Tag: credentials
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Cisco Data Breach Ransomware Group Allegedly Breached Internal Network
Tags: breach, cisco, credentials, cyber, dark-web, data, data-breach, group, infrastructure, network, password, ransomware, windowsSensitive credentials from Cisco’s internal network and domain infrastructure were reportedly made public due to a significant data breach. According to a Cyber Press Research report, the new Kraken ransomware group has allegedly leaked a dataset on their dark web blog, which appears to be a dump of hashed passwords from a Windows Active Directory…
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A Cybersecurity Leader’s Guide to SecVal in 2025
Are your defenses truly battle-tested? Security validation ensures you’re not just hoping your security works”, it proves it. Learn more from Pentera on how to validate against ransomware, credential threats, and unpatched vulnerabilities in the GOAT Guide. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-cybersecurity-leaders-guide-to-secval-in-2025/
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Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices
A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the credentials for a wide range of networking devices, including those from Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, and SonicWall. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-brute-force-attack-uses-28-million-ips-to-target-vpn-devices/
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Yahoo Finance: U.S. Lawmakers Push to Ban China’s DeepSeek AI Over Security Risks Feroot Security Analysis
Washington, D.C. U.S. lawmakers announced a bill to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese AI chatbot app, from government devices following a security analysis by Feroot Security that revealed alarming privacy and national security risks. The research suggests that DeepSeek collects user data, including digital fingerprints, login credentials, and behavioral information, potentially sending it to servers…The post…
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New Facebook Fake Copyright Notices to Steal Your FB Accounts
A newly discovered phishing campaign is using fake Facebook copyright infringement notices to trick users into divulging their credentials, potentially compromising business accounts. Phishing Campaign Exploits Facebook Brand to Target Businesses Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies revealed that this campaign, active since December 20, 2024, has already targeted over 12,279 email addresses across hundreds…
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Five Must-Know Insights for Credential Monitoring
Password and credential monitoring are essential. Spot compromised accounts early and stop breaches before they happen. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/five-must-know-insights-for-credential-monitoring/
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Bogus Microsoft ADFS login pages leveraged for widespread credential theft
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/bogus-microsoft-adfs-login-pages-leveraged-for-widespread-credential-theft
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North Korean APT Kimsuky Uses forceCopy Malware to Steal Browser-Stored Credentials
Tags: apt, attack, credentials, email, group, hacking, intelligence, korea, malware, microsoft, north-korea, office, phishing, spear-phishing, windowsThe North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC).The attacks commence with phishing emails containing a Windows shortcut (LNK) file that’s disguised as a Microsoft Office or PDF document. First…
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Lazarus Group tricks job seekers on LinkedIn with crypto-stealer
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group is duping job seekers and professionals in an ongoing campaign that runs a LinkedIn recruiting scam to capture browser credentials, steal crypto wallet data, and launch persistence.According to a discovery made by BitDefender Labs, threat actors reach out with fake LinkedIn job offers to lure the victims into downloading and executing…
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Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams
Researchers see dozens of fake DeepSeek websites used for credential phishing, cryptocurrency theft, and scams. The post Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/fake-deepseek-sites-used-for-credential-phishing-crypto-theft-scams/
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OpenAI Data Breach Threat Actor Allegedly Claims 20 Million Logins for Sale
Tags: breach, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, login, openai, password, threatOpenAI may have become the latest high-profile target of a significant data breach. A threat actor has surfaced on underground forums, claiming possession of email and password credentials for a staggering 20 million OpenAI accounts. This alleged breach has raised serious concerns among tech users and cybersecurity experts worldwide. The threat actor, who remains anonymous,…
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Credential Theft Becomes Cybercriminals’ Favorite Target
Researchers measured a threefold increase in credential stealing between 2023 and 2024, with more than 11.3 million such thefts last year. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/credential-theft-cybercriminals-favorite-target
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Hackers Using Fake Microsoft ADFS Login Pages to Steal Credentials
A global phishing campaign is actively exploiting a legacy Microsoft authentication system to steal user credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA), targeting over 150 organizations. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-fake-microsoft-adfs-login-pages-steal-credentials/
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New trojan hijacks Linux and IoT devices
There’s a new trojan on the block, one that specifically targets network appliances and internet of things (IoT) devices running the open-source Linux operating system.FortiGuard Labs has identified a new malware kit, dubbed “ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr”, that has the ability to infect and remotely control systems, establish root privilege, maintain malware presence, exfiltrate data such as user…
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Picus: Bad Actors Using More Complex Malware to Steal Credentials
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/picus-bad-actors-using-more-complex-malware-to-steal-credentials
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Fraudulent Google Ads Seek To Breach The Credentials of Microsoft Advertisers
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/fraudulent-google-ads-seek-to-breach-the-credentials-of-microsoft-advertisers
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Russian SmokeLoader Campaign in Ukraine Uses 7-Zip Zero-Day
Tags: credentials, cybercrime, espionage, government, hacker, open-source, russia, ukraine, vulnerability, zero-dayEspionage and Cybercrime Campaign Tied to 7-Zip Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Hits. Russian hackers targeting Ukrainian government agencies and businesses – including a major automotive manufacturer – have been targeting a zero-day vulnerability in the open source and widely used 7-Zip archive utility, to infect systems with credential-stealing SmokeLoader malware. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Threefold Increase in Malware Targeting Credential Stores
Picus Security reports infostealer surge after revealing credentials appear in 29% of malware First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/threefold-increase-malware/
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Hackers impersonate DeepSeek to distribute malware
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, china, cloud, computer, credentials, cyberattack, data, hacker, infrastructure, leak, LLM, malicious, malware, ml, pypi, threat, tool, vulnerabilityTo make things worse than they already are for DeepSeek, hackers are found flooding the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with fake DeepSeek packages carrying malicious payloads.According to a discovery made by Positive Expert Security Center (PT ESC), a campaign was seen using this trick to dupe unsuspecting developers, ML engineers, and AI enthusiasts looking…
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Surge in Infostealer Attacks Threatens EMEA Organizations’ Data Security
Check Point Research has found over 10 million stolen credentials associated with EMEA organizations exposed on cybercrime markets First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/surge-in-infostealer-attacks-emea/
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Decentralized Identity: Revolutionizing Identity Verification in The Digital World
Decentralized identity (DCI) is emerging as a solution to the significant challenges in verifying identities, managing credentials and ensuring data privacy. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/decentralized-identity-revolutionizing-identity-verification-in-the-digital-world/
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Microsoft SharePoint Connector Flaw Could’ve Enabled Credential Theft Across Power Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability impacting the Microsoft SharePoint connector on Power Platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to harvest a user’s credentials and stage follow-on attacks.This could manifest in the form of post-exploitation actions that allow the attacker to send requests to the SharePoint API on behalf…
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Fraudulent Google ads seek to breach Microsoft advertisers’ credentials
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/fraudulent-google-ads-seek-to-breach-microsoft-advertisers-credentials
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High-profile X Accounts Targeted in Phishing Campaign
Hackers hijack high-profile X accounts with phishing scams to steal credentials and promote fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/x-accounts-targeted-phishing/
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Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions
Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote.”Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots, and displaying phishing overlays to steal sensitive credentials,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in an analysis published last week.The First seen…