Tag: access
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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New Phishing Attack Exploits Vercel to Host and Deliver Remote Access Malware
A new phishing campaign abusing the Vercel hosting platform has been active since at least November 2025 and is becoming increasingly sophisticated. The core trick is “inherited trust.” Attackers send short phishing emails with financial or business themes such as unpaid invoices, payment statements, or document reviews. The real hook is not the text, but…
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Can Passkeys Be Exploited for Account Access?
Explore if passkeys can be exploited. Learn about potential vulnerabilities in passwordless authentication, fido2 implementation risks, and how to stay secure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/can-passkeys-be-exploited-for-account-access/
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Top 3 factors for selecting an identity access management tool
Identity and access management (IAM) ensures that people and entities with digital identities have the right level of access to your enterprise resources. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/top-3-factors-for-selecting-an-identity-access-management-tool/809937/
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UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn’t an ID card
Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and ‘robust’ verification First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/digital_id_costs/
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CISO’s predictions for 2026
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, endpoint, extortion, finance, governance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, malicious, mobile, mssp, network, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, risk, router, saas, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, warfareAI agents to reshape the threat landscape: But those same AI technologies are also changing the threat landscape. Toal points to a recent Anthropic report that documented the first large-scale AI-enabled cyberattack as an early warning sign. “I guarantee attackers will be more focused on using AI agents for what they want than a lot…
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What is User Managed Access?
Deep dive into User Managed Access (UMA). Learn how UMA 2.0 works with OAuth2 and OIDC to provide user-centric privacy and resource sharing in Enterprise SSO. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/what-is-user-managed-access/
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What is User Managed Access?
Deep dive into User Managed Access (UMA). Learn how UMA 2.0 works with OAuth2 and OIDC to provide user-centric privacy and resource sharing in Enterprise SSO. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/what-is-user-managed-access/
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What is User Managed Access?
Deep dive into User Managed Access (UMA). Learn how UMA 2.0 works with OAuth2 and OIDC to provide user-centric privacy and resource sharing in Enterprise SSO. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/what-is-user-managed-access/
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Microsoft Shared BitLocker Recovery Keys with the FBI to Unlock Encrypted Laptop Data
Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI following a valid search warrant, marking the first publicly known case of the technology giant sharing encryption keys with law enforcement. The disclosure occurred after federal investigators in Guam requested access to three encrypted laptops believed to contain evidence of fraud in…
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Researchers Uncover Multi-Stage AiTM Attack Using SharePoint to Bypass Security Controls
Microsoft Defender researchers have exposed a sophisticated adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign targeting energy sector organizations, leveraging SharePoint file-sharing services to bypass traditional email security controls and compromise multiple user accounts. SharePoint Abuse for Initial Access The attack began with a phishing email sent from a compromised trusted vendor’s email address, embedding SharePoint URLs that mimicked…
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Attackers Leveraging telnetd Exploit for Root Privileges After PoC Goes Public
The threat actors have begun actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GNU InetUtils telnetd immediately after proof-of-concept code became publicly available. The flaw allows remote attackers to gain root access without authentication, triggering widespread exploitation attempts across internet-exposed systems. The security flaw affects GNU InetUtils telnetd versions 1.9.3 through 2.7, with the vulnerable…
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Who Approved This Agent? Rethinking Access, Accountability, and Risk in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are accelerating how work gets done. They schedule meetings, access data, trigger workflows, write code, and take action in real time, pushing productivity beyond human speed across the enterprise.Then comes the moment every security team eventually hits:“Wait… who approved this?”Unlike users or applications, AI agents are often deployed quickly, shared broadly, First seen…
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5 Risiken unzureichender Identitätsprüfung in digitalen Geschäftsprozessen
Digitale Geschäftsmodelle leben von Vertrauen. Ob Kundenportale, Partnerplattformen oder interne Self”‘Service”‘Systeme überall entscheidet die Identität darüber, wer Zugriff erhält und welche Aktionen möglich sind. Genau hier entstehen 2026 wachsende Risiken für Unternehmen. Für IT”‘Entscheider ist das kein reines Technikthema mehr. Mangelhafte Identitäts- und Vertrauensprüfungen wirken sich direkt auf Sicherheit, Compliance und wirtschaftliche Stabilität aus…. First…
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11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)
Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.32.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS score of 9.8), in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) impacts all versions from 1.9.3 to 2.7. The vulnerability can be exploited to gain root access on affected systems.…
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Fortinet confirms new zero-day attacks against customer devices
cloud-init@mail.io and cloud-noc@mail.io. Other admin accounts are created with the names: audit, backup, itadmin, secadmin, and support. Mitigation: If these or other IOCs such as IP addresses are identified in configurations or the device logs, the system and its configuration should be considered compromised. Fortinet recommends updating the device to the latest available software release,…
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NDSS 2025 WAVEN: WebAssembly Memory Virtualization For Enclaves
Session 10A: Confidential Computing 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Weili Wang (Southern University of Science and Technology), Honghan Ji (ByteDance Inc.), Peixuan He (ByteDance Inc.), Yao Zhang (ByteDance Inc.), Ye Wu (ByteDance Inc.), Yinqian Zhang (Southern University of Science and Technology) PAPER WAVEN: WebAssembly Memory Virtualization for Enclaves The advancement of trusted execution environments (TEEs)…
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ISMG Editors: How Deepfakes Are Breaking Digital Trust
Also: How Non-Human Identities Redefine Security; the Delinea-StrongDM Deal. In this week’s panel, four editors discussed how deepfakes are reshaping digital Know Your Customer practices, what the rise of non-human identities means for CISOs and what Delinea’s acquisition of StrongDM tells us about where the privileged access market is heading. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Corr-Serve strengthens South Africa’s cybersecurity market through expanded Seceon partnership
Corr-Serve, a South African value-added distributor of cybersecurity solutions, has strengthened its long-standing partnership with Seceon, a global provider of advanced cybersecurity technology, expanding local access to AI-driven threat detection and response capabilities. The enhanced agreement builds on more than seven years of collaboration between the two companies in Southern Africa and positions Corr-Serve as Seceon’s…
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20,000 WordPress Sites Compromised by Backdoor Vulnerability Enabling Malicious Admin Access
A critical backdoor vulnerability discovered in the LA-Studio Element Kit for the Elementor plugin poses an immediate threat to more than 20,000 WordPress installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0920 with a CVSS severity rating of 9.8 (Critical), enables unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts and achieve complete site compromise. The function fails to properly restrict…
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More than half of former UK employees still have access to company spreadsheets, study finds
More than half of UK employees retain access to company spreadsheets they no longer need, leaving sensitive business data exposed long after people change roles or leave organisations, according to new research from privacy technology company Proton. The study, based on a survey of 250 small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the UK, found that…
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Quantum-Resistant Identity and Access Management for AI Agents
Learn how to protect AI agents from quantum threats using post-quantum cryptography, mcp security, and context-aware access control. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/quantum-resistant-identity-and-access-management-for-ai-agents/
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Unterschätztes Risiko: Insider-Bedrohungen endlich ernst nehmen
Tags: access, ai, compliance, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, fraud, governance, identity, infrastructure, mail, nis-2, phishing, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, security-incident, threat, tool, vulnerability48 Prozent der Fälle von Datendiebstahl, Industriespionage oder Sabotage in Unternehmen gehen laut einer Studie auf Mitarbeiter zurück.Was wäre, wenn das größte Sicherheitsrisiko Ihrer Organisation bereits einen Mitarbeitendenausweis besitzt, legitim angemeldet ist und genau weiß, wie interne Prozesse funktionieren? Diese Frage ist unbequem, aber sie markiert den Ausgangspunkt für eine längst überfällige Auseinandersetzung mit Insider-Bedrohungen.…
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Phishing Attack Uses Stolen Credentials to Install LogMeIn RMM for Persistent Access
Tags: access, attack, breach, credentials, cybersecurity, monitoring, phishing, software, threat, toolCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new dual-vector campaign that leverages stolen credentials to deploy legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software for persistent remote access to compromised hosts.”Instead of deploying custom viruses, attackers are bypassing security perimeters by weaponizing the necessary IT tools that administrators trust,” KnowBe4 Threat First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Secure Access Service Edge – Warum es bei SASE auf die Performance ankommt
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/sase-performance-sicherheit-a-1776e0fae896dc98450e47f6d4a4a495/