Tag: attack
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Copyright Complaint Lures Linked to New PureLog Stealer Credential Theft Wave
Threat actors are actively distributing the PureLog Stealer through a sophisticated, multi-stage attack campaign disguised as legal copyright violation notices. This information-stealing malware is engineered to silently harvest sensitive data, including browser credentials, browser extensions, cryptocurrency wallets, and detailed system information. The campaign selectively targets organizations within the healthcare, government, hospitality, and education sectors across…
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Your Lateral Movement Detection Tools Are Missing 90% of Attacks. Here’s Why.
Compare lateral movement detection tools vs. Attack Path Discovery. Understand how Morpheus AI correlates full attack paths in under 2 minutes. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/your-lateral-movement-detection-tools-are-missing-90-of-attacks-heres-why/
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Inside the Growing ‘Cyber Invasion’ Targeting the US
Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers on Nation-State Attacks and Defense. Leslie Beavers, retired brigadier general and former acting CIO and principal deputy CIO of the Department of Defense, said the United States is already experiencing a cyber invasion, driven by coordinated activity from adversaries including Iran, China, Russia and North Korea. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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TDL 018 – How To Think, Not What To Think – Mitch Prior
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, blockchain, business, cctv, china, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, credentials, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, firmware, google, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, jobs, law, mail, malware, military, network, phone, privacy, resilience, risk, router, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wifi, zero-trustThe Human Algorithm in a Zero-Trust World In the latest episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with cybersecurity expert Mitch Prior to discuss the intersection of high-tech security and human intuition. From their first meeting in 2018″, the early days of Zero Trust”, the duo explores why the “why” behind technical…
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Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
Admins: Sorry to say, but it’s likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack/
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ISMG Editors: Stryker Attack Hits Healthcare Supply Chain
Also: CISA Protocol Concerns, AI Agents Push Past Cybersecurity Controls. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors unpacked the cyber dimensions of the Stryker attack amid the escalating Iran-Israel-U.S. tensions, the growing controversy around CISA leadership and alleged protocol breaches, and a new set of concerns related to AI agents bypassing security controls. First seen…
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FBI links Signal phishing attacks to Russian intelligence services
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp in phishing campaigns that have already compromised thousands of accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-links-signal-phishing-attacks-to-russian-intelligence-services/
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Aisuru, KimWolf Botnets Disrupted in International Operation
No Arrests, But Virtual Servers, IP Addresses Seized and Residencies Searched. U.S. authorities seized KimWolf – the attack infrastructure responsible for the largest distributed denial of service attack yet recorded in an international police operation that swept up servers underpinning four botnets. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/aisuru-kimwolf-botnets-disrupted-in-international-operation-a-31105
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CISA Recommends Privileged Access Controls for Endpoint Management After Stryker Incident
Tags: access, attack, cisa, control, credentials, cybersecurity, endpoint, infrastructure, microsoftThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a rare and urgent advisory following a March 11, 2026 cyberattack that disrupted the Microsoft environment of Stryker Corporation. Reports indicate the attackers gained access through a compromised Intune administrator account, created a new global admin, and used it to wipe managed devices. At its core, this appears to be a credential-driven attack and part of……
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Cyber OpSec Fail: Beast Gang Exposes Ransomware Server
Files on a central cloud server used by the ransomware group highlight a systematic, aggressive attack on network backups as a key TTP. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/opsec-beast-gang-exposes-ransomware-server
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UK Cyber Monitoring Centre plans expansion in US amid risk of Category 5 attack
Organisations lulled into a false sense of security after Russian invasion of Ukraine are still at risk of a Category 5 attack in 2026 First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366640484/UK-Cyber-Monitoring-Centre-plans-expansion-in-US-amid-risk-of-Category-5-attack
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Critical Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-33017 Triggers Attacks within 20 Hours of Disclosure
A critical security flaw impacting Langflow has come under active exploitation within 20 hours of public disclosure, highlighting the speed at which threat actors weaponize newly published vulnerabilities.The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-33017 (CVSS score: 9.3), is a case of missing authentication combined with code injection that could result in remote code execution.”The POST /api/v1…
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US seizes domains and infrastructure used in sprawling botnet campaigns
The Justice Department said on Thursday evening that the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets were used to target victims with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that overloaded websites and made them unreachable. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-seizes-botnet-infrastructure-four-large-networks
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Interlock Ransomware Targets Cisco Enterprise Firewalls
The ransomware gang, known for double-extortion attacks, had access to a critical Cisco firewall vulnerability weeks before it was publicly disclosed. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/interlock-ransomware-targets-cisco-enterprise-firewalls
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Specterops erweitert sein Attack-Path-Management für Identitäten auf Okta, Github und Mac
Specterops, Entwickler von Bloodhound und führender Anbieter für Identity-Attack-Path-Management (APM), erweitert seine Lösung um die Unterstützung für Okta, Github und Mac-Umgebungen. Mit den neuen Opengraph-Erweiterungen in Bloodhound-Enterprise können Identity- und Sicherheitsteams plattformübergreifende Angriffspfade (Attack-Paths) gezielt erkennen und schließen. Darüber hinaus sorgen privilegierte Zugriffszonen für den Schutz kritischer Unternehmenswerte wie Code-Repositorys und sensibler Kundendaten. Specterops präsentiert…
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Magento PolyShell Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Uploads, RCE and Account Takeover
Sansec is warning of a critical security flaw in Magento’s REST API that could allow unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary executables and achieve code execution and account takeover.The vulnerability has been codenamed PolyShell by Sansec owing to the fact that the attack hinges on disguising malicious code as an image. There is no evidence that…
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Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge
Apple warns that outdated iPhones are vulnerable to Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits and urges users to update iOS. Apple has warned that iPhones running outdated iOS versions are at risk from exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword. These attacks use malicious web content to trigger infection chains that can steal sensitive data. Users are…
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How to Block Bots and Stop Bot Attacks on Your Website, Apps, APIs
Learn how to block bots and stop bot attacks on your website, app, and APIs. From basic techniques to advanced AI-powered bot management, we cover what works, what doesn’t, and why. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/how-to-block-bots-and-stop-bot-attacks-on-your-website-apps-apis/
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Authorities disrupt four IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks
The U.S. Justice Department and international partners have disrupted four IoT botnets linked to DDoS attacks that reached 30 terabits per second, among the largest ever recorded. First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/20/us-disrupts-iot-botnets-ddos-attacks-aisuru-kimwolf/
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The Importance of Behavioral Analytics in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result, First seen…
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What to Do When Your Website Is Under a DDoS Attack
A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack can disrupt your website within minutes, making it inaccessible to users and impacting business operations. These attacks flood your server or network with massive volumes of malicious traffic, overwhelming resources and preventing legitimate users from accessing your services. With DDoS attacks becoming more frequent and sophisticated, businesses must act quickly……
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Unpatched ScreenConnect servers open to attack (CVE-2026-3564)
ConnectWise has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3564) that could enable attackers to hijack ScreenConnect sessions by abusing ASP.NET machine keys to forge trusted … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/20/connectwise-screenconnect-cve-2026-3564/
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Unpatched ScreenConnect servers open to attack (CVE-2026-3564)
ConnectWise has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3564) that could enable attackers to hijack ScreenConnect sessions by abusing ASP.NET machine keys to forge trusted … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/20/connectwise-screenconnect-cve-2026-3564/
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CISA Warns Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 0-Day Is Being Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, flaw, infrastructure, ransomware, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting heavily relied-upon Cisco security products. Tracked officially as CVE-2026-20131, this severe flaw is actively being exploited by cybercriminals in targeted ransomware campaigns. Organizations relying on Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Cisco Security Cloud Control must take immediate…
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CISA Warns Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 0-Day Is Being Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, flaw, infrastructure, ransomware, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting heavily relied-upon Cisco security products. Tracked officially as CVE-2026-20131, this severe flaw is actively being exploited by cybercriminals in targeted ransomware campaigns. Organizations relying on Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Cisco Security Cloud Control must take immediate…
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…