Cybercriminals trick IT help desks into taking over accounts
Okta has warned U.S. customers about attacks taking place at their customers' IT help desks. The attackers are targeting Okta Super Administrator Accounts, seriously compromising a company.
Specifically, the malicious are trying to urge IT help desks to reset MFA (multi-factor authentication) fo... Read more
CrowdStrike and Okta record better quarterly results
CrowdStrike is seeing much more demand for its solutions and posted good numbers for its second quarter of fiscal 2024. Okta also saw revenue growth in the second quarter of this fiscal year.
The CrowdStrike quarterly figures show that the security company posted revenue of 674.1 million euros (... Read more
Okta launches Security Center to aid in ID security posture
Identity and access specialist Okta has launched its new Security Center. The feature will give organisations a single view of authentication events, security incidents, and threat response efficacy by leveraging Okta Customer Identity Cloud insights.
Okta touts many features with its new Securi... Read more
Zoom and Okta bring additional security to meetings
Zoom and Okta are bringing an additional layer of security to end-to-end encrypted video meetings.
The additional security comes in the form of Okta Authentication End-to-End Encryption (E2EE). The authentication feature uses Okta to confirm the email identity of Zoom meeting participants. In th... Read more
‘Most firms find hybrid work more productive, but security is lacking’
Research by Okta suggests that six in ten European companies find employees more productive when they balance working remotely and working from the office. Systems need to be secured for both internal and external staff, but Okta indicates that many organizations struggle with the necessary measure... Read more
AuthID integrates Human Factor Authentication with Okta cloud
AuthID announced the integration of its Verified CloudConnect solution with Okta’s Workforce Identity Cloud.
The company's Human Factor Authentication (HFA) feature can now help both Okta workforce and customer identity clients to eliminate passwords, prevent unauthorized access, as well as a... Read more
Auth0 fixes RCE vulnerability in popular JsonWebToken library
The fix mitigates a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in a library that's used for 22,000 projects.
Authentication and authorization services provider Auth0 has fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in the 'JsonWebToken' open-source library. As reported by BleepingComputer, the fix... Read more
Okta’s source code has been stolen
An internal memo indicates that Okta's source code has been stolen by one or more unauthorized users. The organization claims the breach does not affect customers.
BleepingComputer obtained the internal memo from an anonymous source. Okta CSO David Bradbury writes that one or more unauthorized ... Read more
Oktane22: Okta launches Customer Identity Cloud
Okta unveiled the Customer Identity Cloud at Oktane22. The solution, based on technology from Auth0, should make customer identity technology easy to deploy and adaptable.
Okta is hosting a physical version of Oktane again after corona years. The conference can also be attended digitally. During... Read more
Okta Identity Governance combines identity and access management
Okta makes Identity Governance generally available, allowing organizations to implement both identity and access management (IAM) and governance through a single platform.
The Okta Identity Governance platform provides users with both IAM and governance functionality. The tools can improve corp... Read more