Tag: attack
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7 Reasons Teams Add Email Security Beyond Microsoft 365 E5
<div cla Quick answer: why teams layer email security on top of Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E5 is the ceiling of Microsoft native email security. It includes Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, which adds automated investigation, Threat Explorer, and Attack Simulation Training on top of the Plan 1 detection that now ships with…
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‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators
Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people who received a recent threat notification from Apple is unusually high. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/unprecedented-number-of-apple-users-received-recent-spyware-alert-say-investigators/
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Adam Shostack Talks Hugging Face & PHANTOM-B
World-class threat modeler Adam Shostack shared he was blown away by OpenAI’s revelations about the Hugging Face attack, and explains why his new threat model for LLMs is both lightweight yet still usable. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/adam-shostack-talks-hugging-face-phantom-b
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Cavern C2 Uses DNS and Google Apps Script to Blend Into Legitimate Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have traced the continued evolution of the Cavern (aka Cav3rn) command-and-control (C2) framework used by Iranian nation-state hackers in attacks targeting entities in Israel.Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said its ongoing monitoring of the threat activity cluster since December 2025 has led to the discovery of previously unreported components that expand the First seen…
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LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected
Tags: attack, backdoor, banking, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, finance, healthcare, supply-chain, technologyThe SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected sectors by the “SANDCLOCK” backdoor, which was planted as a result of the code repository compromise. According to cybersecurity experts, LiteLLM / TeamPCP Supply-Chain Attack will have long-lasting consequences. By compromising a…
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C2Looper: A New Backdoor Likely Tied To Ransomware With GitHub C2
IntroductionIn July 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified a new Rust-based malware family that we track as C2Looper, which is likely leveraged by a ransomware-related threat actor. Furthermore, ThreatLabz assesses with low to medium confidence that C2Looper has been delivered to victims through a multi-stage ClickFix infection chain. C2Looper supports backdoor commands including executing arbitrary commands, performing reconnaissance,…
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LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack Exposed Credentials Across 2,500 Organizations
Malicious LiteLLM releases may have exposed credentials from more than 2,500 organizations and hundreds of thousands of CI/CD pipelines. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity-threats/news-litellm-supply-chain-attack-credential-theft/
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Shattering the Dream When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack
ey Points Introduction Since early 2026, Check Point Research has tracked a wave of theOperation Dream Jobcampaign. This wave primarily targeted the defense sector worldwide, with a particular emphasis on companies operating in the aerospace and aviation industries. We observed the threat actor distributing modified PDF viewers designed to execute malicious payloads embedded within specially…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Target More US Water Infrastructure in New Jersey and Alabama
Iran-linked hackers targeted Water Infrastructure in New Jersey and Alabama, bringing confirmed attacks to at least 12 states, with limited disruption. The wave of cyberattacks targeting US water infrastructure has reached New Jersey and Alabama, bringing the confirmed count to at least 12 states since late July. The attacks are linked to Iranian hackers targeting…
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Former BlackFile affiliates linked to extortion campaign targeting private equity
Researchers warned that hackers are using voice-phishing attacks to pressure company employees under the guise of providing IT help desk services. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/former-blackfile-extortion-campaign-private-equity/827574/
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Ransomware Attacks Are Targeting Managers and other Business Leaders
Zscaler findings show ransomware attackers increasingly target managers and business leaders. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ransomware-attacks-are-targeting-managers-and-other-business-leaders/
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DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter
Cloudflare says it mitigated more than 800 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeding 1 Tbps in the second quarter of the year. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ddos-attacks-over-1-tbps-surged-fivefold-in-the-second-quarter/
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Plug Pwn Attack Exploits Windows PnP to Gain SYSTEM Access With Zero Clicks
Security researchers Alejandro Hernando, also known as 0xedh, and Borja MartÃnez have unveiled a research project titled >>Plug & Pwn.<< This project demonstrates how the Windows Plug and Play (PnP) driver installation workflows can be exploited to execute vendor-supplied code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges. Presented at DEF CON 34, the research explores the risky intersection…
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LiteLLM Attack Shows AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a Strategic Software Supply Chain Target
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cloud, credentials, cyber, infrastructure, malicious, pypi, software, supply-chain, theftThe March 2026 compromise of LiteLLM was more than a short-lived malicious PyPI upload. It demonstrated how an upstream breach in developer tooling can turn AI infrastructure into a high-value conduit for credential theft, cloud intrusion, and downstream software supply chain abuse. The packages were available for roughly 40 minutes before quarantine, but their brief…
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Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks
CISA confirmed today that ransomware gangs have begun abusing a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability, which has been flagged as actively exploited since early July. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-microsoft-sharepoint-flaw-now-exploited-in-ransomware-attacks/
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Water Water Everywhere Possible Iranian Attack to Water Infrastructure
In recent days, a multistate cyber campaign has reached the programmable controllers that run American water and wastewater systems, depriving operators of monitoring and control and, in some cases, contributing to loss of pressure and flooding. Beginning July 27, the FBI and Environmental Protection Agency said, utilities in at least seven states reported intrusions into..…
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New Passkey attack reveals all the things we didn’t know about passkeys
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/heres-why-the-new-pass-ta-key-attack-is-mostly-a-nothingburger/

