Tag: 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
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AI startups leak sensitive credentials on GitHub, exposing models and training data
Tags: ai, api, attack, compliance, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, framework, github, governance, leak, startup, trainingCompliance and governance: The Wiz findings highlight how exposed API keys can escalate into full-scale compromises across AI ecosystems, according to Sakshi Grover, senior research manager for IDC Asia Pacific Cybersecurity Services. “Stolen credentials can be used to manipulate model behavior or extract training data, undermining trust in deployed systems.”Grover noted that such exposures are…
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Your passwordless future may never fully arrive
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, breach, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, group, infrastructure, insurance, mfa, network, passkey, password, risk, service, strategy, technology, vpn, zero-trustAll-in passwordless strategies fall short: Jim Taylor, chief product and strategy officer at RSA, says today’s enterprise environment and existing passwordless approaches make “100% passwordless not possible just yet,” adding that “85% is possible, with the 15% representing the complicated and the very specialized” needs such as “security admins who need to log in to…
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65% of Top AI Firms Found Exposing Verified API Keys and Tokens on GitHub
A comprehensive security analysis has uncovered a troubling reality: 65% of leading AI companies have leaked verified secrets on GitHub, exposing critical API keys, authentication tokens, and sensitive credentials that could compromise their entire organizations. Researchers examined 50 prominent AI companies from the Forbes AI 50 list and discovered that nearly two-thirds had exposed verified…
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Your passwordless future may never fully arrive
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, breach, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, group, infrastructure, insurance, mfa, network, passkey, password, risk, service, strategy, technology, vpn, zero-trustAll-in passwordless strategies fall short: Jim Taylor, chief product and strategy officer at RSA, says today’s enterprise environment and existing passwordless approaches make “100% passwordless not possible just yet,” adding that “85% is possible, with the 15% representing the complicated and the very specialized” needs such as “security admins who need to log in to…
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How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code, and what it says about open source security
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, ciso, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, framework, github, google, infrastructure, law, malicious, malware, marketplace, monitoring, open-source, resilience, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, wormadhamu.history-in-sublime-merge (downloaded 4,000 times)ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (downloaded 3,300 times)yasuyuky.transient-emacs (downloaded 2,400 times)All three GlassWorm extensions are “still literally invisible” in code editors, the researchers note. They are encoded in unprintable Unicode characters that look like blank space to the human eye, but execute as JavaScript.The attackers have posted new transactions to the Solana blockchain that outline updated…
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How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code, and what it says about open source security
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, ciso, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, framework, github, google, infrastructure, law, malicious, malware, marketplace, monitoring, open-source, resilience, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, wormadhamu.history-in-sublime-merge (downloaded 4,000 times)ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (downloaded 3,300 times)yasuyuky.transient-emacs (downloaded 2,400 times)All three GlassWorm extensions are “still literally invisible” in code editors, the researchers note. They are encoded in unprintable Unicode characters that look like blank space to the human eye, but execute as JavaScript.The attackers have posted new transactions to the Solana blockchain that outline updated…
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Large-Scale ClickFix Phishing Attacks Target Hotel Systems with PureRAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a massive phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and harvest their credentials by deploying malware like PureRAT.”The attacker’s modus operandi involved using a compromised email account to send malicious messages to multiple hotel establishments,” Sekoia said. “This campaign First seen on thehackernews.com…
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APT Groups Target Construction Firms to Steal RDP, SSH, and Citrix Credentials
Tags: apt, china, citrix, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, group, iran, korea, network, north-korea, organized, ransomware, russia, threatThe construction industry has emerged as a primary target for sophisticated cyber adversaries in 2025, with threat actors including state-sponsored APT groups, ransomware operators, and organized cybercriminal networks actively targeting organizations across the building and construction sector. Nation-state actors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are leveraging the industry’s rapid digital transformation and security…
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APT Groups Target Construction Firms to Steal RDP, SSH, and Citrix Credentials
Tags: apt, china, citrix, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, group, iran, korea, network, north-korea, organized, ransomware, russia, threatThe construction industry has emerged as a primary target for sophisticated cyber adversaries in 2025, with threat actors including state-sponsored APT groups, ransomware operators, and organized cybercriminal networks actively targeting organizations across the building and construction sector. Nation-state actors from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are leveraging the industry’s rapid digital transformation and security…
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Passwortsicherheit und Credential-Stuffing – HIBP indexiert 1,3 Milliarden Passwörter und fast 2 Milliarden EAdressen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/pwned-passwords-erweitert-13-milliarden-passwoerter-a-426f81dbd7fd2a92b1313bc99fb26841/
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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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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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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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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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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…