account Takeover fraud. With consumers frequently visiting unfamiliar retail websites and acting quickly to secure limited-time deals, cyber criminals deploy fake customer support calls, phishing pages, and fraudulent ads disguised as payment or discount portals. The increased online activity during Black Friday makes it easier for attackers to blend in and harder for victims to notice red flags, making the shopping season a lucrative window for ATO scams.

How Account Takeover Fraud Works

In an ATO scheme, cyber criminals gain unauthorized access to online financial, payroll, or health savings accounts. Their goal is simple: steal funds or gather personal data that can be reused for additional fraudulent activities. The FBI notes that these attacks often start with impersonation, either of a financial institution’s staff, customer support teams, or even the institution’s official website. To carry out their schemes, criminals rely heavily on social engineering and phishing websites designed to look identical to legitimate portals. These tactics create a false sense of trust, encouraging account owners to unknowingly hand over their login credentials.

Social Engineering Tactics Increase in Frequency

The FBI highlights that most ATO cases begin with social engineering, where cyber criminals manipulate victims into sharing sensitive information such as passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, or one-time passcodes (OTP). Common techniques include:

• Fraudulent text messages, emails, or calls claiming unusual activity or unauthorized charges. Victims are often directed to click on phishing links or speak to fake customer support representatives.
• Attackers posing as bank employees or technical support agents who convince victims to share login details under the guise of preventing fraudulent transactions.
• Scenarios where cyber criminals claim the victim’s identity was used to make unlawful purchases—sometimes involving firearms, and escalate the scam by introducing another impersonator posing as law enforcement.

Once armed with stolen credentials, criminals reset account passwords and gain full control, locking legitimate users out of their own accounts.

Phishing Websites and SEO Poisoning Drive More Losses

Another growing trend is the use of sophisticated phishing domains and websites that perfectly mimic authentic financial institution portals. Victims believe they are logging into their bank or payroll system, but instead, they are handing their details directly to attackers. The FBI also warns about SEO poisoning, a method in which cyber criminals purchase search engine ads or manipulate search rankings to make fraudulent sites appear legitimate. When victims search for their bank online, these deceptive ads redirect them to phishing sites that capture their login information. Once attackers secure access, they rapidly transfer funds to criminal-controlled accounts—many linked to cryptocurrency wallets—making transactions difficult to trace or recover.

How to Stay Protected Against ATO Fraud

The FBI urges customers and businesses to take proactive measures to defend against ATO fraud attempts:

• Limit personal information shared publicly, especially on social media.
• Monitor financial accounts regularly for missing deposits, unauthorized withdrawals, or suspicious wire transfers.
• Use unique, complex passwords and enable MFA on all accounts.
• Bookmark financial websites and avoid clicking on search engine ads or unsolicited links.
• Treat unexpected calls, emails, or texts claiming to be from a bank with skepticism.

What To Do If You Experience an Account Takeover

Victims of ATO fraud are advised to act quickly:

1. Contact your financial institution immediately to request recalls or reversals, and report the incident to IC3.gov.
2. Reset all compromised credentials, including any accounts using the same passwords.
3. File a detailed complaint at IC3.gov with all relevant information, such as impersonated institutions, phishing links, emails, or phone numbers used.
4. Notify the impersonated company so it can warn others and request fraudulent sites be taken down.
5. Stay informed through updated alerts and advisories published on IC3.gov.

A look at why identity security is failing in the age of deepfakes and AI-driven attacks, and how biometrics, MFA, PAD, and high-assurance verification must evolve to deliver true, phishing-resistant authentication.

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Explore the security of passkeys: how they work, their advantages over passwords, potential risks, and best practices for secure implementation in software development.

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Tycoon 2FA proves that the old promises of “strong MFA” came with fine print all along: when an attacker sits invisibly in the middle, your codes, pushes, and one-time passwords become their codes, pushes, and one-time passwords too. Tycoon 2FA: Industrial-Scale Phishing Comes of Age Tycoon 2FA delivers a phishing-as-a-service kit that hands even modestly..

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Explore secure methods for signing into online accounts, including SSO, MFA, and password management. Learn how CIAM solutions enhance security and user experience for enterprises.

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Explore risk-based authentication (RBA) in detail. Learn how it enhances security and user experience in software development, with practical examples and implementation tips.

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Deepfake-powered fraud is exploding as attackers weaponize AI to impersonate executives and bypass trust. Learn why detection alone fails and how AI-driven verification restores security.

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how JWTs secure AI agents and autonomous systems. Explore best practices for authenticating non-human identities using modern OAuth and token flows.

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Learn how to implement risk-based authorization for enhanced security in identity and access management. Protect your applications from unauthorized access and data breaches.

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Understand Single Sign-On (SSO), its benefits, and why creating an account is still a crucial step for initial setup and enhanced security. Learn how SSO simplifies access while maintaining control.

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Why growing SaaS teams migrate from AWS Cognito, Auth0, or WorkOS to SSOJet — a developer-first identity platform with transparent pricing, easy migration, and built-in multi-tenant support.

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Upgrade your Umbraco application with enterprise-ready authentication. Add SAML SSO, OIDC login, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, and compliance features using SSOJet—without rebuilding your CMS. A modern identity layer built for scaling B2B SaaS.

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Add passwordless login to Umbraco using MojoAuth. Step-by-step OIDC setup, passkeys, OTP, and a full GitHub example for secure, modern authentication.

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Passkeys beat passwords in security and usability, but recovery gaps create new risks. Explore why digital identity still needs a constitutional backstop beyond passkeys.

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Explore different authentication provider types (social, passwordless, MFA) and learn best practices for choosing the right one to enhance security and user experience in your applications.

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Discover how behaviour, devices, and adaptive authentication systems create smarter, stronger, and more secure logins for modern enterprises.

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Learn how to improve single sign-on (SSO) experiences using OpenID Connect (OIDC) and SCIM for streamlined authentication and user management.

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Explore qualified digital certificates, their role in authentication, and how they bolster security in software development. Understand the technical and legal aspects.

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Learn how MojoAuth enhances popular SaaS development kits like ShipFast, Supastarter, Divjoy, and SaaS Pegasus with powerful passwordless authentication — including passkeys, OTPs, and WebAuthn support.

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For years, HYPR and Yubico have stood shoulder to shoulder in the mission to eliminate passwords and improve identity security. Yubico’s early and sustained push for FIDO-certified hardware authenticators and HYPR’s leadership as part of the FIDO Alliance mission to reduce the world’s reliance on passwords have brought employees and customers alike into the era of modern authentication.

Today, that partnership continues to expand. As enterprise adoption of YubiKeys continues to accelerate worldwide, HYPR and Yubico are proud to announce innovations that help enterprises to further validate that the employees receiving or using their YubiKeys are assured to the highest levels of identity verification. 

HYPR Affirm, a leading identity verification orchestration product, now integrates directly with Yubico’s provisioning capabilities, enabling organizations to securely verify, provision, and deploy YubiKeys to their distributed workforce with full confidence that each key is used by the right, verified individual.

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Explore Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM): its definition, importance, benefits, and how it differs from IAM. Learn how CIAM enhances user experience and security.

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In 2025, stolen credentials remain the most common and fastest path into an organization’s systems. Nearly half of breaches begin with compromised logins. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report puts it bluntly: “Hackers don’t break in anymore, they log in.” Web application attacks have followed suit, with 88% now using stolen credentials as the..

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As businesses grapple with the security challenges of protecting their data in the cloud, several security strategies have emerged to safeguard digital assets and ensure compliance. One such security strategy is called zero-trust security. Zero-trust architecture fosters the ‘never trust, always verify’ principle and emphasizes the need to authenticate users without trust. Contrary to traditional security approaches that leverage perimeter-based security, zero-trust architecture assumes that threats exist outside as well..

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Discover passkeys, the next-generation authentication method replacing passwords. Learn how passkeys work, their security advantages, and how they're shaping software development.

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AI-driven social engineering is transforming cyberattacks from costly, targeted operations into scalable, automated threats. As generative models enable realistic voice, video, and text impersonation, organizations must abandon stored secrets and move toward cryptographic identity systems to defend against AI-powered deception.

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Compare the best Stytch alternatives for passwordless authentication after the Twilio acquisition. Developer-first analysis of MojoAuth, SSOJet, Auth0, WorkOS, Supabase Auth and Clerk — features, pricing and integration insights.

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Explore modern authentication methods for secure remote access, replacing outdated passwords and VPNs with MFA, passwordless, and ZTNA for enhanced security.

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Twilio acquiring Stytch signals a major shift in developer CIAM. I've analyzed 20+ platforms—from Descope to Keyclock—to show you which deliver on Auth0's promise without the lock-in. OpenID standards, AI agent auth, and what actually matters when choosing your identity platform.

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Discover how to balance employee monitoring and privacy using transparent oversight and passwordless authentication tools like MojoAuth.

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Generative AI is transforming identity and access management by enabling adaptive authentication, real-time threat detection, and smarter cybersecurity.

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Manish Mimani, founder and CEO of Protectt.ai For years, static passwords, dynamic One-time Passwords (OTPs), and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) have been the foundation of mobile app security. They have helped users verify their identities and kept unauthorized access at bay. But today, that’s no longer enough. Modern fraudsters aren’t just trying to break through login screens — they are targeting what happens after you log in. Post-authentication fraud is rising at an alarming pace across mobile-first industries like BFSI, fintech, and digital commerce. Fraudsters bypass identity checks altogether by compromising runtime environments, targeting APIs, or exploiting device vulnerabilities, often without ever touching credentials. The biggest misconception in mobile app security today is: If the login is secure, the app is secure. That couldn’t be further from the truth!

Mobile App Security Risks Don’t Stop at Login

Runtime Blind Spots: Once users log in, most apps assume the environment is safe. It is not.

• Malware, repackaged apps, and overlay attacks exploit runtime weaknesses.
• Fraudsters hijack active sessions and execute transactions from within.

Compromised Devices: A secure app on a rooted or jailbroken device is vulnerable.

• Malicious keyboard overlays, screen sharing, and unsafe environments open hidden backdoors.

Unsecured APIs: Many fraudsters bypass the UI entirely.

• Weak APIs are prime targets for token replay, man-in-the-middle exploits, and automated fraud.

Result: Fraud happens after successful authentication — where most defences do not exist.

The Solution: Build Defence Inside the App

To counter post-authentication threats, security must be intrinsic; not just guard the login. Embed Protection with Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)

• RASP sits inside the application, detecting and blocking malicious activity the moment it occurs.
• It thwarts tampering, reverse engineering, overlay attacks, and session hijacking in real time.
• Unlike static perimeter defences, RASP protects every user interaction across any network, device, or location. It transforms your app from a passive target into an active shield.

Enforce Continuous Device Integrity

• Validate the trustworthiness of the device at every step.
• Detect rooted or jailbroken devices, malicious tools, or unsafe conditions.
• Apply adaptive responses — restrict high-risk functions or block sensitive actions entirely.

Secure the API Layer End-to-End

• Treat APIs as critical attack surfaces.
• Harden with encryption, authentication, behavioural monitoring, and anomaly detection.
• Stop fraud before it can bypass the UI.

Authentication Is Just the Start Login protection is necessary, but no longer sufficient. True mobile app security is layered:

• RASP for in-app runtime defence.
• Device Integrity for trusted environments.
• API Protection for invisible attack surfaces.

Fraudsters have evolved. Thus, security must be built inside, not just around. The challenge is no longer just about the OTP; it is also about what happens after the OTP is validated. For mobile-first industries like BFSI, fintech, and digital commerce, the mobile app security of their business empires depends entirely on this strategic shift. Authentication starts the journey; RASP ensures protection every step of the way.

Explore passkeys for mobile devices: what they are, how they work, their security advantages, and implementation strategies for developers.

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As businesses increasingly rely on AI chatbots, securing conversational AI is now mission-critical. Learn about common chatbot vulnerabilities, AI risk management strategies, and best practices — from data encryption and authentication to model protection — to safeguard user trust, privacy, and compliance in the digital era.

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5 min readLearn when to use OAuth for authorization, OIDC for authentication, or both protocols together based on your architecture and use case.

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Discover vein-based password technology: A deep dive into its security features, development aspects, and expert opinions on its role in future authentication systems.

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Explore the key differences between facial recognition and passkeys for authentication. Understand their unique concepts, security implications, and use cases in software development.

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Discover how Single Sign-On (SSO) simplifies user authentication, enhances security, and reduces IT overhead. Learn about SSO protocols, implementation strategies, and security best practices.

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AI & LLMs are reshaping authentication. Learn how they enable adaptive security, fraud detection, and personalized login experiences in identity verification.

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