Tag: access
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OT teams are losing the time advantage against industrial threat actors
In many industrial environments, internet-facing gateways, remote access appliances, and boundary systems sit close enough to production networks that attackers can move from … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/17/ot-cybersecurity-threats-2026-research/
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Side-Channel Attacks Against LLMs
Tags: access, attack, chatgpt, credit-card, data, defense, exploit, LLM, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, phone, side-channelHere are three papers describing different side-channel attacks against LLMs. “Remote Timing Attacks on Efficient Language Model Inference”: Abstract: Scaling up language models has significantly increased their capabilities. But larger models are slower models, and so there is now an extensive body of work (e.g., speculative sampling or parallel decoding) that improves the (average case)…
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Russia Set to Block Telegram Access Nationwide from April 1
Russia is preparing to implement a nationwide block on Telegram starting April 1, 2026, according to reports from the Russian insider channel Baza. The move would make the messaging platform completely inaccessible without VPN technology, mirroring previous restrictions imposed on Instagram and Facebook in the country. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications regulator, has neither confirmed nor denied…
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Poland arrests suspect linked to Phobos ransomware operation
Polish police have detained a 47-year-old man suspected of ties to the Phobos ransomware group and seized computers and mobile phones containing stolen credentials, credit card numbers, and server access data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/poland-arrests-suspect-linked-to-phobos-ransomware-operation/
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With CISOs stretched thin, re-envisioning enterprise risk may be the only fix
Tags: access, ai, application-security, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, fraud, governance, grc, group, identity, infrastructure, jobs, monitoring, privacy, RedTeam, risk, soc, supply-chain, vulnerabilityStructural changes necessary: Flavio Villanustre, CISO for the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group, says many organizations have already made the structural changes necessary to address the rising importance, and specialization, of cybersecurity and risk functions.”The breadth and depth of information security and cybersecurity have increased so significantly over the past two decades that it drove a…
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How SSO Simplifies Identity Management for Deskless and Frontline Workforces
Discover how SSO streamlines identity management for deskless and frontline workers, improving security, access control, and productivity. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/how-sso-simplifies-identity-management-for-deskless-and-frontline-workforces/
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CISO Julie Chatman offers insights for you to take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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CISO Julie Chatman offers insights for you to take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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A security flaw at DavaIndia Pharmacy allowed attackers to access customers’ data and more
A security flaw at DavaIndia Pharmacy exposed customer data and gave outsiders full admin control of its systems. DavaIndia is a large Indian pharmacy retail chain focused on selling affordable generic medicines. Operated by Zota Health Care Ltd., the brand promotes low-cost alternatives to branded drugs to make healthcare more accessible across India. DavaIndia runs…
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Eurail says stolen traveler data now up for sale on dark web
Eurail B.V., the operator that provides access to 250,000 kilometers of European railways, confirmed that data stolen in a breach earlier this year is being offered for sale on the dark web. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eurail-says-stolen-traveler-data-now-up-for-sale-on-dark-web/
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Eurail says stolen traveler data now up for sale on dark web
Eurail B.V., the operator that provides access to 250,000 kilometers of European railways, confirmed that data stolen in a breach earlier this year is being offered for sale on the dark web. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eurail-says-stolen-traveler-data-now-up-for-sale-on-dark-web/
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Starlink restrictions hit Russian forces as Moscow seeks workarounds
Ukraine’s security service said Russia was trying to recruit locals to help restore access to blocked Starlink satellite internet terminals. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/starlink-restrictions-hit-russian-forces
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Operation DoppelBrand: Weaponizing Fortune 500 Brands
GS7 targets US financial institutions, among others, with near-perfect imitations of phishing portals to steal credentials, paving the way for remote access and other threat activity First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/operation-doppelbrand-weaponizing-fortune-500-brands
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ClickFix added nslookup commands to its arsenal for downloading RATs
Microsoft researchers found a ClickFix campaign that uses the nslookup tool to have users infect their own system with a Remote Access Trojan. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/clickfix-added-nslookup-commands-to-its-arsenal-for-downloading-rats/
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The Promptware Kill Chain
Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic. The dominant narrative focuses on “prompt injection,” a set of techniques to embed instructions into inputs to LLM intended to perform malicious activity. This term suggests a simple,…
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New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that’s being advertised on Telegram as a way to grab sensitive data and facilitate real-time surveillance on Android and iOS devices.”The developer runs dedicated channels for sales, customer support, and regular updates, giving buyers a single point of access to a fully…
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PIM Login Security
Learn how PIM login security protects product data with strong authentication, access controls, and secure identity management. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/pim-login-security/
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CISO Julie Chatman wants to help you take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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10 years later, Bangladesh Bank cyberheist still offers cyber-resiliency lessons
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, backdoor, banking, ceo, cisco, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, fintech, firewall, framework, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malware, monitoring, network, north-korea, oracle, password, risk, service, software, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySecurity shortcomings: Adrian Cheek, senior cybercrime researcher at threat exposure management firm Flare, said the Bangladesh Bank heist was possible because of a number of security shortcomings, including a failure to air gap critical infrastructure.”The Bank of Bangladesh had four servers and the same number of desktops connected to SWIFT,” Cheek says. “This infrastructure, however,…
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Attackers Exploit Critical BeyondTrust Flaw to Seize Full Active Directory Control
Tags: access, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-1731, affecting self-hosted BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access deployments. This security flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject operating system commands, effectively granting them remote code execution capabilities. The severity of this campaign has prompted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to add the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
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Identity Risk Scoring Only Works If Attribution Is Defensible
Identity risk scoring has become a critical input for fraud prevention, security operations, and trust decisions. Organizations increasingly rely on risk scores to decide when to step up authentication, block access, or flag activity for investigation. But despite widespread adoption, many identity risk programs struggle with the same problem: Risk scores are generated, but teams……
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NDSS 2025 Black-Box Membership Inference Attacks Against Fine-Tuned Diffusion Models
Session 12C: Membership Inference Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yan Pang (University of Virginia), Tianhao Wang (University of Virginia) PAPER Black-box Membership Inference Attacks against Fine-tuned Diffusion Models With the rapid advancement of diffusion-based image-generative models, the quality of generated images has become increasingly photorealistic. Moreover, with the release of high-quality pre-trained image-generative models, a growing…