Tag: breach
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Going the Extra Mile: Travel Rewards Turn into Underground Currency.
Stolen airline miles are converted into flights and hotel stays, then resold as discounted travel. Flare shows how cybercriminals and underground markets treat loyalty accounts like tradable currency. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/going-the-extra-mile-travel-rewards-turn-into-underground-currency/
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83% of Cloud Breaches Start with Identity, AI Agents Are About to Make it Worse
Summary of Google’s H1 2026 Cloud Threat Horizons findings arguing identity failures, weaponized local AI tooling, and collapsing exploitation windows require AI-native security architectures and automated identity governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/83-of-cloud-breaches-start-with-identity-ai-agents-are-about-to-make-it-worse/
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PhantomRaven returns to npm with 88 bad packages
Operational patterns challenge “research experiment” claim: Despite the new waves, PhantomRaven’s core functionality has remained largely unchanged, the researchers said. They found that 257 out of 259 lines of the malware payload are identical across all waves, with the only significant modification being the command-and-control domain used to receive stolen data.Instead, the attacker focused on…
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83% of Cloud Breaches Start with Identity. AI Agents are About to Make it Worse.
Summary of Google’s H1 2026 Cloud Threat Horizons findings arguing identity failures, weaponized local AI tooling, and collapsing exploitation windows require AI-native security architectures and automated identity governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/83-of-cloud-breaches-start-with-identity-ai-agents-are-about-to-make-it-worse/
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83% of Cloud Breaches Start with Identity. AI Agents are About to Make it Worse.
Summary of Google’s H1 2026 Cloud Threat Horizons findings arguing identity failures, weaponized local AI tooling, and collapsing exploitation windows require AI-native security architectures and automated identity governance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/83-of-cloud-breaches-start-with-identity-ai-agents-are-about-to-make-it-worse/
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Hackers Exploit Remote Management Tools to Gain Initial Access to Corporate Networks
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools to breach corporate networks and establish persistent access. This tactic allows attackers to bypass traditional security defenses by blending malicious activities with routine administrative tasks. The Surge of RMM Abuse The exploitation of remote management software has become a primary initial access vector…
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Hackers Exploit Remote Management Tools to Gain Initial Access to Corporate Networks
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools to breach corporate networks and establish persistent access. This tactic allows attackers to bypass traditional security defenses by blending malicious activities with routine administrative tasks. The Surge of RMM Abuse The exploitation of remote management software has become a primary initial access vector…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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Ericsson US Hit by Cyber Attack, Hackers Steal Personal Data of Employees and Customers
Ericsson Inc., the United States subsidiary of the Swedish telecommunications giant, has confirmed a data breach affecting 15,661 of its employees and customers. The security incident did not breach Ericsson’s own networks but instead compromised a third-party service provider responsible for handling the company’s sensitive personal data.”‹”‹ Incident Details and Attack Vector The breach traces…
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Ericsson US Hit by Cyber Attack, Hackers Steal Personal Data of Employees and Customers
Ericsson Inc., the United States subsidiary of the Swedish telecommunications giant, has confirmed a data breach affecting 15,661 of its employees and customers. The security incident did not breach Ericsson’s own networks but instead compromised a third-party service provider responsible for handling the company’s sensitive personal data.”‹”‹ Incident Details and Attack Vector The breach traces…
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Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months
Researchers said the threat group behind the campaign is associated with ShinyHunters, an outfit that’s previously stolen data from Salesforce instances for extortion attempts. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/salesforce-experience-cloud-customers-attacks/
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235,000 affected by cyberattack on largest ambulance provider in Wisconsin
The company said Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial accounts, medical information and health insurance information was stolen during the cyberattack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/235000-affected-cyberattack-ambulance-provider
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Why zero trust breaks down in IoT and OT environments
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, firewall, firmware, group, identity, infrastructure, iot, network, nist, resilience, risk, service, tool, update, zero-trustThe IoT and OT blind spot: IoT and OT environments consistently exhibit three characteristics that create persistent security blind spots.First, visibility is incomplete by design. Devices are frequently deployed by facilities teams, engineering groups, or third-party integrators rather than security organizations. Asset inventories lag reality. Telemetry is sparse, proprietary, or intermittent. Many devices communicate only…
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Cal AI, New Owner of MyFitnessPal, Hit by Alleged Breach of 3 Million Users
Cal AI faces data breach claims after hackers post alleged data of 3 million users, including emails, health details, and subscriptions. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cal-ai-myfitnesspal-data-breach-3m-users/
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Attackers exploit FortiGate devices to access sensitive network information
Attackers are exploiting FortiGate devices to breach networks and steal configuration data containing service account credentials and network details. SentinelOne researchers warn that attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities or weak credentials in FortiGate devices to gain initial access to corporate networks. Once inside, they extract configuration files that may contain service account credentials and information about…
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ShinyHunters Hackers Threaten 400 Firms Over Stolen Salesforce Data
ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data from 400 firms via Salesforce portals and is threatening to leak the information unless ransom demands are paid. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/shinyhunters-hackers-threat-stolen-salesforce-data/
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FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials
Tags: breach, credentials, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, network, service, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks. The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Ericsson Breach Exposes Data of 15k Employees and Customers
Ericsson data breach affects 15k employees/customers after third-party service provider compromise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ericsson-breach-exposes-data-15k/
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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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Hackers may have breached FBI wiretap network via supply chain
A suspected breach of the FBI’s wiretap network has investigators asking whether a nation-state was involved. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/hackers-may-have-breached-fbi-wiretap-network-via-supply-chain/
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Ericsson blames vendor vishing slip-up for breach exposing thousands of records
Crooks used simple phone scam to compromise vendor account, spilling personal and financial data belonging to more than 15,000 people First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/10/ericsson_blames_vendor_vishing_slipup/
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Prevention is the Only Cloud Security Strategy That Works
In the evolving digital economy, adopting a prevention-first strategy for cloud workflows is essential. This article explores the importance of preemptive security measures to protect sensitive operations from breaches, detailing steps for organizations to enhance their security posture. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/prevention-is-the-only-cloud-security-strategy-that-works/
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MIND is the first data security company to achieve ISO 42001 certification
Tags: ai, automation, breach, control, data, framework, governance, incident response, international, monitoring, organized, risk, risk-assessment, toolAI is embedded in security tools across the enterprise. MIND is the first data security company to answer how their AI is governed, audited and held accountable. The AI tools built into your security stack are making decisions at a scale no human team can match. They’re classifying data, scoring risk, triggering enforcement and shaping…
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Ericsson US confirms breach after third-party provider attack
Ericsson US reports a data breach after attackers hacked a service provider, exposing employee and customer information. Ericsson Inc., the U.S. branch of the Swedish telecom giant, disclosed a data breach after a service provider was hacked. The attack compromised the personal information of an unspecified number of employees and customers. >>On April 28, 2025,…
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ShinyHunters Targets Hundreds of Websites in New Salesforce Campaign
Prolific ShinyHunters group claims to have stolen data from nearly 400 websites in Experience Cloud attacks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/shinyhunters-hundreds-websites/
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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…