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Ex-Plaid employees raise $30M for Stytch, an API-first passwordless authentication platform

TechCrunch

One such company, Stytch , just raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding as it launches out of beta with its API-first passwordless authentication platform. Lamb says that as she and McGinley-Stempel worked together at Plaid on user authentication, they realized how frustrating it is to build sign-up and login flows. “In

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Bitwarden acquires Passwordless.dev to help companies authenticate users without passwords

TechCrunch

Open source password management platform Bitwarden has made its first known acquisition, snapping up a fledgling Sweden-based startup called Passwordless.dev , which specializes in helping developers integrate passwordless authentication technology into their software. Image Credits: Passwordless.dev.

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How to move your two-factor authentication app to a new device

The Parallax

What the design itself does make clear is that when security-minded consumers upgrade their devices, they will have to take a few extra steps to migrate their two-factor authentication apps. Here’s how the migration process works for the most popular two-factor authentication apps. There are a few steps you need to take first.

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Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49039)

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Important CVE-2024-43451 | NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability CVE-2024-43451 is a NTLM hash spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation would lead to the unauthorized disclosure of a user’s NTLMv2 hash, which an attacker could then use to authenticate to the system as the user.

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Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday Addresses 56 CVEs (CVE-2025-26633, CVE-2025-24983, CVE-2025-24993)

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Important CVE-2025-24985 | Windows Fast FAT File System Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2025-24985 is a RCE vulnerability in the Windows Fast FAT File System Driver. This is the first vulnerability in Windows Fast FAT File System to be reported since 2022 and the first to be exploited in the wild.

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Rails 8.0: No PaaS Required

Ruby on Rails

Solid Cache has been in production at Basecamp for well over a year where it stores 10 terabytes of data, enables a full 60-day retention window, and cut the P95 render times in half after it’s introduction. Generating the authentication basics Finally, making it easier to go to production also means we ought to make it easy to be secure.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Step 1: Use two-factor authentication. In its most common form online, two-factor authentication makes you use a second, one-time password to access your account. Consumer-grade VPNs that work on your Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS devices are effective and affordable. Step 5: Keep your software up-to-date.