When Microsoft kills basic authentication next month, legacy ERP systems face catastrophic failure. Learn practical strategies, temporary workarounds, and long-term solutions for systems whose vendors disappeared years ago.
When a CTO demands 14-hour session timeouts, what's an IT professional to do? We explore the real-world tension between security policies and productivity demands, with practical solutions for 2026.
A sophisticated attack technique allows threat actors to bypass multi-factor authentication without stealing tokens by exploiting OAuth redirect mechanisms. This emerging threat challenges fundamental assumptions about authentication security.
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-29000) in pac4j-jwt allows attackers to forge valid tokens using only public keys. This CVSS 10-rated flaw affects countless Java applications relying on JWT authentication.
When UK immigration officials demand printed QR codes instead of digital versions, citing 'Chinese hackers' as justification, they reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of modern cybersecurity. This practice represents security theater at its worst.
You found an old hardware authenticator in a drawer—can you hack it for other logins? We explore the technical realities, security risks, and ethical alternatives for repurposing authentication devices in 2026.
After analyzing hundreds of OAuth implementations in 2026, I've identified the most common mistakes developers make with social authentication. Here's what you're probably getting wrong—and how to fix it before your users pay the price.