Tag: credentials
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Best of the Worst: Five Attacks That Already Knew Your Name
<div cla TL;DR This week’s Attack of the Day posts revealed a clear shift from volume to precision. A phishing PDF auto-launched a credential harvest page the instant it opened, no click required. A QR code inside another PDF had the target’s email address pre-encoded in base64, so the landing page pre-filled the victim’s username…
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APT41 Delivers ‘Zero-Detection’ Backdoor to Harvest Cloud Credentials
The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/apt41-zero-detection-backdoor-harvest-cloud-credentials
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APT41 Delivers ‘Zero-Detection’ Backdoor to Harvest Cloud Credentials
The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/apt41-zero-detection-backdoor-harvest-cloud-credentials
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FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt more than $20 million in fraud.In tandem, authorities detained the alleged developer, who has& First…
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FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt more than $20 million in fraud.In tandem, authorities detained the alleged developer, who has& First…
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Critical flaw in Marimo Python notebook exploited within 10 hours of disclosure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, credentials, cve, data-breach, exploit, firewall, flaw, Internet, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, software, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityCredentials stolen in under three minutes: To track real-world exploitation, deployed honeypot servers running vulnerable Marimo instances across multiple cloud providers and observed the first exploitation attempt within 9 hours and 41 minutes of disclosure. No ready-made exploit tool existed at the time. The attacker had built one using only the advisory description, Sysdig researchers…
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Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty flaws can be chained into full takeover
Tags: access, attack, authentication, credentials, cve, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, ibm, passwordAdminCenter flaws allow further escalation: Beyond initial access, the research outlined critical issues within WebSphere Liberty’s administrative controls. The AdminCenter component, designed to enforce role-based access, contains multiple flaws that allow low-privileged users to access sensitive files and secrets.One issue, tracked under CVE-2025-14915, enables “reader”-level users to retrieve critical server files such as authentication keys,…
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What Is Identity Risk Intelligence? (And Why It’s Replacing Monitoring)
Tags: attack, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, identity, intelligence, monitoring, risk, toolA new category is emerging in cybersecurity For years, organizations have relied on monitoring tools to detect compromised credentials and exposed data. But as identity has become the primary attack surface, those tools are no longer enough. A new category is emerging in response: Identity Risk Intelligence This isn’t just a new label. It represents……
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Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Marimo is now under active exploitation, leveraged for credential theft. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-marimo-pre-auth-rce-flaw-now-under-active-exploitation/
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Google Chrome Update Disrupts Infostealer Cookie Theft
Google adds Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to Chrome 146, using hardware keys to block infostealer use of stolen session cookies on Windows. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/google-chrome-update-infostealer-cookie-theft/
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Google Locks Chrome Sessions to Devices to Stop Cookie Theft
Google has officially launched a major security upgrade to protect users from session hijacking. Starting with Chrome version 146 for Windows users, Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) is now publicly available. This new feature aims to stop malware from stealing web cookies and using them to bypass passwords and multi-factor authentication. Support for macOS users…
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Old Docker authorization bypass pops up despite previous patch
Tags: access, api, botnet, cloud, container, credentials, data, docker, exploit, flaw, monitoring, tool, update, vulnerabilityNo one checked oversized requests: While the previous authorization bypass was triggered when request Content-Length was set to 0, no one checked at the time what would happen in the same function if the request exceeded a certain size.”When an API request body exceeds 1MB, Docker’s middleware silently drops the body before your authorization plugin…
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Your Next Breach Will Look Like Business as Usual
These are the fundamental detection model shifts cybersecurity teams need to make to keep up with the rising number of credential-based attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/your-next-breach-business-as-usual
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Crushing the Axios supply chain threat with Tenable Hexa AI: Use cases for agentic AI
Tags: ai, attack, business, credentials, crypto, cve, data, data-breach, malicious, moveIT, network, okta, radius, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-daySee how you can use Tenable Hexa AI to determine in minutes if you’re impacted by the Axios npm supply chain attack. Learn how easy it is to automate configuration of scans, identify impacted assets, prioritize remediation, and more using agentic AI from Tenable. Key takeaways: Tenable Hexa AI, the agentic engine of the Tenable…
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Crushing the Axios supply chain threat with Tenable Hexa AI: Use cases for agentic AI
Tags: ai, attack, business, credentials, crypto, cve, data, data-breach, malicious, moveIT, network, okta, radius, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-daySee how you can use Tenable Hexa AI to determine in minutes if you’re impacted by the Axios npm supply chain attack. Learn how easy it is to automate configuration of scans, identify impacted assets, prioritize remediation, and more using agentic AI from Tenable. Key takeaways: Tenable Hexa AI, the agentic engine of the Tenable…
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CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads
Six-hour breach turned trusted links into a coin toss between legit tools and credential stealers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
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CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads
Six-hour breach turned trusted links into a coin toss between legit tools and credential stealers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
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Google Chrome Rolls Out Protection Against Infostealers Targeting Session Cookies
Chrome’s Device Bound Session Credentials is designed to block infostealers from harvesting session cookie First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-chrome-protection/
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Google Chrome Rolls Out Protection Against Infostealers Targeting Session Cookies
Chrome’s Device Bound Session Credentials is designed to block infostealers from harvesting session cookie First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-chrome-protection/
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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials
Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/10/google-chrome-device-bound-session-credentials/
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HPE Aruba Private 5G Vulnerability Opens Door to Credential Theft Attacks
A newly disclosed security flaw in HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G Core On-Prem is putting enterprise networks at severe risk of credential theft. Documented under the security bulletin HPESBNW05032EN_US, this vulnerability targets the platform’s graphical user interface and allows threat actors to silently harvest administrative login details. The security defect, officially tracked as CVE-2026-23818, stems…
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Bitcoin Depot hack leads to $3.6M Bitcoin theft via stolen credentials
Hackers breached Bitcoin Depot, stole credentials, and took about 50 BTC worth $3.6M from its wallets after a March 23 intrusion. Hackers breached the largest US Bitcoin ATM operator, Bitcoin Depot, on March 23, stole login credentials, and drained about 50.9 BTC worth $3.6M from company wallets. Bitcoin Depot told the SEC that a hacker…
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Google Rolls Out DBSC in Chrome 146 to Block Session Theft on Windows
Google has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) generally available to all Windows users of its Chrome web browser, months after it began testing the security feature in open beta.The public availability is currently limited to Windows users on Chrome 146, with macOS expansion planned in an upcoming Chrome release.”This project represents a significant First…
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GitHub, GitLab Abused for Malware and Phishing Campaigns
Hackers are increasingly abusing trusted software development platforms GitHub and GitLab to host malware and credential phishing campaigns, making defensive detection significantly harder for enterprises. Because these Git-based platforms are deeply integrated into development and business workflows, organizations cannot simply block them at the network edge, giving threat actors a powerful, trusted delivery channel. GitHub…
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What to Know About CyberAv3ngers: The IRGC-Linked Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, cctv, chatgpt, cisa, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, iran, kev, leak, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, network, office, openai, password, radius, resilience, risk, router, service, siem, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAn Iran-affiliated threat group has evolved from defacing water utility displays to deploying custom ICS malware and exploiting Rockwell Automation PLCs across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Key takeaways: CyberAv3ngers is a state-directed threat group operating under Iran’s IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six named officials in February 2024 and the State Department…
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New VENOM phishing attacks steal senior executives’ Microsoft logins
Threat actors using a previously undocumented phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called “VENOM” are targeting credentials of C-suite executives across multiple industries. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-venom-phishing-attacks-steal-senior-executives-microsoft-logins/
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Google Chrome adds infostealer protection against session cookie theft
Google has rolled out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) protection in Chrome 146 for Windows, designed to block info-stealing malware from harvesting session cookies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-adds-infostealer-protection-against-session-cookie-theft/