Dutch companies in international top: 108 apps on average
Dutch organizations love applications to support their business operations. The Netherlands outperforms large countries with an average of 108 apps per company.
This is evident from research by Okta. The Netherlands also stays ahead of the United States, where a company uses an average of 105 ap... Read more
Earnings roundup: Salesforce, Nutanix, Okta and more
Many tech companies presented their quarterly results this week. In this round-up: Salesforce, Nutanix, Okta, HP, Splunk and Pure Storage.
Salesforce managed to present better quarterly figures than analysts had predicted. Still, expected revenue for the coming year was below expectations. The r... Read more
Hackers deploy login credentials they stole at Okta to hack Cloudflare – update
Cloudflare delved deeper into the Okta data breach that occurred in November 2023. The company became one of the victims of this data breach and got hacked sometime later. Investigations now reveal that the hackers, in all likelihood, have ties to the Chinese government.
Cloudflare fell victim ... Read more
Okta acquires Spera, which aims to secure the “identity jungle”
Okta recently acquired Israeli start-up Spera Cybersecurity for between $100 million and $130 million. With this, Okta aims to expand into the so-called identity threat detection and response (ITDR) market segment.
Okta has recently been significantly expanding its business in the identity threa... Read more
Okta underestimated hack: not one percent but entire customer database stolen
The recent data breach at Okta affects more customers than the authentication and identity specialist initially thought. Further analysis of all the hackers' actions reveals that data from all end users of the Okta customer support ticketing system was stolen.
Okta announced in October this year... Read more
Okta reports data theft from customer service ticket system -update
Update, 6/11/2023, 9:53 am, Laura Herijgers: After an internal investigation, Okta reports that the hack impacted 134 customers. In other words, less than one percent of Okta's customer base was affected.
Some HAR files were stolen via Okta's customer service ticket system. These files contain i... Read more
Okta hack shows how vulnerable digital authentication is
In recent days, it has become clear how a hack on Okta has major implications for it's customers. The stolen data allows cybercriminals to log into customers' systems. In addition, it shows once again how vulnerable our digital identities are.
Earlier this week, Okta reported that data was stole... Read more
1Password suffers from Okta hack
1Password has spotted suspicious behavior in its internal Okta account. The incident is related to the recent Okta hack.
According to 1Password's statement, the password manager suffered a security incident. In this, hackers gained access to the Okta ID management server in late September. Acco... Read more
Businesses are adopting zero-trust en masse
Okta's new Zero Trust 2023 report shows that zero-trust is in high demand in business. Between 2021 and now, the number of organizations that zero-trust has grown from less than a quarter to 61 percent.
The survey involved 860 IT decision-makers, which Okta defined as "director-level or higher e... Read more
Ransomware attack MGM Resorts occurred by known flaw in Okta platform
The recent ransomware attack on MGM Resorts occurred via a breach in the Okta platform. This was announced by the hackers of the ransomware gang ALPHV themselves.
According to ALPHV, the attack occurred via a breach in MGM Resorts' active Okta Agent application. This application connects the clo... Read more