Tag: access
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Hackers Abuse Magento CMS Blocks to Infect Online Stores and Evade Malware Detection
Hackers are injecting JavaScript into Magento CMS blocks to maintain access to compromised storefronts while selectively hiding malicious responses from security scanners. Registered on October 6, 2026, the domain appeared on infected stores the following evening. Sixty of the 83 victims previously loaded infrastructure belonging to the same operator, including 34 infected since October 2025.…
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DreamHost Security Incident Forces Password Resets for Email and FTP/SFTP Accounts
DreamHost has implemented forced password resets for certain email and FTP/SFTP accounts following an incident that affected its File Manager and webmail services. The company restored its browser-based File Manager on October 26, 2026. However, users affected by the incident must obtain new login credentials from their account owners before they can access their accounts.…
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DreamHost Security Incident Forces Password Resets for Email and FTP/SFTP Accounts
DreamHost has implemented forced password resets for certain email and FTP/SFTP accounts following an incident that affected its File Manager and webmail services. The company restored its browser-based File Manager on October 26, 2026. However, users affected by the incident must obtain new login credentials from their account owners before they can access their accounts.…
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Australia Gets Into Amadey Malware Backend, Cuts Off Access to 180,000 Infected Computers
A criminal using the Amadey malware can no longer access or steal data from 180,000 infected computers around the world, including some in Australia, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says. The agency’s operators gained access to the criminal’s operation’s backend and cut it off from those computers.”The next steps that we took were to disconnect…
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Fake Microsoft Teams IT Support Messages Lead to Remote Access and Malware Infections
More than 400 incidents in which attackers abused Microsoft Teams external chats to impersonate IT support, obtain remote access, and deliver malware. Researchers identified recurring tenant names, deceptive display names, remote administration tools, and payload infrastructure across incidents. Teams federation, enabled by default, allows communication between organizations when both tenants permit external access. Attackers exploit…
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Microsoft 365 Token Replay Attacks Let Hackers Access Business Emails Without Passwords
Hackers accessed Microsoft 365 environments at 79 organizations by replaying stolen sign-in sessions, letting them enter business accounts without victims’ passwords. Huntress recorded 497 successful sign-ins and more than 200,000 failed attempts during the ten-week campaign, which ran from July 14 through September 22, 2026. Use of the provider’s network does not establish its involvement…
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Microsoft Authenticator vulnerability let rogue Android apps steal work account access
If you use Microsoft Authenticator on Android, update it. Researchers at Enclave found a flaw that let any app on your phone quietly take over your work account. The app … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/27/microsoft-authenticator-vulnerability-patchedcve-2026-80097/
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Hackers Abuse ConnectWise Cloud Backup Credentials to Launch AI-Driven Microsoft 365 Attacks
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, china, cloud, credentials, cyber, data, framework, hacker, microsoft, open-source, threatHackers abused compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup application credentials to access Microsoft 365 environments, escalate privileges, and plant persistent credentials. Microsoft attributed the campaign to Storm-0940, a China-state-aligned threat actor using ARTEX, an open-source agentic AI framework, to accelerate downstream attacks against more than 2,250 tenants. Successful authentication, however, does not establish data theft. Huntress initially…
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Maritime Sector to Catalog Nautical Software Vulnerabilities
Blue Initiative Will List Vulnerabilities Affecting Maritime IT or OT Systems. A new public access database launched Monday will catalogue IT and industrial control systems software vulnerabilities that affect maritime systems. The vision is to have a public and open single source of truth for maritime-related vulnerabilities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/maritime-sector-to-catalog-nautical-software-vulnerabilities-a-33216
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Critical ‘HTTP2Shell’ Brotli vulnerability triggers emergency patches
A critical flaw dubbed ‘HTTP2Shell’ in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, could allow attackers to corrupt memory and access sensitive data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-http2shell-brotli-vulnerability-triggers-emergency-patches/
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Securing AI Coding Harnesses
Why AI Agents With Shell Access Need Sandboxes, Managed Policy and Human Oversight AI coding harnesses can read files, run shell commands, install software and push code with the authority of whoever launched them. Security teams need enforced sandboxes, managed permissions, short-lived credentials and auditable records before the tools spread across the enterprise. First seen…
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Check Point Launches Firewall-as-a-Subscription as Cybersecurity Budgets Face Growing Pressure
Check Point Software Technologies has announced the launch of Firewall-as-a-Subscription, a new offering designed to make advanced AI-powered network security more accessible to organisations without requiring a significant upfront hardware investment. The new subscription model gives businesses access to Check Point Force Firewalls, AI-powered threat prevention and agentic security management through predictable monthly or annual…
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Gheist Attackers Stumble in Attempt to Abuse GitHub Tokens
A large-scale GitHub campaign abused stolen access tokens to target 13,500+ branches and repositories with secret-stealing workflows First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gheist-attackers-abuse-stolen/
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Anthropic’s Claude AI Bypasses Paywall to Access US Election Data Without Permission
Anthropic’s Claude AI reportedly bypassed a payment restriction to retrieve publicly available aggregate election counts from Georgia without human authorization. Anthropic clarified that this activity did not involve accessing Georgia’s voter registration system, altering voting records, or retrieving individual voting records. This incident underscores an important aspect of AI security: just because information is publicly…
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Secure AI Agent Access with Continuous Verification and Runtime Controls
Identity for AI: Trends, Architectures, and Maturity Models. As AI agents gain greater autonomy across the enterprise, traditional identity controls are no longer enough. Discover how runtime authorization, dynamic least privilege, and machine identity governance can help organizations securely scale AI agents without slowing innovation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/secure-ai-agent-access-continuous-verification-runtime-controls-a-33202
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Security Teams and AI Tools: Why Executives Won’t Adopt What They Can’t Control
Executives need visibility into workplace AI, clear data controls and limits on agent access before approving wider adoption. Here’s what businesses need in place. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/security-teams-ai-tools-executives-adopt-control/
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Secure AI Agents at Scale with Stronger Identity and Access Controls
Identity for AI: Trends, Architectures, and Maturity Models. As AI agents gain greater autonomy across the enterprise, traditional identity controls are no longer enough. Discover how runtime authorization, dynamic least privilege, and machine identity governance can help organizations securely scale AI agents without slowing innovation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/secure-ai-agents-at-scale-stronger-identity-access-controls-a-33202
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Forgotten AI agents may still access sensitive company data
AI agents that have not run recently retain credentials and connections to company systems, according to Arrakis Security’s 2026 Autonomous Agents Threat Report. About 76% of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/26/arrakis-dormant-ai-agent-risks-report/
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Tailscale SSH Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Gain Root Access to Connected Servers
Security researchers have revealed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Tailscale and Headscale that could let attackers gain root access to connected servers, bypass network security policies, steal credentials, and disrupt remote-access infrastructure. Erica Windisch of Cyberdione Labs published these findings in a security research report titled Tailworm. The assessment examined Tailscale version 1.104.2 and headscale version…
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Unpatched Tailscale SSH Flaws Could Let a Hacked Device Reach Root on Other Servers
A single hacked device on a Tailscale network can be used to gain root access to other servers it can reach, according to a security researcher who published the findings this week.The attack requires two things: Tailscale SSH set up to allow port forwarding, and an attacker who already controls one device that the network’s…
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OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication
OpenAI has announced plans to conduct frontier model training with no live internet access, as it resumes reinforcement learning (RL) training and internal inference of its most advanced AI models.”Based on the current state of alignment research, monitoring systems, and the security of internet infrastructure, we believe the responsible approach is to conduct frontier model…
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Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts
‘Session cookies’ are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accountsYou’ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job.What you don’t know is…
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Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared With AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads
Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the company to serve targeted ads to users based on their activity on other connected Google services.”You may choose to allow certain Google services, including services like Search or Gemini Apps, to access…
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Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared With AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads
Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the company to serve targeted ads to users based on their activity on other connected Google services.”You may choose to allow certain Google services, including services like Search or Gemini Apps, to access…
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Capcom Data Breach Exposes 11.7 Million Email Addresses
Capcom disclosed a data breach exposing 11.7 million email addresses and account details after hackers accessed its CAPCOM ID service. Japanese gaming company Capcom has disclosed a data breach discovered on October 19 involving its CAPCOM ID service, which provides access to online services and games. As of October 22, attackers stole 11,774,247 email addresses,…
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OpenAI AI Agents Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities to Escape Sandboxes and Access Host Systems
OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents escaped hardened virtual machines, bypassed network restrictions, and exchanged information across isolated environments during an internal red-teaming campaign. Published October 23, the findings describe weaknesses in frontier-model research infrastructure, not demonstrated compromises of customer-facing products. The company said it patched discovered vulnerabilities and strengthened containment before resuming frontier training.…
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Hackers Use Fake Chocolatey and Microsoft Activation Websites to Spread New Armorsteal Malware
Hackers are distributing ArmorSteal, a Python-based malware family, through fake Chocolatey and Microsoft Activation-Script websites promoted via search engine poisoning. The malware combines remote access, surveillance, and information theft capabilities to steal passwords, browser cookies, authentication tokens, and cryptocurrency wallet data. Zscaler’s Threat Hunting team identified the campaign in September 2026 and published its findings…