Tag: credentials
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What your firewall sees that your EDR doesn’t
The group known as Librarian Ghouls has infiltrated networks of technical universities and industrial organisations across Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, all without raising immediate alarms. They achieved this by leveraging legitimate logins to move laterally through internal networks, utilising valid credentials and avoiding alert triggers. Unlike many other APT groups, Librarian Ghouls does not rely…
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OpenAI admits data breach after analytics partner hit by phishing attack
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, chatgpt, credentials, data, data-breach, email, governance, government, mfa, openai, password, phishing, riskName provided to OpenAI on the API account Email address associated with the API accountApproximate location based on API user browser (city, state, country)Operating system and browser used to access the API accountReferring websitesOrganization or User IDs associated with the API account”We proactively communicated with all impacted customers. If you have not heard from us directly,…
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CrewAI GitHub Token Exposure Highlights the Growing Risk of Static Credentials in AI Systems
3 min readAs AI platforms grow more complex and interdependent, small failures can cast long shadows. That’s what happened inside the open-source CrewAI platform, where a vulnerability in its error-handling logic surfaced during a provisioning failure. The resulting “exception response” the message a service returns when it encounters an unhandled error during a request contained……
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CrewAI GitHub Token Exposure Highlights the Growing Risk of Static Credentials in AI Systems
3 min readAs AI platforms grow more complex and interdependent, small failures can cast long shadows. That’s what happened inside the open-source CrewAI platform, where a vulnerability in its error-handling logic surfaced during a provisioning failure. The resulting “exception response” the message a service returns when it encounters an unhandled error during a request contained……
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Xillen Stealer Evolves With AI-Like Evasion and Broader Targeting
Xillen Stealer v5 uses AI-themed evasion and expanded targeting to advance credential-theft tactics. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/xillen-stealer-evolves-with-ai-like-evasion-and-broader-targeting/
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Passwork 7: Self-hosted password and secrets manager for enterprise teams
Passwork 7 unifies enterprise password and secrets management in a self-hosted platform. Organizations can automate credential workflows and test the full system with a free trial and up to 50% Black Friday savings. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/passwork-7-self-hosted-password-and-secrets-manager-for-enterprise-teams/
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Developers Are Exposing Passwords and API Keys Through Online Code Tools
Security researchers at watchTowr Labs uncovered a massive leak of sensitive credentials after scanning popular online JSON formatting tools. Developers and administrators have been pasting passwords, API keys, database credentials, and personally identifiable information (PII) into sites like jsonformatter.org and codebeautify.org, where >>save>Recent Links
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Am I free to choose different Agentic AI frameworks?
Are Non-Human Identities the Key to Secure Cloud Environments? How do we ensure our systems remain secure, especially when it comes to machine identities and their secrets? The management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is a crucial aspect of cybersecurity, offering a comprehensive approach to protecting machine identities and their associated credentials in the cloud. Understanding……
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Am I free to choose different Agentic AI frameworks?
Are Non-Human Identities the Key to Secure Cloud Environments? How do we ensure our systems remain secure, especially when it comes to machine identities and their secrets? The management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is a crucial aspect of cybersecurity, offering a comprehensive approach to protecting machine identities and their associated credentials in the cloud. Understanding……
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183 Million Credentials Misreported as a Gmail Breach
The 183M credentials came from infostealer logs. Learn why continuous password monitoring is essential for modern defense. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/183-million-credentials-misreported-as-a-gmail-breach/
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Developers left large cache of credentials exposed on code generation websites
Tags: ai, api, authentication, banking, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, fortinet, government, healthcare, infrastructure, leak, mssp, service, vulnerability, waf, zero-day/service/getDataFromID API endpoint, watchTowr was able to extract the content behind each link from 80,000+ downloaded submissions, five years of historical JSON Formatter content, one year of historical Code Beautify content, 5GB+ of enriched data, annotated JSON data, plus thousands of secrets. These included:Active Directory credentialsCode repository authentication keysDatabase credentialsLDAP configuration informationCloud environment keysFTP credentialsCI/CD…
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Developers left large cache of credentials exposed on code generation websites
Tags: ai, api, authentication, banking, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, fortinet, government, healthcare, infrastructure, leak, mssp, service, vulnerability, waf, zero-day/service/getDataFromID API endpoint, watchTowr was able to extract the content behind each link from 80,000+ downloaded submissions, five years of historical JSON Formatter content, one year of historical Code Beautify content, 5GB+ of enriched data, annotated JSON data, plus thousands of secrets. These included:Active Directory credentialsCode repository authentication keysDatabase credentialsLDAP configuration informationCloud environment keysFTP credentialsCI/CD…
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HashiCorp Vault Bug Allows Attackers to Log In Without Credentials
A new HashiCorp Vault bug lets attackers bypass LDAP authentication entirely. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-hashicorp-vault-vulnerability/
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Data Leaks: Why Are We So Stupid About Free Online Services?
JSON Code ‘Beautifiers’ Expose Sensitive Data From Banks, Government Agencies At what price beauty? Apparently, some developers will paste anything into JSON beautify sites, from researchers report recovering authentication keys, database credentials, personally identifiable information for banking customers and much more. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/data-leaks-are-we-so-stupid-about-free-online-services-p-3982
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VSCode Marketplace Hit by Rogue Prettier Extension Delivering Anivia Stealer
A recently discovered malicious Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension masquerading as the well-known “Prettier” formatter briefly infiltrated the official VSCode Marketplace, delivering a variant of the Anivia Stealer malware in a targeted attack to steal sensitive login credentials and private data from developers’ systems. Thanks to the vigilance of the Checkmarx Zero research team specifically…
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VSCode Marketplace Hit by Rogue Prettier Extension Delivering Anivia Stealer
A recently discovered malicious Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension masquerading as the well-known “Prettier” formatter briefly infiltrated the official VSCode Marketplace, delivering a variant of the Anivia Stealer malware in a targeted attack to steal sensitive login credentials and private data from developers’ systems. Thanks to the vigilance of the Checkmarx Zero research team specifically…
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VSCode Marketplace Hit by Rogue Prettier Extension Delivering Anivia Stealer
A recently discovered malicious Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension masquerading as the well-known “Prettier” formatter briefly infiltrated the official VSCode Marketplace, delivering a variant of the Anivia Stealer malware in a targeted attack to steal sensitive login credentials and private data from developers’ systems. Thanks to the vigilance of the Checkmarx Zero research team specifically…
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VSCode Marketplace Hit by Rogue Prettier Extension Delivering Anivia Stealer
A recently discovered malicious Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension masquerading as the well-known “Prettier” formatter briefly infiltrated the official VSCode Marketplace, delivering a variant of the Anivia Stealer malware in a targeted attack to steal sensitive login credentials and private data from developers’ systems. Thanks to the vigilance of the Checkmarx Zero research team specifically…
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Years of JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify Leaks Expose Thousands of Passwords and API Keys
New research has found that organizations in various sensitive sectors, including governments, telecoms, and critical infrastructure, are pasting passwords and credentials into online tools like JSONformatter and CodeBeautify that are used to format and validate code.Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it captured a dataset of over 80,000 files on these sites, uncovering thousands of First…
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Popular code formatting sites are exposing credentials and other secrets
Widely used code formatting sites JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify are exposing sensitive credentials, API keys, private keys, configuration files and other secrets, watchTowr … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/25/code-formatting-sites-exposing-secrets/
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Code beautifiers expose credentials from banks, govt, tech orgs
Thousands of credentials, authentication keys, and configuration data impacting organizations in sensitive sectors have been sitting in publicly accessible JSON snippets submitted to the JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify online tools that format and structure code. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/code-beautifiers-expose-credentials-from-banks-govt-tech-orgs/
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Telecom security reboot: Why zero trust is the only way forward
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, governance, group, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, ISO-27001, network, nis-2, nist, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, threat, tool, update, zero-trustIT and OT: Impact is linked: Most OT attacks start in IT environments these days. Once attackers get hold of admin credentials or find a weak interface, they can jump straight into the network gear or base-station controllers.Bridging this isn’t about shuffling org charts. It’s about seeing everything at once and building a single rulebook.…
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Telecom security reboot: Why zero trust is the only way forward
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, governance, group, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, ISO-27001, network, nis-2, nist, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, threat, tool, update, zero-trustIT and OT: Impact is linked: Most OT attacks start in IT environments these days. Once attackers get hold of admin credentials or find a weak interface, they can jump straight into the network gear or base-station controllers.Bridging this isn’t about shuffling org charts. It’s about seeing everything at once and building a single rulebook.…
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Year-end approaches: How to maximize your cyber spend
Year-end budgeting is the perfect time to close real security gaps by strengthening identity controls, reducing redundant tools, and investing in outcome-driven engagements. The article highlights how targeting credential risks and documenting results helps teams maximize spend and justify next year’s budget. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/year-end-approaches-how-to-maximize-your-cyber-spend/
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New FlexibleFerret Malware Chain Targets macOS With Go Backdoor
A new macOS malware chain using staged scripts and a Go-based backdoor has been attributed to FlexibleFerret, designed to steal credentials and maintain system access First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/flexibleferret-malware-macos-go/