Tag: access
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GEOINT in the Iran War: Targeting, Intelligence, and the Battle for Information Access
First seen on resecurity.com Jump to article: www.resecurity.com/blog/article/geoint-in-the-iran-war-targeting-intelligence-and-the-battle-for-information-access
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Kraken Exchange Faces Extortion After Insider Recorded System Footage
Kraken exchange faces extortion after a staff member misused access to record internal systems, about 2,000 accounts affected, no funds or systems breached. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/kraken-exchange-extortion-insider-system-footage/
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Microsoft rolls out fast-track to reinstate Windows hardware dev accounts
Microsoft has rolled out a fast-track process to help developers regain access to accounts recently suspended from its Windows Hardware Program, following widespread complaints that they were locked out without warning. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-rolls-out-fast-track-to-reinstate-windows-hardware-dev-accounts/
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Taming Network Policy Sprawl with AI
Zero-trust and micro-segmentation have become the default direction for enterprise network security, and for good reason. But the shift has introduced an operational problem that few organizations were ready for: an explosion of fragmented rules, overlapping policies and billions of complex access paths that no human team can realistically manage on its own. Alan Shimel..…
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Triad Nexus Expands Global Fraud Operations Despite US Sanctions
Triad Nexus scales $200m scams, uses infrastructure laundering, localized fraud and US-access blocks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/triad-nexus-expands-fraud/
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Claude Mythos Changed Everything. Your APIs Are the First Target.
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ceo, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, infrastructure, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAnthropic just released Claude Mythos Preview. They did not make it publicly available. That decision alone should tell you everything you need to know about what this model can do. During internal testing, Mythos autonomously discovered and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser. It found a 27-year-old bug in OpenBSD.…
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State-sponsored threats: Different objectives, similar access paths
A look at 2025 state-sponsored threats, exploring how actors linked to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran use vulnerabilities, identity, and trusted access paths to achieve their goals. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/state-sponsored-threats-different-objectives-similar-access-paths/
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Palo Alto Networks übernimmt Koi und definiert neue Sicherheitskategorie ‘Agentic Endpoint Security”
Palo Alto Networks hat den Abschluss der Übernahme von Koi bekannt gegeben. Mit der Akquisition adressiert Palo Alto Networks eine wachsende Sicherheitslücke, die durch den zunehmenden Einsatz von KI”‘Agenten auf Endgeräten entsteht: Zwar bieten agentische Tools Unternehmen Produktivitätssteigerungen, sie schaffen aber gleichzeitig eine neue Angriffsfläche, die herkömmliche Sicherheitstools nicht entdecken. Durch den Zugriff auf kritische…
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5 Ways Zero Trust Maximizes Identity Security
Stolen credentials remain a top breach vector, often leading to unchecked privilege escalation. Specops explains how identity-first Zero Trust limits access, enforces device trust, and blocks lateral movement. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/5-ways-zero-trust-maximizes-identity-security/
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Mirax Android RAT Hijacks Infected Phones as Residential Proxies
A new Android banking trojan called Mirax is rapidly gaining traction in the cybercrime ecosystem, combining powerful remote access features with residential proxy capabilities to turn victims’ smartphones into high-value infrastructure nodes. Mirax is marketed as a premium Android RAT and banking malware, offering attackers full, real”‘time control over compromised devices. Once installed, the malware can execute…
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Mirax Android RAT Hijacks Infected Phones as Residential Proxies
A new Android banking trojan called Mirax is rapidly gaining traction in the cybercrime ecosystem, combining powerful remote access features with residential proxy capabilities to turn victims’ smartphones into high-value infrastructure nodes. Mirax is marketed as a premium Android RAT and banking malware, offering attackers full, real”‘time control over compromised devices. Once installed, the malware can execute…
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China-linked cloud credential heist runs on typos and SMTP
Typosquatting for cloud-native espionage: The campaign relies heavily on deception, the researchers pointed out, using C2 domains closely resembling legitimate Alibaba Cloud services. The typosquatting approach allows malicious traffic to blend into routine cloud operations, specifically in environments where outbound filtering is absent.The implant used is an obfuscated ELF binary, with an executable designed for…
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Botnet Exposed: Hackers Leave Worker Access and Root Passwords Wide Open
Hackers have left a live Twitter/X credential”‘stuffing botnet effectively unlocked, exposing its full command”‘and”‘control stack, worker fleet, and root passwords to anyone who knows where to look. The C2 runs on a Windows Server 2019 instance hosted by Hetzner in Falkenstein, Germany, with RDP, SMB, and WinRM all exposed alongside the Flask panel, indicating a…
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Q1 2026 Open Source Malware Index: Adaptive Attacks, Familiar Weaknesses
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, cloud, credentials, crypto, data, github, guide, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, macOS, malicious, malware, open-source, pypi, risk, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, tool, update, windows, worm<div cla TL;DR Sonatype identified 21,764 open source malware packages in Q1 2026, bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. npm accounted for 75% of malicious packages this quarter. Trojans dominated, with most activity focused on credential theft, host reconnaissance, and staged payload delivery. The quarter’s defining pattern was trust abuse: attackers succeeded by…
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Booking.com data breach: Customer reservation data exposed
>>Unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation,<< email alerts sent out by Booking.com over … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/14/booking-com-data-breach-customer-reservation-data-exposed/
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Janela RAT Spreads via Fake MSI Installers, Malicious Extensions
Janela Remote Access Trojan (RAT) campaign using fake Windows MSI installers and malicious browser extensions to infiltrate financial networks and exfiltrate sensitive data. The latest Janela RAT samples are being distributed through public GitLab repositories, where attackers host MSI installation files disguised as legitimate software installers. Unsuspecting users in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico the campaign’s primary targets are lured into downloading these…
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Booking.com Confirms Data Breach as Hackers Access Customer Details
Booking.com confirms a data breach exposing customer details to hackers. No payment data accessed, but users face risk of targeted phishing scams now! First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/booking-com-data-breach-hackers-customer-details/
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AI Codex Exploits Samsung TV Driver Flaw to Gain Root Access
A new experiment has shown how an AI coding assistant, Codex, can independently escalate privileges on a Samsung Smart TV by abusing dangerously exposed kernel drivers in Samsung’s KantS2 Tizen firmware. Working from an existing browser foothold, Codex chained together source-code auditing, physical memory access, and credential tampering to turn a sandboxed browser process into…
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Mirax Android RAT Turns Devices into SOCKS5 Proxies, Reaching 220,000 via Meta Ads
A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through advertisements on Meta.”Mirax integrates advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities, allowing threat actors to fully interact with compromised devices in real First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Hackers Exploit Obsidian Plugin to Deploy Cross-Platform Malware
Hackers are abusing Obsidian’s Shell Commands plugin and shared cloud vaults to deliver a new cross”‘platform malware chain that ends with the PHANTOMPULSE remote access trojan. Attackers pose as a venture capital firm targeting financial and cryptocurrency professionals, first engaging over LinkedIn and then moving conversations to Telegram group chats with multiple fake “partners” to…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
The questions have matured: The AI discussion in security has evolved in phases.First came skepticism from security leaders, asking whether AI actually works in security operations. Given years of overpromised technology, the caution was warranted.Experimentation followed, with questions centering on what types of work AI should handle and where it introduces risk.Now, the dominant questions…
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The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
The questions have matured: The AI discussion in security has evolved in phases.First came skepticism from security leaders, asking whether AI actually works in security operations. Given years of overpromised technology, the caution was warranted.Experimentation followed, with questions centering on what types of work AI should handle and where it introduces risk.Now, the dominant questions…
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Fake Claude AI installer abuses DLL sideloading to deploy PlugX
Fake Claude website impersonates Anthropic and delivers PlugX RAT via ZIP download using DLL sideloading. A fake website impersonating Anthropic’s Claude service was found distributing the PlugX remote access trojan, according to Malwarebytes. The rogue site abuses the chatbot’s popularity to trick users into downloading a ZIP archive presented as a “pro version” installer. The…
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Synology SSL VPN Client Vulnerability Enabled Remote Access to Sensitive Files
Synology has recently released a crucial security update to fix two notable vulnerabilities in its SSL VPN Client utility. Tracked under the security advisory Synology-SA-26:05, these flaws could allow remote attackers to access sensitive system files and intercept secure network traffic. The Synology SSL VPN Client is a popular tool used to establish encrypted connections…
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Enterprise Security for Your Brand’s YouTube Channel
Tags: accessLearn how to secure your brand’s YouTube channel with enterprise-level security, protecting content, access, and your digital presence. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/enterprise-security-for-your-brands-youtube-channel/
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29 million leaked secrets in 2025: Why AI agents credentials are out of control
AI agents need credentials to work. They authenticate with LLM platforms, connect to databases, call SaaS APIs, access cloud resources, and orchestrate across dozens of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/14/gitguardian-ai-agents-credentials-leak/
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Anthropic’s Mythos signals a structural cybersecurity shift
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, ciso, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, governance, network, offense, risk, supply-chain, technology, updateClaude Mythos Preview is a step up: A separate analysis from the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) evaluated Mythos Preview itself.The evaluations involved both capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges and more complex ranges designed to simulate multi-step attack scenarios, where the model outperformed other AI systems.Mythos Preview came out on top in a 32-step corporate network attack…
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European Gym giant Basic-Fit data breach affects 1 million members
Dutch fitness giant Basic-Fit announced that hackers breached its systems and gained access to information belonging to a million of its customers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-gym-giant-basic-fit-data-breach-affects-1-million-members/
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European Gym giant Basic-Fit data breach affects 1 million members
Dutch fitness giant Basic-Fit announced that hackers breached its systems and gained access to information belonging to a million of its customers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-gym-giant-basic-fit-data-breach-affects-1-million-members/