Tag: access
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CISA Red Team Achieves Full Domain Compromise Across Critical Infrastructure Networks
CISA’s latest red team assessment shows how common failures in Active Directory, cloud identity, and SOC processes can turn a phishing foothold into an enterprise-wide compromise. The August 25 advisory contrasts two critical-infrastructure organizations: one missed the intrusion entirely, while the other contained initial access quickly but still exposed major identity and cloud security weaknesses.…
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Core Werewolf Hackers Deploy New CoreRAT Malware Against Russian Government and Defense Organizations
The Core Werewolf espionage cluster has introduced a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed CoreRAT in targeted attacks on Russian public-sector bodies and defense-industry organizations. The shift is notable because Core Werewolf, previously associated with the abuse of legitimate UltraVNC remote-access software and smaller custom backdoors, now operates a full-featured C++ RAT of its own.…
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Zimbra Exploitation Spreads as Thousands Stay Unpatched
More Than 8,000 Unpatched Instances Remain Exposed to CVE-2026-73570. Attackers have compromised at least 267 Zimbra installations through a likely CVE-2026-73570 campaign, while more than 8,000 unpatched servers remain exposed to unauthenticated remote code execution that can give attackers access to mail data and system resources. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/zimbra-exploitation-spreads-as-thousands-stay-unpatched-a-32654
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BSidesCharm 2026 CloudShell Abuse: a CTF, API, and persistent access to CPU/network/storage
Presenters: Jenko Hwong & Chris Ryan Our thanks to BSidesCharm for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding BSidesCharm 2026 content on the Organizations’ YouTube Channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/bsidescharm-2026-cloudshell-abuse-a-ctf-api-and-persistent-access-to-cpu-network-storage/
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Is It Time for a Terminal-Native PAM Approach?
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has evolved through several generations. We’ve gone from password vaults to session management, from VPNs to Zero Trust, and now we’re talking about securing AI agents and machine identities. A lot has changed. But one thing hasn’t. Most system administrators still spend their day in a terminal. Whether it’s OpenSSH, Windows Terminal, PuTTY, SecureCRT, or another SSH client, the command line terminal is where work gets done. It’s where……
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Finding Nemo(Claw): Networking Issue Allows for LLM Poisoning in OpenClaw
Attackers can exploit a security bug in NVIDIA’s tool to gain unauthenticated access to the local model server through the Ollama API, paving the way for persistent AI agent corruption. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/nemo-claw-networking-llm-poisoning-openclaw
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Finding Nemo(Claw): Networking Issue Allows for LLM Poisoning in OpenClaw
Attackers can exploit a security bug in NVIDIA’s tool to gain unauthenticated access to the local model server through the Ollama API, paving the way for persistent AI agent corruption. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/nemo-claw-networking-llm-poisoning-openclaw
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Arrested man allegedly impersonated NSA elite hacking unit, Supreme Court chief justice
Joshua Culver, aka “Maverick Young,” is accused of imitating the head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit during a time it wasn’t called that. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/arrested-man-allegedly-impersonated-nsa-elite-hacking-unit-supreme-court-chief-justice/
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Actively Exploited Oracle WebLogic Bug Gets Patch Order
Federal Agencies Must Apply Oracle’s January Patch by Aug. 27. CISA ordered federal agencies to patch CVE-2026-21962 by Aug. 27 after confirming active exploitation of the maximum-severity Oracle middleware flaw, which lets unauthenticated attackers use crafted HTTP requests to access or modify critical data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/actively-exploited-oracle-weblogic-bug-gets-patch-order-a-32650
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The 90-Day AEO Plan for a Cybersecurity Vendor, Week by Week
Ninety days is enough to fix crawler access, baseline measurement, and restructure your ten highest-value pages. Week by week. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/the-90-day-aeo-plan-for-a-cybersecurity-vendor-week-by-week/
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Water sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack
Agency red-teamers got initial access to both organizations they tested, but one quickly isolated and shut down the attempts from going further. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-red-team-report-government-water-cybersecurity/
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The Rising Cost of Trusted Access
IBM 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report The cost of a data breach continues to climb. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, the global average reached a record $4.99 million, up 12% from the previous year. In the United States, the average cost rose to $11.5 million, more than……
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Ukraine to give Britain access to battlefield data to train AI
Ukraine will give Britain access to a vast trove of battlefield data collected during the war with Russia, allowing U.K. companies and researchers to use it to train and test artificial intelligence systems. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-uk-ai-drone-data
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Multi-Agent AI Framework Compromises Government Systems and Steals Thousands of Records
A multi-agent AI framework, utilizing Hermes and OpenClaw agents, was employed to compromise government entities in Asia, stealing thousands of personnel records, cracking employee credentials, and establishing persistent access to state infrastructure, according to Dream Research Labs. Researchers discovered a 160 MB operational archive containing 1,395 files generated over about 4 days of activity, from…
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Scammers Impersonate Microsoft to Push Fake Security Scans and Refund Fraud
A cluster of fraudulent websites impersonating Microsoft is using fake “security scans” to pressure victims into uninstalling antivirus products, disclosing personal and banking information, and granting remote access to their computers. The sites, branded as SysScan, claim to assess whether an antivirus product is functioning properly. Their conclusion is predetermined: the victim’s computer is allegedly…
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E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers (DDRs) to deliver two previously unreported remote access trojans (RATs) tracked as E4del and PINHOLE.While threat actors are known to abuse legitimate services to point to additional command-and-control (C2) infrastructure and blend in with regular network traffic, the…
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Anthropic Expands Claude MCP Security With Enterprise-Managed Identity Controls
Anthropic has expanded Claude Enterprise’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) security capabilities with enterprise-managed authorization, allowing organizations to centrally provision and govern connector access through their identity provider (IdP). The feature, now generally available, removes the need for individual users to authorize each MCP connector after an administrator enables it. Instead, administrators can authorize a connector…
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Anthropic Expands Claude MCP Security With Enterprise-Managed Identity Controls
Anthropic has expanded Claude Enterprise’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) security capabilities with enterprise-managed authorization, allowing organizations to centrally provision and govern connector access through their identity provider (IdP). The feature, now generally available, removes the need for individual users to authorize each MCP connector after an administrator enables it. Instead, administrators can authorize a connector…
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Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access
Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators.The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below – CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) – An unauthenticated privilege escalation…
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Critical Red Hat Keycloak Password Reset Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Account Takeover
Red Hat has disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Red Hat Build of Keycloak that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass a key safeguard in the password reset process and seize control of arbitrary user accounts. Tracked as CVE-2026-18963, the flaw affects the keycloak-services component, the core identity and access management engine behind the…
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Okta Agent SSO macht KI-Agenten zu vollwertigen digitalen Identitäten
Okta führt Agent SSO für KI-Agenten ein. Cross App Access ermöglicht zentrale Identitäten, kurzlebige Tokens und kontrollierte Zugriffe auf Anwendungen und APIs. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/okta-agent-sso-macht-ki-agenten-zu-vollwertigen-digitalen-identitaeten/a46241/
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Actively Exploited Oracle WebLogic Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Access Critical Data
Tags: access, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, network, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21962 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to First seen on…
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Fake GTA 6 Demo Sites Spread Vidar Stealer to Hijack Authenticated Browser Sessions
Cybercriminals are capitalizing on renewed interest in Grand Theft Auto VI by pushing fake Rockstar Games pages that advertise a non-existent GTA 6 demo but instead deliver the Vidar information stealer. The campaign targets browser credentials, session cookies, and other profile data that can let attackers access accounts even after victims change their passwords. The…
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5 Palo Alto GlobalProtect Flaws Let Attackers Gain SYSTEM/Root Access and Steal AD Passwords
Security researcher Martijn van Ramesdonk has disclosed five vulnerabilities affecting Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect, an enterprise VPN and endpoint agent widely used across corporate environments on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The issues include local privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could allow a low-privileged attacker with access to an endpoint to gain full SYSTEM privileges on Windows…
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Hackers Exploit Critical Oracle HTTP Server Flaw to Access and Modify Sensitive Data
Tags: access, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, hacker, infrastructure, kev, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Oracle HTTP Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after confirming evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21962, affects both Oracle HTTP Server and the Oracle WebLogic Server Proxy Plug-in. CISA classified this issue as…
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Hackers Exploit Critical Oracle HTTP Server Flaw to Access and Modify Sensitive Data
Tags: access, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, hacker, infrastructure, kev, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Oracle HTTP Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after confirming evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21962, affects both Oracle HTTP Server and the Oracle WebLogic Server Proxy Plug-in. CISA classified this issue as…
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Weedhack Malware Spreads via Fake Minecraft Clients and SEO Poisoning
Cybersecurity researchers have found that several websites are still actively distributing a malware family known as Weedhack to gamers by masquerading as Minecraft clients.McAfee Labs said it detected and blocked more than 6,300 attempts to access malicious sites, adding that it found lookalike gaming websites designed to mimic legitimate projects, including branding, feature lists, FAQs,…
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Russian Backdoor Found in Slovak Traffic Cameras
SMS Messages Could Enable Remote Access to Live Traffic Feeds. Slovakian cyber authorities have suspended the rollout of high-speed traffic cameras after a security investigation uncovered backdoors and multiple software weaknesses. The devices were reportedly rebranded versions of Russian-made cameras sold through a Cyprus-based company. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-backdoor-found-in-slovak-traffic-cameras-a-32645