Token Security
The latest Token Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
InfluxDB OSS CVE-2024-30896: Token Enumeration Vulnerability Analysis & Security Fix
A critical business-logic vulnerability in InfluxDB Open Source (OSS) has been identified, tracked as CVE-2024-30896, which exposes significant security risks for organizations using this popular...
CISA & NIST IR 8597 Draft: New Cloud Token Security Guidelines Analyzed
The U.S. cybersecurity landscape is poised for a significant shift with the release of the IR 8597 draft, a collaborative effort between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...
Token Security Crisis: How Hackers Are Exploiting Digital Keys in Windows & Cloud Systems
Tokens have become the skeleton keys of modern digital systems—small opaque strings that grant access, carry identity claims, and enable automation across Windows environments, cloud platforms, and...
OAuth Token Security Crisis: Protecting Cloud APIs and DeFi from Sophisticated Attacks
Token security has rapidly evolved from a background technical concern to a critical frontline risk affecting every organization that relies on cloud identity systems, web APIs, AI services, or...
MinKNOW flaws let attackers steal auth tokens, halt DNA sequencing in labs
Oxford Nanopore's MinKNOW platform, the primary software interface for the company's revolutionary DNA/RNA sequencing devices, faces significant security scrutiny following the discovery of multiple...
Entra ID Cross-Tenant Admin Takeover: How Actor Tokens and Graph API Flaw Nearly Broke Cloud Security
In mid-2025, a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory, exposed a fault line in cloud identity security that could have allowed attackers to compromise virtually...
Self-Service Fixes and Faster Failover: Inside Microsoft’s Latest Windows 365 Resiliency Push
Microsoft just turned the Cloud PC login screen into a self-service repair kiosk and gave IT a choice between two kinds of cross-region disaster recovery—one that’s best-effort and one that’s...
Microsoft Details Entra ID Custom Claims Method That Injects Sponsor IDs into Tokens Using Directory Extensions
Microsoft has outlined a practical, five-step method for issuing custom SAML and OIDC claims from Entra ID, using directory extension attributes to inject organization-specific data like sponsor IDs...