Authentication confirms the identity of users accessing the system while authorization further restricts user actions based on their roles, minimizing potential vulnerabilities within the application.

Polymarket confirmed unauthorized account drains caused by a vulnerability in a third-party authentication provider. The ...

AccuDoc Solutions was 'the victim of a cyber incident' this fall involving Atrium patient billing information. The data was accessed by unauthorized users but not downloaded. A third-party vendor ...

Our network has several wireless access points, and our system logs show that unauthorized users have been ‘borrowing’ our Internet connection. What steps can we take to make the access points more ...

The pharmacy benefit manager said an unauthorized user gained access to an employee’s email account, which contained documents with members’ personal health information. The healthcare industry has ...

The increasing sophistication and prevalence of cybercrime is a worrisome trend, with Wi-Fi password theft emerging as a significant threat. Many are unaware of the existence of applications that can ...

Becton Dickinson found a vulnerability in its Pyxis drug dispensing cabinets that allows hackers to use expired credentials to gain access to patients’ data and medication information, according to ...

Edison Mail is one of the more popular third-party email applications for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but an apparent bug in the service is raising major privacy concerns. Edison Mail users report that ...

Rackspace Technology Inc. has entered arbitration with a Canadian financial services firm that alleges it was defrauded by the San Antonio cloud computing company. DCR Strategies Inc. of Ontario and ...

BitLocker, an encryption program from Microsoft, offers data protection for the whole disk in an efficient method that is easy to implement, seamless to the user, and can be managed by systems admins.