Tag: credentials
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Password managers under increasing threat as infostealers triple and adapt
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, breach, ceo, cloud, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, email, encryption, exploit, finance, hacker, identity, intelligence, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, password, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustMalware-as-a-service infostealers: For example, RedLine Stealer is specifically designed to target and steal sensitive information, including credentials stored in web browsers and other applications. It is often distributed through phishing emails or by tricking prospective marks into visiting booby-trapped websites laced with malicious downloaders.Another threat comes from Lumma stealer, offered for sale as a malware-as-a-service,…
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Fake Timesheet Report Emails Linked to Tycoon 2FA Phishing Kit
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel phishing campaign distributing the notorious Tycoon 2FA phishing kit through fraudulent timesheet notification emails, marking a concerning evolution in multi-layered credential theft operations. The operation utilizes Pinterest’s visual bookmarking service as an intermediary redirector, demonstrating attackers’ increasing sophistication in bypassing traditional email security filters. Campaign Mechanics and Delivery Vector…
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New family of data-stealing malware leverages Microsoft Outlook
certutil application which handles certificates, to download files.Espionage seems to be the motive, says the report, and there are Windows and Linux versions of the malware. But fortunately the gang “exhibited poor campaign management and inconsistent evasion tactics,” it notes. Nevertheless, CISOs should be watching for signs of attack using this group’s techniques, because their…
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Xerox Printer Vulnerability Exposes Authentication Data Via LDAP and SMB
Tags: access, authentication, credentials, cyber, data, flaw, iot, malicious, network, theft, vulnerabilityA critical security vulnerability in Xerox’s Versalink C7025 Multifunction Printer (MFP) has been uncovered, exposing enterprise networks to credential theft and lateral attacks. The flaw, discovered by Rapid7 Principal IoT Researcher Deral Heiland, enables malicious actors to intercept Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Server Message Block (SMB) authentication data through pass-back attacks. The vulnerabilities,…
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Ransomware gangs extort victims 17 hours after intrusion on average
Tags: access, business, credentials, data, encryption, espionage, exploit, extortion, government, group, healthcare, Intruder, malicious, malware, metric, monitoring, network, ransom, ransomware, service, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-dayThe initial point of access for the attackers and the privileges it provided themHow easy it is to reach other network segments and systems from the initially compromised assetWhether access into the environment was resold to a ransomware operator by an initial access brokerWhether the attackers decided to operate only outside the victim’s regular business…
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Fake ‘Adobe Drive X’ App Sneaks Through Microsoft Login to Steal Credentials
Cofense’s Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has uncovered a phishing campaign that uses a legitimate Microsoft login page to First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/fake-adobe-drive-x-app-sneaks-through-microsoft-login-to-steal-credentials/
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Delinea Extends Scope of Identity Management Platform
Delinea this week updated its platform for managing identities to add a vault for storing managing credentials, analytic tools for tracking user behavior and a framework for automating the management of the lifecycle of an identity from onboarding to offboarding. Additionally, administrators using the platform to manage access and privileges can now access it via..…
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Astaroth 2FA Phishing Kit Targets Gmail, Yahoo, Office 365, and Third-Party Logins
Tags: 2fa, authentication, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, login, mfa, network, office, phishing, threatA new phishing kit named Astaroth has emerged as a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape by bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanisms. First advertised on cybercrime networks in January 2025, Astaroth employs advanced techniques such as session hijacking and real-time credential interception to compromise accounts on platforms like Gmail, Yahoo, Office 365, and other third-party…
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What is anomaly detection? Behavior-based analysis for cyber threats
a priori the bad thing that you’re looking for,” Bruce Potter, CEO and founder of Turngate, tells CSO. “It’ll just show up because it doesn’t look like anything else or doesn’t look like it’s supposed to. People have been tilting at that windmill for a long time, since the 1980s, trying to figure out what…
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New Phishing Kit Bypasses Two-Factor Protections
Astaroth Kit Offered for $2,000 on Telegram, Intercepts Authentication in Real Time. A new phishing kit called Astaroth bypasses two-factor authentication through session hijacking and real-time credential interception from services like Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft 365. Acting as a man-in-the-middle, it captures login credentials, tokens and session cookies in real time. First seen on…
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Unusual attack linked to Chinese APT group combines espionage and ransomware
Tags: apt, attack, breach, china, cloud, country, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cyberespionage, data, encryption, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, government, group, hacker, infection, insurance, intelligence, korea, microsoft, network, north-korea, ransom, ransomware, russia, software, tactics, technology, threat, veeam, vulnerabilityThe attacker demanded a $2-million ransom: The attack that resulted in the deployment of the RA World ransomware program, as well as data exfiltration, had the same chain: the toshdpdb.exe loading toshdpapi.dll then decrypting toshdp.dat which resulted in the PlugX variant being deployed. The difference is the attacker then chose to deploy the RA World…
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Astaroth Phishing Kit Bypasses 2FA to Hijack Gmail and Microsoft Accounts
New Astaroth Phishing Kit bypasses 2FA (two-factor authentication) to steal Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft login credentials using a… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/astaroth-phishing-kit-bypasses-2fa-hijack-gmail-microsoft/
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Astaroth Phishing Kit Bypasses 2FA Using Reverse Proxy Techniques
Astaroth is an advanced phishing kit using real-time credential and session cookie capture to compromise Gmail, Yahoo and Office 365 accounts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/astaroth-phishing-kit-bypasses-2fa/
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Content Credentials Technology Verifies Image, Video Authenticity
The open technology tackles disinformation by verifying whether the image is real or has been modified. The standard, created to document the provenance of photos and other media, has gained steam in the past year, surpassing 500 corporate members and releasing open-source tools for developers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/content-credentials-aim-to-tame-disinformation
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What We Learned From Infiltrating 22 Credential Stuffing Crews
Credential stuffing is now a full-scale fraud ecosystem. See what Kasada uncovered from infiltrating 22 groups and how to stop ATO before it reaches your login page. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/what-we-learned-from-infiltrating-22-credential-stuffing-crews/
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APT43 Hackers Targeting Academic Institutions Using Exposed Credentials
APT43, also known by aliases such as Black Banshee, Emerald Sleet, and Kimsuky, is a North Korean state-sponsored cyber threat actor linked to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). This group is primarily motivated by espionage and has recently expanded its operations to include financially driven cybercrime. APT43 has been actively targeting academic institutions in South…
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Shadow Credentials Attack
In this post, we explore the exploitation technique known as the Shadow Credentials attack. This attack leverages the mismanagement or exploitation of Active Directory Certificate First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/shadow-credentials-attack/
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Russia’s Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs
‘Near-global’ initial access campaign active since 2021 First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/russias_sandworm_caught_stealing_credentials/
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Getting the Most Value out of the OSCP: Pre-Course Prep
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, exploit, finance, framework, guide, hacker, hacking, infosec, infrastructure, jobs, kali, linux, mandiant, metric, microsoft, mitre, network, organized, password, penetration-testing, PurpleTeam, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, tactics, technology, tool, training, vulnerability, windowsThe first post in a five-part practical guide series on maximizing the professional, educational, and financial value of the OffSec certification pursuit for a successful career in offensive cybersecurity consulting Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this article are solely my own. I have reviewed the content to ensure compliance with OffSec’s copyright policies and agreements.…
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Exclusive: Massive IoT Data Breach Exposes 2.7 Billion Records
Massive IoT data breach exposed 2.7 billion records including Wi-Fi credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iot-data-breach-exposes-27-billion/
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Fortune 500 Employees’ Credentials Under Siege
Tags: credentials1 in 10 Fortune 500 employees had their credentials exposed. Each compromised account was found an average of 5.7 times. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/fortune-500-employees-credentials-under-siege/
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OmniGPT AI Chatbot Alleged Breach: Hacker Leaks User Data, 34M Messages
Hacker claims to have breached OmniGPT, leaking over 30,000 user email address, phone numbers, and 34 million lines of chat messages. Data includes API keys, credentials, and file links. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/omnigpt-ai-chatbot-breach-hacker-leak-user-data-messages/
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Cisco Rejects Kraken Ransomware’s Data Breach Claims
Cisco denies recent data breach claims by the Kraken ransomware group, stating leaked credentials are from a resolved 2022 incident. Learn more about Cisco’s response and the details of the original attack. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cisco-rejects-kraken-ransomware-data-breach-claim/
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OpenAI Finds No Evidence of Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell 20 Million Credentials
A hacker recently offered to sell 20 million OpenAI credentials, but the data likely comes from information stealers, not the AI firm’s systems. The post OpenAI Finds No Evidence of Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell 20 Million Credentials appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/openai-finds-no-evidence-of-breach-after-hacker-offers-to-sell-20m-credentials/
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FinStealer Malware Targets Leading Indian Bank’s Mobile Users, Stealing Login Credentials
Tags: banking, credentials, credit-card, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, india, login, malware, mobile, phishing, threatA new cybersecurity threat has emerged, targeting customers of a prominent Indian bank through fraudulent mobile applications. Dubbed >>FinStealer,
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Massive Facebook Phishing Attack Targets Hundreds of Companies for Credential Theft
A newly discovered phishing campaign targeting Facebook users has been identified by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies. The attack, which began in late December 2024, has already reached over 12,279 email addresses and impacted hundreds of companies globally. The campaign exploits Facebook’s massive user base recognized as the most popular social network worldwide and…
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OpenAI claimed to have over 20M credentials stolen
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/openai-claimed-to-have-over-20m-credentials-stolen