Tag: credentials
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PyTorch Lightning Compromised in PyPI Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft.According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both of which were published on April 30, 2026. The campaign is assessed…
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SHARED INTEL QA: PKI’s unfinished business”, ‘digital passports’ for content, models and agents
As if keeping track of machine identities wasn’t hard enough. AI agents are now arriving by the thousands, and most enterprises are just handing them borrowed credentials and hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the cryptographic infrastructure asked to absorb… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/shared-intel-qa-pkis-unfinished-business-digital-passports-for-content-models-and-agents/
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Deep#Door Python Backdoor Evades Detection On Windows
Deep#Door Python RAT uses tunneling and obfuscation to evade detection and steal credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/deepdoor-python-backdoor-windows/
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New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of sensitive information from compromised hosts.”The intrusion chain begins with execution of a batch script (‘install_obf.bat’) that disables Windows security controls, dynamically extracts an First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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Microsoft Confirms Windows Flaw Is Being Exploited After Incomplete Patch
Microsoft confirmed a Windows zero-click flaw tied to an incomplete patch is being exploited, putting credentials at risk for unpatched users. The post Microsoft Confirms Windows Flaw Is Being Exploited After Incomplete Patch appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-windows-zero-click-flaw-incomplete-patch/
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Official SAP npm packages compromised to steal credentials
Multiple official SAP npm packages were compromised in what is believed to be a TeamPCP supply-chain attack to steal credentials and authentication tokens from developers’ systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/official-sap-npm-packages-compromised-to-steal-credentials/
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SAP-Related npm Packages Compromised in Credential-Stealing Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware.According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware.According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Webinar: How to Automate Exposure Validation to Match the Speed of AI Attacks
In February 2026, researchers uncovered a shift that completely changed the game: threat actors are now using custom AI setups to automate attacks directly into the kill chain.We aren’t just talking about AI writing better phishing emails anymore. We’re talking about autonomous agents mapping Active Directory and seizing Domain Admin credentials in minutes.The problem? Most…
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Researchers Track 2.9 Billion Compromised Credentials
KELA claims infostealers remained the primary access vector for attacks in 2025 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/29-billion-compromised-credentials/
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Hybrid Authentication Environments
Reduce credential risk in hybrid authentication environments by securing the password layer that remains alongside passkeys. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/hybrid-authentication-environments/
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Cursor AI Extension Flaw Exposes Developer Tokens to Credential Theft
Security researchers at LayerX have uncovered a high-severity vulnerability in the popular AI-powered development environment, Cursor. Dubbed >>CursorJacking,<< this flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.2 and exposes developers to immediate credential theft. Any installed extension can silently access a user's API keys and session tokens without requiring special permissions or user interaction. Standard security…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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How a Long-Lived API Credential Let an AI Agent Delete Production Data
4 min readWhat began as a routine staging task for a SaaS startup ended in a disaster that would have been unthinkable just months ago: an AI agent operating as a super insider threat and triggering a worst-case production failure. In a detailed X post, Jer Crane, founder of PocketOS, a software platform for the…
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How a Long-Lived API Credential Let an AI Agent Delete Production Data
4 min readWhat began as a routine staging task for a SaaS startup ended in a disaster that would have been unthinkable just months ago: an AI agent operating as a super insider threat and triggering a worst-case production failure. In a detailed X post, Jer Crane, founder of PocketOS, a software platform for the…
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How a Long-Lived API Credential Let an AI Agent Delete Production Data
4 min readWhat began as a routine staging task for a SaaS startup ended in a disaster that would have been unthinkable just months ago: an AI agent operating as a super insider threat and triggering a worst-case production failure. In a detailed X post, Jer Crane, founder of PocketOS, a software platform for the…
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New DHL Phishing Scam Uses 11-Step Attack Chain to Steal Passwords
Forcepoint’s X-Labs reports an 11-step DHL phishing scam that uses fake OTP codes and EmailJS to harvest user credentials and device telemetry. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/dhl-phishing-scam-attack-chain-steal-passwords/
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China-linked hackers led phishing campaigns targeting journalists and activists, researchers say
The aim of the campaigns was to steal credentials and likely enable “follow-on operations in the interest of the Chinese government,” the report said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/china-linked-hackers-led-phishing-campaigns-journalists
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Chinese-Backed Smishing Rings Scale Credential Theft via SMS and OTT Apps
Chinese-language phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms are rapidly expanding their global reach by leveraging SMS and over-the-top (OTT) messaging channels such as iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS). Over the past several months, researchers have conducted large-scale analysis to identify and track some of the most active Chinese-backed phishing ecosystems. Their findings reveal highly organized operations that…
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What CISOs need to get right as identity enters the agentic era
Tags: access, ai, ciso, conference, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, governance, identity, jobs, least-privilege, malicious, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, technology, toolWilcox and Adams are speaking at the CSO Cybersecurity Awards & Conference, May 1113. Reserve your place.As a result, Adams says CISOs will increasingly need to adopt an identity-centric security architecture and there are several key tenets to consider.Build a strong foundation before layering on complexity. The instinct when modernizing an identity program, says Adams, is…
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Stopping AiTM attacks: The defenses that actually work after authentication succeeds
Tags: 2fa, access, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, communications, compliance, control, credentials, data, defense, detection, email, finance, framework, identity, incident response, login, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, nist, passkey, phishing, risk, service, threat, tool, trainingThe 3 controls that close the gap: Control #1: Bind sessions to managed devices The most impactful single control for session security is requiring managed, compliant devices as a condition of accessing sensitive resources. When access policies, such as Microsoft Entra Conditional Access, require that the device presenting a session token is enrolled, managed and…
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Microsoft asks iPhone users to reauthenticate after Outlook outage
After addressing a widespread outage that affected Outlook.com users worldwide on Monday, Microsoft has asked iPhone users to re-enter their credentials to regain access to their Outlook and Hotmail accounts via the default Mail app. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-asks-iphone-users-to-re-enter-credentials-after-outlook-outage/
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Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials
If you’re one of millions using element-data, it’s time to check for compromise. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/open-source-package-with-1-million-monthly-downloads-stole-user-credentials/
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FIRESIDE CHAT: Leaked secrets are now the go-to attack vector, and AI is accelerating exposures
A consequential shift is underway in how enterprise breaches begin. The leaked credential, once treated as a hygiene problem, has become the primary on-ramp. Related: No easy fixes for AI risk Last August’s Salesloft campaign was the pattern… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/fireside-chat-leaked-secrets-are-now-the-go-to-attack-vector-and-ai-is-accelerating-exposures/
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Entwickler-Tools als neue Angriffsfläche
Aktuelle Angriffe auf den Infrastruktur-Scanner <> und den Kommandozeilen-Client von Bitwarden zeigen eine neue Qualität von Supply-Chain-Attacken. Die Angreifer verteilten trojanisierte Versionen über offizielle Kanäle wie npm, Docker-Hub und Github-Actions. Sie unterwanderten damit das Vertrauen, das Entwickler in etablierte Distributionswege setzen. Neben klassischen Zugangsdaten wie Github-Tokens, SSH-Schlüsseln und Cloud-Credentials gerieten auch Konfigurationen von KI-Entwicklungsassistenten […]…
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Short-Lived Credentials in Agentic Systems: A Practical Trade-off Guide
Understand where short-lived credentials reduce risk in agentic systems and where operational complexity requires stronger monitoring and governance controls. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/short-lived-credentials-in-agentic-systems-a-practical-trade-off-guide/