Tag: control
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Windows Privilege Escalation: SeRestorePrivilege
Overview SeRestorePrivilege is a Windows special privilege that allows its holder to restore files and directories, effectively bypassing discretionary access controls on the file system. First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/windows-privilege-escalation-serestoreprivilege/
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Hackers Abuse Ethereum Smart Contracts to Hide Amatera Stealer C2 Servers
Hackers are increasingly abusing decentralized infrastructure and legitimate development frameworks to evade detection, with a newly observed campaign leveraging Ethereum smart contracts to conceal command-and-control (C2) endpoints for the Amatera Stealer infostealer. These lures are propagated عبر malicious websites, file-sharing platforms such as Google Drive, MEGA, GoFile, and Wormhole, and spoofed download portals designed to…
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Microsoft Defender XDR Blind Spot Lets Public C2 Traffic Evade Detection Queries
Microsoft Defender XDR users may inadvertently overlook command-and-control (C2) traffic when searching for Internet-bound connections due to a specific behavior in how IP addresses are classified. This issue arises from Kusto Query Language (KQL) detections that depend solely on filtering by RemoteIPType == >>Public<< in the DeviceNetworkEvents table. As a result, traffic destined for public…
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The air gap is a myth and other OT security truths
Benjamin Bachmann, Director Group Information Security at Bilfinger, speaks with Help Net Security about defending industrial plants. He explains why attackers want to control … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/benjamin-bachmann-bilfinger-ot-security/
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HOLLOWGRAPH Malware Turns Microsoft 365 Calendar Events Into Covert CommandControl Channels
HOLLOWGRAPH, a Windows malware implant that transforms Microsoft 365 calendar events into a covert command-and-control channel. This malware, which is highly likely linked to the Cavern modular backdoor framework, utilizes the Microsoft Graph API to retrieve tasks from operators and to exfiltrate stolen data via a compromised Microsoft 365 mailbox. This technique enables malicious communications…
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New HollowGraph malware uses Microsoft Graph for stealthy C2 comms
A malicious component dubbed HollowGraph uses the calendar feature in compromised Microsoft 365 mailboxes as a command-and-control channel to receive attacker commands and exfiltrate stolen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hollowgraph-malware-uses-microsoft-graph-for-stealthy-c2-comms/
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Salt Security tackles AI governance challenge with 100 pre-built agentic security policies
Salt Security has expanded its Policy Hub to include 100 pre-built security policies, as organisations look for practical ways to govern AI agents across enterprise environments. The company says the milestone creates one of the industry’s largest libraries of governance policies for agentic AI, covering APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, authentication, access controls, compliance…
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New Continuous Runtime Security Validation service aims to strengthen fintech cyber resilience
Fintech organisations across the UK and Ireland can now access a new service designed to provide ongoing assurance over production security following a strategic partnership between Critical Cloud and Tarian Labs. The Continuous Runtime Security Validation offering helps businesses continuously verify that their security controls remain effective as cloud environments, applications and AI capabilities evolve.…
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Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs
A solo Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” outsourced a chunk of their operations to Google’s open-source Gemini CLI artificial intelligence (AI) and commandeered a live botnet.The findings come from an analysis of 200 Gemini CLI session logs between March 19 and April 21, 2026, which found the threat actor using AI, among other things,…
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Seven Malicious Vite npm Packages Use Blockchain C2 to Deliver a RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of seven malicious npm packages targeting the Vite frontend tooling ecosystem as part of a software supply chain attack.The malicious package campaign, codenamed ViteVenom by Checkmarx, marks an expansion of ChainVeil, which was observed using an “unprecedented” four-tier blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure spanning Tron, First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Five-Layer Fileless Malware Uses JScript and PowerShell to Evade AMSI and Load .NET Payload
An active phishing campaign using a five-layer, fileless malware loader to evade Microsoft’s Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), static detection controls, and disk-based forensic analysis. The campaign delivers a Windows Script Host JScript payload inside a TAR archive disguised as a purchase order, ultimately loading a .NET assembly directly into memory. The activity was first observed…
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Millions of Shark Robot Vacuums Vulnerable to Unpatched Remote Code Execution Flaw
Millions of internet-connected Shark robot vacuums may be vulnerable to a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw that could allow attackers to control devices remotely, access onboard cameras, retrieve home maps, and potentially steal stored Wi-Fi credentials. An independent researcher disclosed this issue following a 90-day reporting period, and it arises from overly permissive AWS…
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Millions of Shark Robot Vacuums Vulnerable to Unpatched Remote Code Execution Flaw
Millions of internet-connected Shark robot vacuums may be vulnerable to a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw that could allow attackers to control devices remotely, access onboard cameras, retrieve home maps, and potentially steal stored Wi-Fi credentials. An independent researcher disclosed this issue following a 90-day reporting period, and it arises from overly permissive AWS…
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Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide
Pull the certificate off the flash of a Shark RV2320EDUS robot vacuum, and you can run root commands on other people’s Shark vacuums across the same AWS region: watch the camera, drive the robot, read the map of the house, and take the Wi-Fi password in plaintext.A researcher publishing under the handle tokay0 put the…
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Smashing Security podcast #476: Remote-control rickshaws and rogue book marketers
An app has appeared in India that lets anyone with a smartphone stop a passing e-rickshaw dead in its tracks – no login, no passwords, no permissions needed. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-476/
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Claude Code and DeepSeek Powered Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign
Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in June 2026 while pivoting on known TencShell command-and-control infrastructure. A single HTTP header fingerprint on port 1111 led them to 13 Hong Kong-based servers and, on one of…
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions VPN Provider and Cryptor Seller Behind Billions in Ransomware Losses
U.S. sanctions hit VPN provider 1VPNS and a cryptor seller for enabling ransomware gangs behind billions in losses to critical infrastructure. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two individuals and one entity on July 13 for supplying tools and infrastructure to ransomware groups that have caused billions of dollars in losses to…
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LabubaRAT Masquerades as NVIDIA Software to Control Windows Hosts
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Rust-based remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed LabubaRAT that masquerades as NVIDIA software to blend into target environments.”LabubaRAT creates a reusable foothold for hands-on activity,” Blackpoint Cyber researchers Sam Decker and Nevan Beal said in an analysis published today. “Once deployed, it can profile the host, First seen on…
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LabubaRAT Masquerades as NVIDIA Software to Control Windows Hosts
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Rust-based remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed LabubaRAT that masquerades as NVIDIA software to blend into target environments.”LabubaRAT creates a reusable foothold for hands-on activity,” Blackpoint Cyber researchers Sam Decker and Nevan Beal said in an analysis published today. “Once deployed, it can profile the host, First seen on…
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RabbitMQ Flaws Could Leak OAuth Secrets and Expose Cross-Tenant Queue Metadata
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two access control-related flaws impacting the RabbitMQ message broker service that could allow attackers to leak OAuth client secrets, expose enterprise messaging infrastructure to takeover risks, and bypass tenant boundaries.Miggo’s security team, which discovered and reported the flaws, said one “leaks the broker’s confidential OAuth First seen on thehackernews.com…
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US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-vpn-malware-providers-linked-to-ransomware-gangs/
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U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors’ and other cybercriminals’ malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans.The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian First…
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RabbitMQ Vulnerability Exposes OAuth Secrets to Attackers
A newly disclosed RabbitMQ vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5721, has raised concerns among enterprise users after researchers revealed that the flaw could allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve a broker’s confidential OAuth client secret. The successful exploitation could enable attackers to impersonate the broker, obtain administrator-level access, and potentially take control of the messaging infrastructure. First seen…
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Fake Bank Apps Let Scammers Control Android Phones in Southeast Asia
RedHook malware uses fake banking and government apps to steal data and control Android phones, with attacks confirmed in Vietnam and Indonesia so far. The post Fake Bank Apps Let Scammers Control Android Phones in Southeast Asia appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-android-malware-apac-southeast-asia/
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Hackers Can Exploit RabbitMQ OAuth Flaw to Access Every Message, Queue, and User
Security researchers have disclosed two access-control vulnerabilities in RabbitMQ, the open-source message broker used in an estimated 8% of all containers running today, that could allow attackers to seize full administrative control of a broker or silently map out sensitive queue data across shared tenants. Both flaws were discovered by Miggo Security’s autonomous research system,…
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The quiet rise of digital identity: Convenience, control and the new social contract
Governments are rapidly expanding digital identity systems, promising greater convenience and faster access to services, but concerns around privacy, trust, surveillance and inclusion continue to grow First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645703/The-quiet-rise-of-digital-identity-Convenience-control-and-the-new-social-contract
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AWS centralizes access, spending, and governance for Claude
Claude apps gateway for AWS is a self-hosted control plane that gives organizations a single point of control over access, costs, and policies for Claude Code and Claude … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/09/aws-claude-apps-gateway-governance/
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New Helix Extortion Group Targets Enterprises With MFA Abuse and SharePoint Exfiltration
A previously unreported data extortion operation dubbed “Helix” that targets enterprises using identity-focused entry techniques and automated SharePoint exfiltration. The group’s playbook combines voice phishing (vishing), device-code phishing to capture session tokens and bypass Conditional Access controls, rapid MFA registration for persistence, and scripted enumeration and bulk download of SharePoint content all staged from shared…