Tag: credentials
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New Phishing Emails Pretend to Offer Jobs to Steal Facebook Logins
Sublime Security warns of a massive credential phishing scam using fake job offers from brands like KFC and Red Bull to steal Facebook login details. Don’t fall for the trap. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/phishing-emails-offer-jobs-steal-facebook-logins/
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New GlassWorm Threat Uses Stealthy Code to Target OpenVSX Extensions
GlassWorm is the world’s first self-propagating worm targeting VS Code extensions in the OpenVSX marketplace, unleashing invisible malicious payloads and decentralized command infrastructure that make it nearly impossible to detect or dismantle. First identified on October 17, 2025, GlassWorm hijacks developer machines via invisible Unicode code, harvests credentials, drains cryptocurrency wallets, and transforms infected systems…
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New GlassWorm Threat Uses Stealthy Code to Target OpenVSX Extensions
GlassWorm is the world’s first self-propagating worm targeting VS Code extensions in the OpenVSX marketplace, unleashing invisible malicious payloads and decentralized command infrastructure that make it nearly impossible to detect or dismantle. First identified on October 17, 2025, GlassWorm hijacks developer machines via invisible Unicode code, harvests credentials, drains cryptocurrency wallets, and transforms infected systems…
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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Self-Propagating GlassWorm Attacks VS Code Supply Chain
The sophisticated worm, which uses invisible code to steal credentials and turn developer systems into criminal proxies, has so far infected nearly 36k machines. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/self-propagating-glassworm-vs-code-supply-chain
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Hard-coded credentials found in Moxa industrial security appliances, routers (CVE-2025-6950)
Moxa has fixed 5 vulnerabilities in its industrial network security appliances and routers, including a remotely exploitable flaw (CVE-2025-6950) that may result in complete … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/moxa-routers-hard-coded-credentials-cve-2025-6950/
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Beyond Bot Management: Why Reverse Proxy Phishing Demands a New Defense Strategy
The scale of credential theft through phishing has reached alarming proportions. Recent analysis of the LabHost phishing operation reveals that nearly 990,000 Canadians were directly victimized, with attackers primarily targeting private sector enterprises (76%) over government agencies (24%). The operation generated over 1.2 million total incidents across Canada, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars……
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Microsoft Warns: Ransomware Powers Most Cyberattacks
Microsoft reports ransomware drives over half of cyberattacks, fueled by AI, automation, and credential theft. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/ransomware-powers-cyberattacks/
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Microsoft Warns: Ransomware Powers Most Cyberattacks
Microsoft reports ransomware drives over half of cyberattacks, fueled by AI, automation, and credential theft. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/ransomware-powers-cyberattacks/
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Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/breach-of-f5-requires-emergency-action-from-big-ip-users-feds-warn/
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Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks
Tags: access, apt, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, group, guide, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, network, programming, risk, sans, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityF5 mitigations: IT and security leaders should make sure F5 servers, software, and clients have the latest patches. In addition, F5 has added automated hardening checks to the F5 iHealth Diagnostics Tool, and also suggests admins refer to its threat hunting guide to strengthen monitoring, and its best practices guides for hardening F5 systems.As a…
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Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks
Tags: access, apt, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, group, guide, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, network, programming, risk, sans, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityF5 mitigations: IT and security leaders should make sure F5 servers, software, and clients have the latest patches. In addition, F5 has added automated hardening checks to the F5 iHealth Diagnostics Tool, and also suggests admins refer to its threat hunting guide to strengthen monitoring, and its best practices guides for hardening F5 systems.As a…
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Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/breach-of-f5-requires-emergency-action-from-big-ip-users-feds-warn/
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Kerberoasting Protection
Active Directory environments use Kerberos as the default authentication protocol, which unfortunately makes them particularly vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”, an attack where threat actors leverage the fact that service tickets are encrypted using a key derived from the account’s password to obtain the credentials and takeover privileged accounts. Generally, the adversary performs a service ticket request……
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Static Credentials Expose MCP Servers to Risk
Study Finds Weak Authentication Practices Across AI Agent Servers. Tools developers use to connect artificial intelligence tools with external applications and data sources typically are secured by static credentials such as API keys and personal access tokens, exposing AI agent systems to theft or misuse, research shows. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/static-credentials-expose-mcp-servers-to-risk-a-29731
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BlackSuit Ransomware Breaches Corporate Network Using Single Compromised VPN Credential
Tags: access, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, encryption, group, network, ransomware, threat, vpnA major manufacturing company fell victim to a swift and devastating ransomware attack after threat actors gained access using just one set of stolen VPN credentials. The attack, carried out by the cybercrime group Ignoble Scorpius, culminated in widespread encryption of virtual machines and brought critical operations to a halt. The Initial Compromise The breach…
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BlackSuit Ransomware Breaches Corporate Network Using Single Compromised VPN Credential
Tags: access, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, encryption, group, network, ransomware, threat, vpnA major manufacturing company fell victim to a swift and devastating ransomware attack after threat actors gained access using just one set of stolen VPN credentials. The attack, carried out by the cybercrime group Ignoble Scorpius, culminated in widespread encryption of virtual machines and brought critical operations to a halt. The Initial Compromise The breach…
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Fake Google Job Offer Email Scam Targets Workspace and Microsoft 365 Users
Cybersecurity firm Sublime Security details a new credential phishing scam impersonating Google Careers to steal login details from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-google-job-offer-email-scam-workspace-microsoft-365/
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13 cybersecurity myths organizations need to stop believing
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, banking, breach, business, ceo, compliance, computer, computing, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, encryption, finance, government, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, openai, passkey, password, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBig tech platforms have strong verification that prevents impersonation: Some of the largest tech platforms like to talk about their strong identity checks as a way to stop impersonation. But looking good on paper is one thing, and holding up to the promise in the real world is another.”The truth is that even advanced verification…
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Beyond Passwords and API Keys: Building Identity Infrastructure for the Autonomous Enterprise
Static API keys scattered across repositories create exponential security debt as AI scales. The solution? Credentials that live for minutes, not months. X.509 certificates and service mesh technology provide the foundation for machine identity that operates at AI speed while maintaining security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/beyond-passwords-and-api-keys-building-identity-infrastructure-for-the-autonomous-enterprise/
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SonicWall SSLVPN devices compromised using valid credentials
Tags: credentialsMore than 100 SonicWall SSLVPN accounts have been impacted, according to Huntress. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/sonicwall-sslvpn-devices-compromised/802716/
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SonicWall SSLVPN devices compromised using valid credentials
Tags: credentialsMore than 100 SonicWall SSLVPN accounts have been impacted, according to Huntress. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/sonicwall-sslvpn-devices-compromised/802716/
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Legacy Windows Protocols Still Expose Networks to Credential Theft
Legacy Windows protocols are still exposing organizations to credential theft, Resecurity found First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/legacy-windows-protocols-expose/
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Discord Weaponized as C2 Server Across Popular Open-Source Package Repositories
Malicious packages on popular registries are abusing Discord webhooks to exfiltrate sensitive files and host telemetry, bypassing traditional C2 infrastructure and blending into legitimate HTTPS traffic. Discord webhooks are simple HTTPS URLs that accept POST requests; they require no credentials beyond possession of the URL, and traffic appears as innocent JSON over port 443. Socket’s…
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Hackers Mimic as OpenAI and Sora Services to Steal Login Credentials
Hackers have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign impersonating both OpenAI and the recently released Sora 2 AI service. By cloning legitimate-looking landing pages, these actors are duping users into submitting their login credentials, participating in faux “gift” surveys, and even falling victim to cryptocurrency scams. Security researchers note that these deceptive domains are already ensnaring…
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Astaroth Trojan Uses GitHub Images to Stay Active After Takedowns
Astaroth banking trojan has evolved to use GitHub and steganography for resilient C2, hiding its vital commands in images. Learn how this sophisticated malware employs fileless techniques to steal banking and crypto credentials from users across Latin America. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/astaroth-trojan-github-images-active-takedowns/
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SonicWall VPNs face a breach of their own after the September cloud-backup fallout
What defenders should watch out for: Huntress highlighted that, in a few cases, successful SSLVPN authentication was followed by internal reconnaissance traffic or access attempts to Windows administrative accounts. Additionally, logins originating from a single recurring public IP may suggest a coordinated campaign rather than random credential reuse.On top of the steps outlined in SonicWall’s…