Tag: access
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How strong password policies secure OT systems against cyber threats
OT environments rely on aging systems, shared accounts, and remote access, making weak or reused passwords a major attack vector. Specops Software explains how stronger password policies and continuous checks for compromised credentials help secure critical OT infrastructure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-strong-password-policies-secure-ot-systems-against-cyber-threats/
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ServiceNow’s Acquisition of NHI Provider Veza Strengthens Governance Portfolio
The deal, believed to be valued at $1 billion, will bring non-human identity access control of agents and machines to ServiceNow’s offerings including its new AI Control Tower. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/servicenow-acquire-nhi-provider-veza-strengthen-governance-portfolio
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Momberger: BetrugMails an Kunden im Umlauf
Cyberkriminelle verschicken derzeit betrügerische E-Mails im Namen des KFZ-Spezialisten Momberger.Das Unternehmen Momberger Lack & Technik warnt seine Kunden aktuell vor einem Sicherheitsvorfall. Wie die Oberhessische Zeitung berichtet, werden seit Montag (1. Dezember) betrügerische E-Mails im Namen des Unternehmens versendet. Die gefälschten Nachrichten fordern die Empfänger dazu auf, angeblich offene Rechnungen zu begleichen.”Diese Nachricht stammt nicht…
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K7 Antivirus Flaw Lets Attackers Gain SYSTEM-Level Privileges
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in K7 Ultimate Security antivirus software that allows attackers to gain the highest level of system access on Windows computers. The flaw, tracked asCVE-2024-36424, enables low-privileged users to escalate their permissions to SYSTEM level, giving them complete control over affected machines. How the Vulnerability Works K7 Ultimate Security…
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K7 Antivirus Flaw Lets Attackers Gain SYSTEM-Level Privileges
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in K7 Ultimate Security antivirus software that allows attackers to gain the highest level of system access on Windows computers. The flaw, tracked asCVE-2024-36424, enables low-privileged users to escalate their permissions to SYSTEM level, giving them complete control over affected machines. How the Vulnerability Works K7 Ultimate Security…
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Hackers Weaponize Velociraptor DFIR for Stealthy C2 and Ransomware Deployment
Tags: access, control, cyber, exploit, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, open-source, ransomware, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThreat actors are increasingly weaponizing Velociraptor, a legitimate open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, to establish command-and-control (C2) infrastructure and facilitate ransomware attacks. Huntress analysts have documented multiple incidents spanning September through November 2025 where attackers exploited critical vulnerabilities to gain initial access before deploying Velociraptor for persistent remote access and lateral movement.…
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Hackers Weaponize Velociraptor DFIR for Stealthy C2 and Ransomware Deployment
Tags: access, control, cyber, exploit, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, open-source, ransomware, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThreat actors are increasingly weaponizing Velociraptor, a legitimate open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, to establish command-and-control (C2) infrastructure and facilitate ransomware attacks. Huntress analysts have documented multiple incidents spanning September through November 2025 where attackers exploited critical vulnerabilities to gain initial access before deploying Velociraptor for persistent remote access and lateral movement.…
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Coach or mentor: What you need depends on where you are as a cyber leader
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, government, jobs, network, programming, risk, risk-management, skills, technologyA good technical base can last decades: While mentees need the most help with aligning to the business, some argue that a technical baseline is equally as important to the role for managing technical staff and enabling business operations, particularly through innovative technologies like cloud and AI.One of those is Cynthia Madden, founder of Artemis…
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Malicious VSCode Extension Deploys Anivia Loader and OctoRAT
In late November 2025, a sophisticated supply-chain attack leveraging the Visual Studio Code extension ecosystem came to light, demonstrating how threat actors are increasingly targeting developer tools to gain persistent access to high-value systems. On November 21, a malicious extension masquerading as the popular Prettier code formatter appeared briefly on the official VSCode Marketplace before…
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RCE flaw in OpenAI’s Codex CLI highlights new risks to dev environments
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, backdoor, cloud, exploit, flaw, google, malicious, open-source, openai, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, service, tool, vulnerabilityMultiple attack vectors: For this flaw to be exploited, the victim needs to clone the repository and run Codex on it and an attacker needs to have commit access to the repo or have their malicious pull request accepted.”Compromised templates, starter repos, or popular open-source projects can weaponize many downstream consumers with a single commit,”…
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CISA Warns of Severe Flaws in Nuclear Med Tracking Software
Mirion Medical Says Bugs Are Fixed in New Release of BioDose/NMIS Software. U.S. federal authorities are warning that several high-severity vulnerabilities discovered in Mirion Medical Co. inventory tracking software used by nuclear medicine departments could allow attackers to modify program executables and gain access to sensitive information. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cisa-warns-severe-flaws-in-nuclear-med-tracking-software-a-30189
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‘Endend encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually endend encrypted
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers’ data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted/
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OAuth Isn’t Enough For Agents
OAuth is a broadly accepted standard. It’s used all over the internet. But as the usage of LLM agents continues to expand, OAuth isn’t going to be enough. In fact, relying on OAuth will be dangerous. We won’t be able to set permissions at an appropriate granularity, giving LLMs access to far too much. More..…
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ServiceNow to Acquire Identity Security Firm Veza
ServiceNow Inc. announced on Tuesday plans to acquire Veza in a move aimed at fortifying security for identity and access management. The acquisition will integrate Veza’s technology into ServiceNow’s Security and Risk portfolios, helping organizations monitor and control access to critical data, applications, systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The deal comes as businesses increasingly..…
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OAuth Isn’t Enough For Agents
OAuth is a broadly accepted standard. It’s used all over the internet. But as the usage of LLM agents continues to expand, OAuth isn’t going to be enough. In fact, relying on OAuth will be dangerous. We won’t be able to set permissions at an appropriate granularity, giving LLMs access to far too much. More..…
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Security Gap Widens as Organizations Rush to Deploy AI Agents Without Proper Identity Controls
Organizations are racing to implement autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents across their operations, but a sweeping new study reveals they’re doing so without adequate security frameworks, creating what researchers call >>the unsecured frontier of autonomous operations.
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Microsoft Defender portal outage disrupts threat hunting alerts
Microsoft is working to mitigate an ongoing incident that has been blocking access to some Defender XDR portal capabilities for the past 10 hours. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-portal-outage-blocks-access-to-security-alerts/
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Microsoft Defender portal outage disrupts threat hunting alerts
Microsoft is working to mitigate an ongoing incident that has been blocking access to some Defender XDR portal capabilities for the past 10 hours. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-portal-outage-blocks-access-to-security-alerts/
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nopCommerce Flaw Lets Attackers Access Accounts Using Captured Cookies
Security researchers have uncovered a serious vulnerability in nopCommerce, a popular open-source ecommerce platform used by major companies, including Microsoft, Volvo, and BMW. The flaw allows attackers to hijack user accounts by exploiting captured session cookies, even after legitimate users have logged out. Field Details CVE ID CVE-2025-11699 Vulnerability Title Insufficient Session Cookie Invalidation Platform…
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nopCommerce Flaw Lets Attackers Access Accounts Using Captured Cookies
Security researchers have uncovered a serious vulnerability in nopCommerce, a popular open-source ecommerce platform used by major companies, including Microsoft, Volvo, and BMW. The flaw allows attackers to hijack user accounts by exploiting captured session cookies, even after legitimate users have logged out. Field Details CVE ID CVE-2025-11699 Vulnerability Title Insufficient Session Cookie Invalidation Platform…
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Early Indicators of Insider Threats Through Authentication and Access Controls
Security researchers at Nisos have identified a critical gap in insider threat detection: organizations often fail to correlate early behavioral anomalies with external intelligence sources, leaving meaningful warning signs buried beneath operational noise until incidents escalate into confirmed breaches. Most insider threats do not announce themselves with apparent malicious activity. Instead, security teams encounter subtle…
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Cybercrime Goes SaaS: Renting Tools, Access, and Infrastructure
Cybercrime has fully shifted to a subscription model, with phishing kits, Telegram OTP bots, infostealer logs, and even RATs now rented like SaaS tools. Varonis explains how this “crime-as-a-service” economy lowers the barrier to entry and gives low-skill attackers on-demand access to advanced capabilities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercrime-goes-saas-renting-tools-access-and-infrastructure/
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Cybercrime Goes SaaS: Renting Tools, Access, and Infrastructure
Cybercrime has fully shifted to a subscription model, with phishing kits, Telegram OTP bots, infostealer logs, and even RATs now rented like SaaS tools. Varonis explains how this “crime-as-a-service” economy lowers the barrier to entry and gives low-skill attackers on-demand access to advanced capabilities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercrime-goes-saas-renting-tools-access-and-infrastructure/
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Early Indicators of Insider Threats Through Authentication and Access Controls
Security researchers at Nisos have identified a critical gap in insider threat detection: organizations often fail to correlate early behavioral anomalies with external intelligence sources, leaving meaningful warning signs buried beneath operational noise until incidents escalate into confirmed breaches. Most insider threats do not announce themselves with apparent malicious activity. Instead, security teams encounter subtle…
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Early Indicators of Insider Threats Through Authentication and Access Controls
Security researchers at Nisos have identified a critical gap in insider threat detection: organizations often fail to correlate early behavioral anomalies with external intelligence sources, leaving meaningful warning signs buried beneath operational noise until incidents escalate into confirmed breaches. Most insider threats do not announce themselves with apparent malicious activity. Instead, security teams encounter subtle…
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Hackers Exploit Telegram, WinSCP, Chrome, and Teams to Deliver ValleyRat Malware
Researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign where threat actors weaponize trojanized installers for popular productivity applications to deploy ValleyRat, a persistent remote access tool. The operation demonstrates advanced evasion techniques, including kernel-level driver abuse, endpoint security tampering, and multi-stage obfuscation designed to evade detection and establish long-term system compromise. The campaign has been attributed…
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Hackers Exploit Telegram, WinSCP, Chrome, and Teams to Deliver ValleyRat Malware
Researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign where threat actors weaponize trojanized installers for popular productivity applications to deploy ValleyRat, a persistent remote access tool. The operation demonstrates advanced evasion techniques, including kernel-level driver abuse, endpoint security tampering, and multi-stage obfuscation designed to evade detection and establish long-term system compromise. The campaign has been attributed…
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Autonome handelnde Entitäten im IAM Darauf kommt es an – KI als eigenständige Identität im Identity and Access Management
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-als-eigenstaendige-identitaet-im-identity-and-access-management-a-e5db723b35c43a324dada56cbddab609/
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Key questions CISOs must ask before adopting AI-enabled cyber solutions
Questions to ask vendors about their AI security offerings: There are several areas where CISOs will want to focus their attention when considering AI-powered cyber solutions, including the following:Shadow AI: Uncovering and addressing shadow AI throughout the organization is a key issue for security leaders today. But so too is ensuring that sanctioned AI-enabled solutions…