Tag: access
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Windows Hello Key Abuse Lets Attackers Access Microsoft Entra ID Accounts
Security researcher has disclosed a technique involving Windows Hello for Business (WHFB) that could allow attackers with access to an active Windows user session to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID services without needing the victim’s PIN, biometric verification, or password. Mollema’s research demonstrates how attackers can effectively “borrow” the cryptographic key that underlies Windows Hello…
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Researchers Discover Hidden Backdoor in 20 Router Models Allowing Remote Root Access
A hidden backdoor in 20 router models lets remote servers execute commands as root, putting affected devices at risk of takeover. Jacob Baines had a router on his desk that kept trying to call home, and it wasn’t supposed to. VulnCheck researchers found a backdoor baked into Zbtlink routers, and it’s not the kind of…
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Malware Can Abuse Windows Hello for Business Keys for Persistent Entra ID Access
Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that manipulates network address translation (NAT) connection state to hijack active TCP sessions, spoof DNS responses, disclose victim IP addresses and mapped ports, and exhaust NAT tables.Presented at Black Hat USA 2026, Stagg said the techniques were demonstrated across network infrastructure devices First…
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Point72 Among Major Hedge Funds Targeted in Cyberattack on Wall Street Through Voice Phishing Campaign
A cyberattack on Wall Street recently targeted several leading hedge funds, including Point72 Asset Management, Millennium Management, Two Sigma Investments, and Citadel. The attackers used voice phishing, or “vishing,” to trick employees into revealing sensitive information or granting access to internal systems. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/point72-cyberattack-on-wall-street/
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1Password Adds Privileged Access Controls for Human and AI Identities
1Password has launched Privileged Access, extending its Unified Access platform into privileged access management with controls designed to remove standing permissions from human and AI identities. The July 28 launch came ahead of Black Hat USA 2026, where identity security and AI-agent controls are major themes. 1Password said Privileged Access provisions permissions when they are..…
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Samsung’s August Update Patches 56 Security Vulnerabilities Across Galaxy Devices
Samsung’s August 2026 Galaxy update fixes 56 Android and One UI security flaws, including critical vulnerabilities and clipboard access risks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-samsung-august-2026-galaxy-security-update/
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How Agentic AI Scales Cybercrime
Google’s Hultquist on Autonomous Attacks and Behavioral Defense. Cybercriminals are using agentic AI to automate intrusions, rewrite malware and scale operations with stolen access to artificial intelligence services. Google’s John Hultquist explains why signature-based defenses are losing ground and how behavioral detection can help security teams respond. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-agentic-ai-scales-cybercrime-a-32449
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ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories
Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job.This week runs on cheap leverage: exposed servers, recycled bugs, poisoned agent instructions, remote-access tools dressed as support software, and trusted defaults doing attackers a favor.Nothing here…
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AI code security with Claude Mythos Preview: Inside Tenable’s 500+ hours of testing for Project Glasswing
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, reverse-engineering, risk, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityWe spent 500+ hours and 40 billion tokens testing Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview for Project Glasswing. The takeaway: frontier AI won’t run your code security program, but used well, it can make one even stronger. Key takeaways Frontier AI dramatically scales security testing. In one month, Tenable dedicated 11 security experts and more than 40…
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Black Hat USA: TP-Link Flaws Put Omada Controllers and Camera Feeds at Risk
Forescout disclosed 15 TP-Link flaws at Black Hat USA 2026 that could expose Omada credentials and VPN keys, allow internal access and affect VIGI camera feeds. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/black-hat-usa-tp-link-flaws-omada-credentials-camera-risk/
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Cloudflare Launches Open-Source OS to Secure AI Agents’ Access to Internal Data
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, a platform designed to provide enterprise AI agents with controlled access to internal systems, company context, and workflows without exposing long-lived credentials or bypassing access controls. This release addresses a significant security challenge for enterprises: while agents need access to business data and tools to be effective, conventional API keys…
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Discounted Claude access bought on the gray market may expose every prompt you send
More than half a dozen services advertised on underground forums and messaging platforms, offering discounted or >>unlimited<< token access to frontier AI models, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/ai-model-access-fraud-gray-market/
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Meta AI Model Hacked a Company During Testing, Marking Third AI Lab Incident
Meta says an AI model hacked a company during testing after accidental internet access, marking the third disclosed AI lab breach in weeks. Meta confirmed that one of its AI models breached an unidentified company during cybersecurity testing, after its independent testing partner Irregular gave the model unintended internet access through a misconfiguration. This is…
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Attackers Compile khunt Inside Oracle to Turn SQL Injection Into Windows SYSTEM Access
Attackers broke into an organization’s Oracle database through a SQL injection flaw in a public-facing web application, then installed a post-exploitation toolkit without writing an executable to disk. They fed Java source code to the database, let Oracle compile it into stored schema objects, and ran commands from inside the database engine.Huntress, which tracks the…
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OpenAI Agents Worked Together to Find Exploits and Hack External Systems
OpenAI has revealed new details about an incident involving AI agents, in which multiple autonomous agents reportedly worked together to identify vulnerabilities, bypass containment measures, and gain access to external systems during a cybersecurity evaluation. Speaking at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI alignment researcher Eric Wallace and security and infrastructure specialist Michael…
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CISA Flags TeamCity CVE-2026-63077 RCE Flaw Under Active Exploitation in the Wild
Tags: access, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly patched security flaw impacting on-premise versions of JetBrains TeamCity has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-63077 (CVSS score: 9.8), a case of deserialization of untrusted data that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with access to a TeamCity…
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Hackers Abuse Cloud Startup Credits to Resell Claude and Gemini AI Access
Threat actors are exploiting free cloud trials and startup credit programs to build gray-market AI proxy services. These services resell discounted access to advanced AI models, including Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini, according to Okta Threat Intelligence. These services rely on fraudulent or synthetic account registrations to accumulate promotional credits offered by cloud providers. The…
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Surf AI Adds Claude Compliance Integration and Exposure Reduction Operations
Surf AI has added an integration with Claude’s Compliance API and made Exposure Reduction Operations generally available, extending its platform to govern AI model connectivity alongside identity, cloud and SaaS exposures. The Claude integration pulls activity logs from an organization’s Claude environment, maps connection and access paths to an accountable owner in Surf’s Context Graph,..…
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Suppliers, logins, and AI tools are all becoming attack paths
Cybercriminals and state-backed hacking groups are abusing trusted identities, cloud services, AI tools, and software supply chains to gain access while avoiding detection, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/06/crowdstrike-cyber-threat-trends-report/
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Hybridansatz für umfassendere Schwachstellenerkennung: Checkmarx stellt Checkmarx Fusion vor
Neue Architektur kombiniert bewährte AppSec-Scan-Engines mit KI-gestützter Analyse und ermöglicht eine präzisere Schwachstellenerkennung über den gesamten Softwareentwicklungszyklus hinweg. Checkmarx, Anbieter für autonome, Cloud-native Anwendungssicherheit, stellt mit Checkmarx Fusion einen neuen hybriden Scan-Ansatz vor, der ab sofort im Rahmen eines Early-Access-Programms für Kunden verfügbar ist. Checkmarx Fusion kombiniert die bewährten AppSec-Scan-Engines und den proprietären Sicherheitskontext… First…
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A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/a-security-pro-hacked-north-korean-hackers-he-found-theyd-breached-hundreds-of-networks-worldwide/
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ElringKlinger modernisiert Identity- und Access-Management mit Omada Identity
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/identity-access-management-modernisierung
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VulnCheck Warns That Chinese Zbtlink Routers Include a Backdoor
VulnCheck researcher say at least 100,000 Chinese-made Zbtlink routers around the world may include an intentionally implanted backdoor dubbed “Endlessdoors” that could give threat actors access to devices on the network. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/vulncheck-warns-that-chinese-zbtlink-routers-include-a-backdoor/
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DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights”, but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-protesters-signal-group-chats/
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Cycode Opens Early Access to Agentic Workflows for Application Security
Cycode is making Agentic Workflows available in early access, giving AI agents the ability to detect, prioritize and fix application-development risks as they appear. The company is demonstrating the capability at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas. Agentic Workflows operate across the application development lifecycle. Security teams define the triggers, actions and confidence thresholds,..…
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Apple Challenges UK Demand For Access To Encrypted iCloud Data
Apple is challenging a UK order reportedly requiring access to encrypted iCloud data, reviving a wider dispute over privacy, security, and lawful access. The post Apple Challenges UK Demand For Access To Encrypted iCloud Data appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-challenges-uk-encrypted-icloud-order-emea/