Tag: credentials
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PDF Phishing: How Cybercriminals Exploit PDF Documents in Modern Email Attacks
Key Takeaways PDF phishing is a fast-growing email attack technique where cybercriminals hide malicious links, QR codes, or credential forms inside seemingly legitimate PDF attachments. Attackers exploit the trust people place in PDFs, disguising phishing documents as invoices, contracts, HR forms, or delivery notifications to trick users into interacting with them. Malicious elements inside PDFs,……
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Storm-2561 lures victims to spoofed VPN sites to harvest corporate logins
Attackers linked to Storm-2561 use SEO-poisoned search results to lure users to fake Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet VPN sites that steal corporate login credentials. In mid-January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts uncovered a credential-theft campaign attributed to Storm-2561. Threat actor is spreading fake enterprise VPN clients impersonating Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet software. By poisoning search engine…
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IRONSCALES Winter ’26 Release: Preemptive Email Security
<div cla A few months ago, I wrote about the Phishing Renaissance and how AI hasn’t invented new attack types so much as perfected the classics. Credential theft, vendor impersonation, executive fraud. Same playbook, exponentially better execution. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/ironscales-winter-26-release-preemptive-email-security/
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AI Agents Present ‘Insider Threat’ as Rogue Behaviors Bypass Cyber Defenses: Study
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, once touted as the next frontier of corporate efficiency, are increasingly exhibiting deceptive and rogue behaviors that could overwhelm traditional cybersecurity. New research shows autonomous systems are now capable of collaborating to smuggle sensitive data, forge credentials, and even peer-pressure other AIs into bypassing safety protocols. According to findings from Irregular,..…
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Credential-stealing crew spoofs VPN clients from Cisco, Fortinet, and others
And then they send victims to the legit VPN download to hide their tracks First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/vpn_clients_spoofed/
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Fake enterprise VPN sites used to steal company credentials
A threat actor tracked as Storm-2561 is distributing fake enterprise VPN clients from Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet to steal VPN credentials from unsuspecting users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-enterprise-vpn-downloads-used-to-steal-company-credentials/
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Fake enterprise VPN sites used to steal company credentials
A threat actor tracked as Storm-2561 is distributing fake enterprise VPN clients from Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet to steal VPN credentials from unsuspecting users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-enterprise-vpn-downloads-used-to-steal-company-credentials/
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How AI Changes the Role of Privileged Access in Cybersecurity
For most organizations, privileged access management (PAM) has historically been treated as a security hygiene requirement. Secure the administrator passwords, enforce approval workflows, rotate credentials, and record sessions for audit purposes. While these controls remain essential, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping cybersecurity. And privileged access is evolving from a credential protection mechanism into one of the most strategic observation points in enterprise security architecture. It’s a shift worth……
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation
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Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials
Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques.”The campaign redirects users searching for legitimate enterprise software to malicious ZIP files on attacker-controlled websites to deploy digitally signed trojans that masquerade as trusted VPN clients First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Fake enterprise VPN downloads used to steal company credentials
A threat actor tracked as Storm-2561 is distributing fake enterprise VPN clients from Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet to steal VPN credentials from unsuspecting users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-enterprise-vpn-downloads-used-to-steal-company-credentials/
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Storm-2561 Uses SEO Poisoning, Fake Signed VPN Apps to Steal Enterprise Credentials
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-2561 is running a credential theft campaign that abuses SEO poisoning and fake, signed VPN installers to steal enterprise VPN credentials. Active since May 2025, Storm-2561 continues to exploit user trust in search results, known VPN brands, and code-signing certificates to distribute malware disguised as legitimate remote access…
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How Threat Intelligence Protects Player Experience for Betting and Gaming Customers
Threat intelligence and bot mitigation strategies help gaming and betting platforms stop credential stuffing, scraping and automated fraud. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/how-threat-intelligence-protects-player-experience-for-betting-and-gaming-customers/
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How Threat Intelligence Protects Player Experience for Betting and Gaming Customers
Threat intelligence and bot mitigation strategies help gaming and betting platforms stop credential stuffing, scraping and automated fraud. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/how-threat-intelligence-protects-player-experience-for-betting-and-gaming-customers/
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Storm-2561 targets enterprise VPN users with SEO poisoning, fake clients
vpn-fortinet[.]com and ivanti-vpn[.]org, hosting malicious ZIP files on GitHub, the advisory said.The malware itself arrives as a ZIP file containing a Windows Installer package. When a user launches the downloaded installer, it drops a fake Pulse Secure application into a directory that closely mimics a legitimate Pulse Secure installation path, Microsoft said.”This installation path blends…
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Storm-2561 targets enterprise VPN users with SEO poisoning, fake clients
vpn-fortinet[.]com and ivanti-vpn[.]org, hosting malicious ZIP files on GitHub, the advisory said.The malware itself arrives as a ZIP file containing a Windows Installer package. When a user launches the downloaded installer, it drops a fake Pulse Secure application into a directory that closely mimics a legitimate Pulse Secure installation path, Microsoft said.”This installation path blends…
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Iran War Bait Fuels TA453, TA473 Phishing Campaigns
Tags: cloud, credentials, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, iran, malware, middle-east, phishing, service, theft, threatTA453, TA473, and several emerging threat clusters are exploiting breaking news about the Iran war to run highly targeted phishing campaigns against governments and policy organizations across the Middle East and beyond. These operations blend traditional espionage with opportunistic credential theft and malware delivery, often abusing compromised government accounts and trusted cloud services to increase…
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Delinea’s StrongDM Acquisition Highlights the Changing Role of PAM
StrongDM, which injects ephemeral, real-time credentials into developer workflows, will enable Delinea to offer privilege access management across cloud, SaaS, Kubernetes, and database environments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/delinea-strongdm-acquisition-highlights-changing-role-pam
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Delinea’s StrongDM Acquisition Highlights the Changing Role of PAM
StrongDM, which injects ephemeral, real-time credentials into developer workflows, will enable Delinea to offer privilege access management across cloud, SaaS, Kubernetes, and database environments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/delinea-strongdm-acquisition-highlights-changing-role-pam
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Medical giant Stryker crippled after Iranian hackers remotely wipe computers
Tags: access, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, computer, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, data, flaw, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, mobile, phone, service, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, updateHandala claims credit: The Handala threat group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. While the group’s involvement is just a claim for now, Stryker employees reportedly saw a version of the Handala logo a cartoon of a Palestinian boy with his back turned and hands crossed behind him on affected devices.Handala’s identity is hard to…
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Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that’s written in Rust, marking a significant departure from other known Delphi-based malware families associated with the Latin American cybercrime ecosystem.The malware, which is designed to infect Windows systems and was first discovered last month, has been codenamed VENON by Brazilian First…
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Enzoic Expands Protection Against Dark Web Credential Exposure
Credentials exposed in breach data can create risk long after the original incident. Once those passwords circulate through underground marketplaces, they can be reused to target enterprise systems and customer accounts. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials play a major role in web application breaches. Attackers frequently automate credential stuffing and……
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PhantomRaven returns to npm with 88 bad packages
Operational patterns challenge “research experiment” claim: Despite the new waves, PhantomRaven’s core functionality has remained largely unchanged, the researchers said. They found that 257 out of 259 lines of the malware payload are identical across all waves, with the only significant modification being the command-and-control domain used to receive stolen data.Instead, the attacker focused on…
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Hackers Exploit CloudFlare Anti-Security to Steal Microsoft 365 Login Credentials
A recent Microsoft 365 credential harvesting campaign shows how attackers are exploiting CloudFlare’s protective features to shield malicious phishing sites from security scanners and threat researchers. CloudFlare is widely used by organizations to improve website performance and protect against attacks such as bots, DDoS, and automated scanning. However, these same protections can also unintentionally benefit…
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Hackers Exploit CloudFlare Anti-Security to Steal Microsoft 365 Login Credentials
A recent Microsoft 365 credential harvesting campaign shows how attackers are exploiting CloudFlare’s protective features to shield malicious phishing sites from security scanners and threat researchers. CloudFlare is widely used by organizations to improve website performance and protect against attacks such as bots, DDoS, and automated scanning. However, these same protections can also unintentionally benefit…
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Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary command execution.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2026-27577 (CVSS score: 9.4) – Expression sandbox escape leading to remote code execution (RCE)CVE-2026-27493 (CVSS score: 9.5) – Unauthenticated First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…