Tag: access
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Google Security Safety: Why Cloud Monitor is Worth the Investment at Morgan Local Schools
How an Ohio district uses Cloud Monitor to gain visibility, prevent risk, and stay prepared in Google Workspace Morgan Local Schools is located in rural McConnelsville, Ohio, serving about 1,600 students and 250 staff. With limited home internet access throughout the community, the district relies heavily on shared device carts and Google Workspace to keep…
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Open WebUI bug turns the ‘free model’ into an enterprise backdoor
Tags: access, api, authentication, backdoor, data, exploit, flaw, malicious, mitigation, network, nvd, remote-code-execution, risk, tool, updateEscalating to Remote Code Execution: The risk doesn’t stop at account takeover. If the compromised account has workspace.tools permissions, attackers can leverage that session token to push authenticated Python code through Open WebUI’s Tools API, which executes without sandboxing or validation.This turns a browser-level compromise into full remote code execution on the backend server. Once…
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Fake Booking Emails Redirect Hotel Staff to Fake BSoD Pages Delivering DCRat
Source: SecuronixCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed PHALT#BLYX that has leveraged ClickFix-style lures to display fixes for fake blue screen of death (BSoD) errors in attacks targeting the European hospitality sector.The end goal of the multi-stage campaign is to deliver a remote access trojan known as DCRat, according to cybersecurity company…
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AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
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Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/coinbase-insider-who-sold-customer-data-to-criminals-arrested-in-india
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Turning plain language into firewall rules
Firewall rules often begin as a sentence in someone’s head. A team needs access to an application. A service needs to be blocked after hours. Translating those ideas into … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/06/research-natural-language-firewall-configuration/
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Why cybersecurity needs to focus more on investigation and less on just detection and response
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, network, resilience, risk, threat, tool, vulnerabilityInvestigation: Where the real insights lie: This is where investigation comes in. Think of investigation as the part where you understand the full story. It’s like detective work: not just looking at the footprints, but figuring out where they came from, who’s leaving them, and why they’re trying to break in in the first place.…
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NordVPN Denies Breach After Hacker Claims Access to Salesforce Dev Data
A hacker using the alias 1011 has claimed to breach a NordVPN development server, posting what appears to… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nordvpn-denies-breach-hacker-salesforce-dev-data/
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Agentic AI Is an Identity Problem and CISOs Will Be Accountable for the Outcome
As agentic AI adoption accelerates, identity is emerging as the primary security challenge. Token Security explains why AI agents behave like a new class of identity and why CISOs must manage their access, lifecycle, and risk. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/agentic-ai-is-an-identity-problem-and-cisos-will-be-accountable-for-the-outcome/
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Attackers Leverage FortiWeb Vulnerabilities to Deploy Sliver C2 for Long-Term Access
Threat researchers have uncovered a sophisticated attack campaign targeting FortiWeb web application firewalls across multiple continents, with adversaries deploying the Sliver command-and-control framework to establish persistent access and establish covert proxy infrastructure. The discovery came from analyzing exposed Silver C2 databases and logs found during routine open-directory threat hunting on Censys, revealing a well-orchestrated operation…
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Time to restore America’s cyberspace security system
China’s campaign to break into our critical infrastructure and federal government networks is persistent and growing. Beijing is stealing information while also planting tools and maintaining access in key systems, giving it the option to pressure the United States in the future. Russia also continues to test our critical infrastructure with increasingly sophisticated operations, support…
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Are current NHI security measures truly impenetrable
How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities? Are your organization’s non-human identity (NHI) security measures truly impenetrable? With digital becomes even more intricate, the management of NHIs is increasingly essential for protecting assets. NHIs, essentially machine identities, have the vital role of safeguarding access and maintaining the integrity of sensitive data in a centralized manner. But……
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Was bei der Cloud-Konfiguration schiefläuft und wie es besser geht
Tags: access, ai, authentication, breach, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, data-breach, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, risk, saas, service, tool, usa, zero-trustFehlerhaft konfigurierte Cloud-Dienste sorgen regelmäßig für Datenlecks und schlimmeres.Konfigurationsfehler in der Cloud, die Unternehmensdaten gefährden, sind nicht unbedingt etwas Neues eher im Gegenteil. Umso schlimmer, dass Unternehmen ihre Cloud-Ressourcen immer noch nicht durchgängig absichern. Zumindest legt das ein aktueller Report nahe. Dafür hat der Cloud-Sicherheitsanbieter Qualys 101 Cybersecurity- und IT-Profis befragt, zu deren Aufgaben es…
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Fingerabdrücke und Gesichtsbilder: USA wollen Zugriff auf Millionen europäischer Polizeidaten
Die USA fordern direkten Zugriff auf europäische Polizeidatenbanken mit Biometriedaten – nicht nur von Reisenden. Die EU-Kommission soll verhandeln. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/fingerabdruecke-und-gesichtsbilder-usa-wollen-zugriff-auf-millionen-europaeischer-polizeidaten-2601-203764.html
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How independent can AI systems be in managing NHIs
What Are Non-Human Identities in Cybersecurity? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) might sound like a concept from a science fiction novel, but they are a crucial component. These unique “machine identities” are not physical individuals but rather consist of machine-to-machine communication identifiers like encrypted passwords, tokens, or keys, which provide unique access credentials. Picture NHIs as tourists……
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Are investments in Privileged Access Management justified by results
Are PAM Investments Justified in the Realm of Non-Human Identities? What makes investing in Privileged Access Management (PAM) truly worthwhile when we focus on the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs)? While we navigate intricate cybersecurity, ensuring robust access controls has become imperative. The stakes are particularly high in industries such as financial services, healthcare, and……
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Predictions for 2026: AI Attack Acceleration, Automated Remediation, Custom-Made AI Security Tools, Machine Identity Threats, and More
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, governance, group, identity, intelligence, mitigation, risk, service, threat, tool, zero-dayIn this special edition, Tenable leaders forecast key 2026 trends, including: AI will make attacks more plentiful and less costly; machine identities will become the top cloud risk; preemptive cloud and exposure management will dethrone runtime detection; and automated remediation gets the go-ahead. Key takeaways AI will supercharge the speed and volume of traditional cyber…
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Hacker Claims 200GB Data Theft From European Space Agency, Here’s What We Know
The European Space Agency confirmed a cyber incident after a hacker claimed to access and steal data from external collaboration servers. The post Hacker Claims 200GB Data Theft From European Space Agency, Here’s What We Know appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-hacker-claims-200gb-data-theft-european-space-agency/
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Threat Actors Test a Highly Obfuscated, Modified Variant of the Shai Hulud Malware
Security researchers have identified what appears to be the first instance of a newly modified Shai Hulud malware strain uploaded to the npm registry approximately 30 minutes ago, disguised within the package @vietmoney/react-big-calendar. The discovery suggests threat actors are testing updated payloads before launching widespread attacks, with significant code modifications indicating access to the original…
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Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts.”The campaign employs deceptive delivery techniques, including a weaponized Windows shortcut (LNK) file masquerading as a legitimate PDF document…
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Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts.”The campaign employs deceptive delivery techniques, including a weaponized Windows shortcut (LNK) file masquerading as a legitimate PDF document…
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Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts.”The campaign employs deceptive delivery techniques, including a weaponized Windows shortcut (LNK) file masquerading as a legitimate PDF document…
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IBM warns of critical API Connect bug enabling remote access
IBM disclosed a critical API Connect flaw (CVE-2025-13915, CVSS 9.8) that allows remote access via an authentication bypass. IBM addressed a critical API Connect vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915 (CVSS score of 9.8) that allows remote access via an authentication bypass. API Connect is IBM’s API management platform. It’s used by organizations to create, secure, manage,…
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Post-Quantum Identity and Access Management for AI Agents
Secure your AI infrastructure with post-quantum identity and access management. Protect MCP deployments from quantum-enabled threats using PQC and zero-trust. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/post-quantum-identity-and-access-management-for-ai-agents/
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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices and web applications to enroll them into a botnet known as RondoDox.As of December 2025, the activity has been observed leveraging the recently disclosed React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) flaw as an initial access vector, CloudSEK said…
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What features in IAM solutions make IT managers feel relieved
What Makes Identity and Access Management Solutions a Game-Changer for IT Managers? Is your IT team constantly battling with cybersecurity threats while struggling to maintain operational efficiency? Ensuring the security of non-human identities (NHIs) becomes as crucial as safeguarding human user credentials. Non-human identities, which include service accounts, bots, and other machine entities, play a……
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Critical CVSS 9.8 Flaw Found in IBM API Connect Authentication System
IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the application.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as an authentication bypass flaw.”IBM API Connect could allow a…
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Granular attribute-based access control for context window injections
Learn how granular attribute-based access control (ABAC) prevents context window injections in AI infrastructure using quantum-resistant security and MCP. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/granular-attribute-based-access-control-for-context-window-injections/
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Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack Drains $8.5M via Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack
Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 was likely responsible for the hack of its Google Chrome extension, ultimately resulting in the theft of approximately $8.5 million in assets.”Our Developer GitHub secrets were exposed in the attack, which gave the attacker access…