// #access-control
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ServiceNow API Security Configuration: Access Controls, ACLs, and Endpoint Hardening to Prevent Zero-Auth Exposure
The ServiceNow API breach highlights the risk of zero-auth API endpoint exposure in SaaS ITSM platforms. ServiceNow's platform provides granular access control mechanisms — ACLs, application scope policies, and API gateway controls — that, if properly configured, limit the blast radius of similar incidents. This guide covers the core security configuration for ServiceNow REST APIs.
ServiceNow Security Assessment: Auditing API Exposure and Access Control Configuration
Following the ServiceNow API breach, organisations should conduct a targeted security assessment of their ServiceNow instance, focusing on API endpoint exposure, unauthenticated access paths, ACL configuration, and service account privilege scope. This assessment guide covers the key checks and how to perform them without specialist ServiceNow security tooling.
Domain Controller Hardening After Netlogon CVE-2026-41089: Reducing the Attack Surface Beyond Patching
Patching CVE-2026-41089 closes the specific vulnerability, but domain controllers remain highly targeted infrastructure. This guide covers the access control, network segmentation, and monitoring controls that reduce DC attack surface against the class of unauthenticated RCE threats that Netlogon represents.
Microsoft Closes APT29's Favourite Phishing Door With New RDP File Protections
The April 2026 Windows update introduces mandatory security warnings and redirections-blocked-by-default for RDP connection files, directly countering the technique used by APT29 and other threat actors to silently redirect local drives and harvest credentials. Organisations using Windows 10 and 11 should confirm the KB is deployed.