Tag: credentials
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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Amazon WorkSpaces Linux Bug Lets Attackers Steal Credentials
A flaw in Amazon WorkSpaces for Linux lets attackers steal authentication tokens. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/amazon-workspaces-linux-vulnerability/
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Amazon WorkSpaces Linux Bug Lets Attackers Steal Credentials
A flaw in Amazon WorkSpaces for Linux lets attackers steal authentication tokens. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/amazon-workspaces-linux-vulnerability/
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Stop Paying the Password Tax: A CFO’s Guide to Affordable Zero-Trust Access
In 2025, stolen credentials remain the most common and fastest path into an organization’s systems. Nearly half of breaches begin with compromised logins. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report puts it bluntly: “Hackers don’t break in anymore, they log in.” Web application attacks have followed suit, with 88% now using stolen credentials as the..…
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Stop Paying the Password Tax: A CFO’s Guide to Affordable Zero-Trust Access
In 2025, stolen credentials remain the most common and fastest path into an organization’s systems. Nearly half of breaches begin with compromised logins. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report puts it bluntly: “Hackers don’t break in anymore, they log in.” Web application attacks have followed suit, with 88% now using stolen credentials as the..…
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Threat Actors Use Stolen RDP Credentials to Deploy Cephalus Ransomware
A new ransomware group, Cephalus, has emerged in the cybersecurity threat landscape, targeting organizations through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) accounts. First detected in mid-June 2025, this group represents a growing threat to businesses that have not implemented proper security measures on their remote access systems. How Cephalus Operates The Cephalus ransomware group employs a…
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Vibe-coded ransomware proof-of-concept ended up on Microsoft’s marketplace
Tags: access, ai, control, credentials, data, data-breach, github, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, ransomware, toolExtension pointed to a GitHub-based C2: Ransomvibe deployed a rather unusual GitHub-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, instead of relying on traditional C2 servers. The extension used a private GitHub repository to receive and execute commands. It routinely checked for new commits in a file named “index.html”, executed the embedded commands, and then wrote the output back…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Vibe-coded ransomware proof-of-concept ended up on Microsoft’s marketplace
Tags: access, ai, control, credentials, data, data-breach, github, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, ransomware, toolExtension pointed to a GitHub-based C2: Ransomvibe deployed a rather unusual GitHub-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, instead of relying on traditional C2 servers. The extension used a private GitHub repository to receive and execute commands. It routinely checked for new commits in a file named “index.html”, executed the embedded commands, and then wrote the output back…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Enterprise Credentials at Risk Same Old, Same Old?
Imagine this: Sarah from accounting gets what looks like a routine password reset email from your organization’s cloud provider. She clicks the link, types in her credentials, and goes back to her spreadsheet. But unknown to her, she’s just made a big mistake. Sarah just accidentally handed over her login details to cybercriminals who are…
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New Phishing Campaign Targets Travelers via Compromised Hotel Booking.com Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits compromised hotel booking accounts to defraud travellers worldwide. The campaign, which has been active since at least April 2025, leverages stolen credentials from hotel administrators to impersonate legitimate Booking.com communications and direct unsuspecting customers toward fraudulent billing pages. Security analysts from Sekoia.io, in partnership with…
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New Phishing Campaign Targets Travelers via Compromised Hotel Booking.com Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits compromised hotel booking accounts to defraud travellers worldwide. The campaign, which has been active since at least April 2025, leverages stolen credentials from hotel administrators to impersonate legitimate Booking.com communications and direct unsuspecting customers toward fraudulent billing pages. Security analysts from Sekoia.io, in partnership with…
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Why Identity Intelligence Is the Front Line of Cyber Defense
Your data tells a story, if you know how to connect the dots. Every organization holds thousands of identity touchpoints: employee credentials, customer accounts, vendor portals, cloud logins. Each one is a potential doorway for attackers. But when viewed together, those identity signals create a map, one that can reveal the earliest warning… First seen…
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Milliarden Passwörter: HaveIBeenPwned erhält größtes Daten-Update aller Zeiten
Sicherheitsforscher haben E-Mail-Adressen und Passwörter aus Credential-Stuffing-Listen zusammengetragen – für HIBP der bisher größte Datensatz. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/milliarden-passwoerter-haveibeenpwned-erhaelt-groesstes-daten-update-aller-zeiten-2511-201905.html
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Milliarden Passwörter: HaveIBeenPwned erhält größtes Daten-Update aller Zeiten
Sicherheitsforscher haben E-Mail-Adressen und Passwörter aus Credential-Stuffing-Listen zusammengetragen – für HIBP der bisher größte Datensatz. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/milliarden-passwoerter-haveibeenpwned-erhaelt-groesstes-daten-update-aller-zeiten-2511-201905.html
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SonicWall blames state-sponsored hackers for September security breach
Cybersecurity firm SonicWall attributed the September security breach exposing firewall configuration files to state-sponsored hackers. In September, SonicWall urged customers to reset credentials after firewall backup files tied to MySonicWall accounts were exposed. The company announced it had blocked attackers’ access and was working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies to determine the scope…
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/aws-credentials-misconfigurations-cloud-breaches/