Tag: access
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Salesforce Sounds Alarm Over Fresh Data Extortion Campaign
CRM-Obsessed ShinyHunters Gang Exploits Misconfigured Customer Experience Portals. A prolific and noisy cybercrime gang with a penchant for stealing Salesforce customers’ data and holding it ransom is taking advantage of misconfigured guest accounts meant to provide public access to services meant to remain private, using a Google scanning tool to identify vulnerable accounts. First seen…
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Closed Loop Security: Zero Trust, C2C Ransomware Defense
<div cla In Part 1 of this series, we established the core problem facing cybersecurity today: it still operates as an open-loop system. Tools detect alerts, behaviors, and anomalies, but they do not enforce whether systems remain in a known-good, trusted state. As a result, security teams are perpetually reacting to symptoms rather than preventing…
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Before the Breach: Identity Persistence Through Stolen Credentials
Stolen credentials often remain active long before a breach. See how identity persistence drives initial access risk. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/before-the-breach-identity-persistence-through-stolen-credentials/
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The Economic Argument: The Real Cost of Insecure APIs in the AI Era
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, business, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, identity, injection, international, jobs, malicious, privacy, regulation, risk, threat, tool, vulnerabilityWhen cybersecurity teams talk about risk, they usually speak in technical terms like vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack vectors. But when they walk into the boardroom, they need to speak a different language. They need to speak about cost. In the era of AI, the cost of insecure APIs has shifted from a potential liability to…
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Threat actors use custom AuraInspector to harvest data from Salesforce systems
Attackers are mass-scanning Salesforce Experience Cloud sites using a modified AuraInspector tool to exploit misconfigurations and access sensitive data. Salesforce CSOC warns that threat actors are mass-scanning publicly accessible Experience Cloud sites using a modified version of the AuraInspector tool. AuraInspector is an open”‘source command”‘line tool released by Google/Mandiant to audit Salesforce Aura and Experience…
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CISA Alerts on Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerability Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild
Tags: access, authentication, cisa, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a newly disclosed security vulnerability affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, warning that the issue is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1603, allows attackers to bypass authentication protections and potentially access sensitive credential data…
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Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT
From password theft to persistence: The second stage malware, internally referred to as “GhostLoader,” is a large JavaScript bundle implementing both an infostealer and a remote access framework. Once launched, GhostLoader installs itself into a hidden directory disguised as an npm telemetry service and sets up persistence mechanisms which include shell configuration hooks that automatically…
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The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firewall, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, ISO-27001, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, office, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, stuxnet, supply-chain, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhy everyone knows it’s burning, but nobody pulls the fire alarm: When I talk to OT managers, production leads or plant engineers, I rarely hear, “We didn’t know we had a problem.” Far more often, it’s, “We know it’s critical, but we can’t just shut it down.” This gap between awareness and action is the…
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Why access decisions are becoming the weakest link in identity security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, ciso, control, credentials, data, finance, governance, group, iam, identity, least-privilege, login, okta, radius, risk, saas, service, technology, toolThe SSO fallacy: Why authentication is not a guarantee: I’m often asked by business and technology leaders, “If we have SSO enabled, why do we still need to worry about granular access controls?” The underlying assumption is that once a user is authenticated through a central, secure portal, the hard work is done.In practice, SSO…
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KI im IAM? Vorsicht walten lassen und mit Kontext prompten
Viele Firmen wollen möglichst zügig künstliche Intelligenz auch im Identity und Access Management nutzen. Larry Chinski, Chief Strategy Officer bei One Identity, argumentiert demgegenüber für eine einheitliche »Identity Fabric«, um die Cyberresilienz zu stärken. Ohne den richtigen Kontext, ohne Kontrolle und Übersicht, so warnt Chinski, bringt KI eher neue Risiken mit sich, statt sie zu……
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I replaced manual pen tests with automation. Here’s what I learned.
Tags: access, attack, breach, control, cvss, detection, exploit, infrastructure, intelligence, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, tactics, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe remediation black hole: Perhaps most frustrating was what happened after we received findings. Our teams would work diligently to implement fixes, but we rarely had the budget or opportunity to bring testers back to validate remediation. We were left with uncertainty. This gap between identification and verification created a dangerous blind spot in our…
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SurxRAT Android Malware Uses LLMs for Phishing and Data Theft
Tags: access, android, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, LLM, malware, phishing, ransomware, theftA new Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named SurxRAT, which is being sold as a commercial malware platform through a Telegram-based malware”‘as”‘a”‘service (MaaS) ecosystem. The malware, marketed under the SURXRAT V5 branding, enables cybercriminals to create customized Android malware builds capable of surveillance, credential theft, remote device control, and ransomware-style device locking. The malware appears…
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Threat Actors Mass-Scan Salesforce Experience Cloud via Modified AuraInspector Tool
Salesforce has warned of an increase in threat actor activity that’s aimed at exploiting misconfigurations in publicly accessible Experience Cloud sites by making use of a customized version of an open-source tool called AuraInspector.The activity, per the company, involves the exploitation of customers’ overly permissive Experience Cloud guest user configurations to obtain access to sensitive…
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Signed malware posing as Teams and Zoom apps drops RMM backdoors
A wave of phishing campaigns that used signed malware posing as popular workplace apps like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Adobe Reader to deploy remote monitoring and management (RMM) backdoors. The activity, attributed to an as-yet unidentified threat actor, highlights how trusted branding and valid-looking digital signatures can be abused to gain stealthy, long-term access in…
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Hackers Use Microsoft Teams to Manipulate Employees Into Allowing Remote Access
A newly discovered malware operation is targeting employees at finance and healthcare organizations by posing as internal IT support. Once inside, the attackers deploy a stealthy new tool called the A0Backdoor. Cybersecurity researchers at BlueVoyant have identified a threat group, known as Blitz Brigantine or Storm-1811, using email bombing and Microsoft Teams messages to trick…
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Microsoft Teams phishing targets employees with A0Backdoor malware
Hackers contacted employees at financial and healthcare organizations over Microsoft Teams to trick them into granting remote access through Quick Assist and deploy a new piece of malware called A0Backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-phishing-targets-employees-with-backdoors/
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Microsoft Teams phishing targets employees with A0Backdoor malware
Hackers contacted employees at financial and healthcare organizations over Microsoft Teams to trick them into granting remote access through Quick Assist and deploy a new piece of malware called A0Backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-phishing-targets-employees-with-backdoors/
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Microsoft Teams phishing targets employees with backdoors
Hackers contacted employees at financial and healthcare organizations over Microsoft Teams to trick them into granting remote access through Quick Assist and deploy a new piece of malware called A0Backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-phishing-targets-employees-with-backdoors/
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President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America: What It Means for the U.S. and Why It Matters Globally
Tags: access, ai, awareness, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, computing, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, governance, government, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malicious, network, regulation, resilience, risk, skills, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustPresident Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America signals a shift toward risk-based security and cooperation across emerging technologies. While centered on U.S. interests, the strategy provides a blueprint to collectively strengthen global cyber resilience. Key takeaways Cybersecurity as a global security imperative: The strategy signals that cybersecurity has evolved beyond a mere “IT issue” to become…
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AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey’s chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours
David and Goliath”¦but with AI agents First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/09/mckinsey_ai_chatbot_hacked/
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Cloud attacks exploit flaws more than weak credentials
Hackers are increasingly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in third-party software to gain initial access to cloud environments, with the window for attacks shrinking from weeks to just days. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-cloud-attacks-exploit-flaws-more-than-weak-credentials/
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Dutch govt warns of Signal, WhatsApp account hijacking attacks
Russian state-sponsored hackers have been linked to an ongoing Signal and WhatsApp phishing campaign targeting government officials, military personnel, and journalists to gain access to sensitive messages. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dutch-govt-warns-of-signal-whatsapp-account-hijacking-attacks/
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Going Passwordless in Healthcare: Overcoming Hurdles
Healthcare CISOs and their teams often contemplate the benefits of going passwordless in their organizations but face pushback from clinicians concerned that the new tech will slow down their access to critical patient care systems or disrupt their workflow. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/going-passwordless-in-healthcare-overcoming-hurdles-i-5528
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Sensor-Level Access Control: A Game-Changer for Colocation Providers
Hyperview’s sensor-level access control is revolutionizing the way colocation providers manage shared infrastructure. By enabling granular access to individual sensors, providers can enhance security, streamline operations, and deliver real-time visibility to clients”, all without additional hardware or complexity. Discover how this innovative solution is transforming the industry. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/sensor-level-access-control-a-game-changer-for-colocation-providers/