Tag: credentials
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Fighting AI with AI: Adversarial bots vs. autonomous threat hunters
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, backup, breach, bug-bounty, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, Internet, iot, least-privilege, malicious, network, phishing, startup, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhile there’s no doubt AI holds great potential for cybersecurity, in practice, it’s mainly being used to automate what we’re already doing. For companies to stand a chance, we need new approaches to AI-powered defense, not optimized ones. Attackers already have systemic advantages that AI amplifies dramatically. While there are some great examples of how…
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Fighting AI with AI: Adversarial bots vs. autonomous threat hunters
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, backup, breach, bug-bounty, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, Internet, iot, least-privilege, malicious, network, phishing, startup, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhile there’s no doubt AI holds great potential for cybersecurity, in practice, it’s mainly being used to automate what we’re already doing. For companies to stand a chance, we need new approaches to AI-powered defense, not optimized ones. Attackers already have systemic advantages that AI amplifies dramatically. While there are some great examples of how…
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Analysis of Multi-Stage Phishing Kits Leveraging Telegram for Credential Theft and Evasion Techniques
Tags: automation, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, finance, framework, group, phishing, risk, service, theftResearchers at Group-IB have uncovered a sophisticated phishing framework that demonstrates how cybercriminals are industrializing credential theft through automation, evasion techniques, and Telegram-based data exfiltration. The kit targets explicitly Aruba S.p.A., an Italian IT services provider serving over 5.4 million customers, highlighting the significant financial and operational risks posed by modern phishing-as-a-service operations. The analyzed…
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The Holiday Shopping Is a Stress Test for Password Security
Holiday shopping cybersecurity is a B2B issue. Learn how continuous password monitoring protects against credential threats. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-holiday-shopping-is-a-stress-test-for-password-security/
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Kerberoasting in 2025: How to protect your service accounts
Kerberoasting attacks let hackers steal service account passwords and escalate to domain admin, often without triggering alerts. Specops Software shares how auditing AD passwords, enforcing long unique credentials, and using AES encryption can shut these attacks down early. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kerberoasting-in-2025-how-to-protect-your-service-accounts/
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Phishing campaign targets customers of major Italian web hosting provider
The operation used a sophisticated phishing kit designed to impersonate the login and payment pages of Aruba S.p.A., stealing customer credentials and credit card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/phishing-campaign-targets-italian-web-hosting-customers
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Phishing campaign targets customers of major Italian web hosting provider
The operation used a sophisticated phishing kit designed to impersonate the login and payment pages of Aruba S.p.A., stealing customer credentials and credit card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/phishing-campaign-targets-italian-web-hosting-customers
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Phishing Emails Alert: How Spam Filters Can Steal Your Email Logins in an Instant
Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits trust in internal security systems by spoofing email delivery notifications to appear as legitimate spam-filter alerts within organizations. These deceptive emails are designed to steal login credentials that could compromise email accounts, cloud storage, and other sensitive systems. “‹ The attack begins with an email claiming…
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Zero-day exploits hit Cisco ISE and Citrix systems in an advanced campaign
Tags: access, attack, authentication, cisco, citrix, credentials, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, monitoring, network, risk, service, tactics, threat, update, zero-daypatch-gap exploitation technique is a hallmark of sophisticated threat actors who closely monitor security updates and quickly weaponize vulnerabilities.”Amazon did not immediately respond to CSO’s queries on why it’s sharing information about the zero-day exploits months after.After gaining access, the actor deployed a tailor-made web shell disguised as the “IdentityAuditAction” component of Cisco ISE. It…
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DarkComet Spyware Resurfaces Disguised as Fake Bitcoin Wallet
Old DarkComet RAT spyware is back, hiding inside fake Bitcoin wallets and trading apps to steal credentials via keylogging. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/darkcomet-spyware-fake-bitcoin-wallet-apps/
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Fake NPM Package With 206K Downloads Targeted GitHub for Credentials (UPDATED)
Veracode Threat Research exposed a targeted typosquatting attack on npm, where the malicious package @acitons/artifact stole GitHub tokens. Learn how this supply chain failure threatened the GitHub organisation’s code. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-npm-package-downloads-github-credentials/
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SAP fixed a maximum severity flaw in SQL Anywhere Monitor
SAP fixed 19 security issues, including a critical flaw in SQL Anywhere Monitor with hardcoded credentials that could enable remote code execution. SAP addressed 19 security vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw in SQL Anywhere Monitor, with the release of November 2025 notes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42890 (CVSS score of 10/10), is an insecure key…
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SAP fixes hardcoded credentials flaw in SQL Anywhere Monitor
SAP has released its November security updates that address multiple security vulnerabilities, including a maximum severity flaw in the non-GUI variant of the SQL Anywhere Monitor and a critical code injection issue in the Solution Manager platform. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sap-fixes-hardcoded-credentials-flaw-in-sql-anywhere-monitor/
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Lost Your iPhone? Beware Fake ‘Find My’ Messages Aiming to Steal Your Apple ID
Switzerland’s NCSC warns iPhone users of a new scam exploiting lost devices to steal Apple ID credentials through fake Find My messages. The post Lost Your iPhone? Beware Fake ‘Find My’ Messages Aiming to Steal Your Apple ID appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-iphone-find-my-phishing-scam/
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Prompt Injection in AI Browsers
This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat…
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Have I Been Pwned Adds 1.96B Accounts From Synthient Credential Data
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), the popular breach notification service, has added another massive dataset to its platform…. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/have-i-been-pwned-synthient-credential-data-accounts/
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Phishing Scam Uses Big-Name Brands to Steal Logins
A recent investigation by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting globally recognized and regional brands to steal user credentials, marking an escalation in adversary tradecraft and reach. Unlike conventional phishing threats, this operation delivers meticulously crafted HTML attachments often camouflaged as procurement documents or invoices directly through email,…
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Phishing Scam Uses Big-Name Brands to Steal Logins
A recent investigation by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting globally recognized and regional brands to steal user credentials, marking an escalation in adversary tradecraft and reach. Unlike conventional phishing threats, this operation delivers meticulously crafted HTML attachments often camouflaged as procurement documents or invoices directly through email,…
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Fake NPM Package With 206K Downloads Targeted GitHub for Credentials
Veracode Threat Research exposed a targeted typosquatting attack on npm, where the malicious package @acitons/artifact stole GitHub tokens. Learn how this supply chain failure threatened the GitHub organisation’s code. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-npm-package-downloads-github-credentials/
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Ferocious Kitten APT Uses MarkiRAT for Keystroke and Clipboard Surveillance
Ferocious Kitten, a covert cyber-espionage group active since at least 2015, has emerged as a persistent threat to Persian-speaking dissidents and activists within Iran. The group, known for its careful targeting and evolving tactics, deploys its custom implant >>MarkiRAT