Tag: credentials
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5 Ways Zero Trust Maximizes Identity Security
Stolen credentials remain a top breach vector, often leading to unchecked privilege escalation. Specops explains how identity-first Zero Trust limits access, enforces device trust, and blocks lateral movement. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/5-ways-zero-trust-maximizes-identity-security/
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China-linked cloud credential heist runs on typos and SMTP
Typosquatting for cloud-native espionage: The campaign relies heavily on deception, the researchers pointed out, using C2 domains closely resembling legitimate Alibaba Cloud services. The typosquatting approach allows malicious traffic to blend into routine cloud operations, specifically in environments where outbound filtering is absent.The implant used is an obfuscated ELF binary, with an executable designed for…
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Q1 2026 Open Source Malware Index: Adaptive Attacks, Familiar Weaknesses
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, cloud, credentials, crypto, data, github, guide, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, macOS, malicious, malware, open-source, pypi, risk, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, tool, update, windows, worm<div cla TL;DR Sonatype identified 21,764 open source malware packages in Q1 2026, bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. npm accounted for 75% of malicious packages this quarter. Trojans dominated, with most activity focused on credential theft, host reconnaissance, and staged payload delivery. The quarter’s defining pattern was trust abuse: attackers succeeded by…
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AI Codex Exploits Samsung TV Driver Flaw to Gain Root Access
A new experiment has shown how an AI coding assistant, Codex, can independently escalate privileges on a Samsung Smart TV by abusing dangerously exposed kernel drivers in Samsung’s KantS2 Tizen firmware. Working from an existing browser foothold, Codex chained together source-code auditing, physical memory access, and credential tampering to turn a sandboxed browser process into…
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APT41 Targets Linux Cloud Servers With New Winnti Backdoor
A previously undocumented Linux backdoor attributed to China-linked threat group APT41 (Winnti) has been uncovered, targeting cloud workloads across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud. The ELF-based implant, currently showing zero detections on VirusTotal, transforms Linux servers into stealthy credential theft nodes using a novel SMTP-based command-and-control (C2) mechanism. The discovery indicates a new phase in APT41’s Linux and cloud-targeted…
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29 million leaked secrets in 2025: Why AI agents credentials are out of control
AI agents need credentials to work. They authenticate with LLM platforms, connect to databases, call SaaS APIs, access cloud resources, and orchestrate across dozens of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/14/gitguardian-ai-agents-credentials-leak/
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Top 10 Best Single Sign-On (SSO) Vendors For Enterprises in 2026
In the fast-evolving digital landscape of 2026, enterprises grapple with an ever-growing number of applications and services. Employees, partners, and customers interact with a multitude of platforms daily, often leading to >>password fatigue<< a phenomenon where users juggle countless credentials, resorting to weak, reused, or written-down passwords. This not only frustrates users but also creates…
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Best of the Worst: Five Attacks That Already Knew Your Name
<div cla TL;DR This week’s Attack of the Day posts revealed a clear shift from volume to precision. A phishing PDF auto-launched a credential harvest page the instant it opened, no click required. A QR code inside another PDF had the target’s email address pre-encoded in base64, so the landing page pre-filled the victim’s username…
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APT41 Delivers ‘Zero-Detection’ Backdoor to Harvest Cloud Credentials
The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/apt41-zero-detection-backdoor-harvest-cloud-credentials
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FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt more than $20 million in fraud.In tandem, authorities detained the alleged developer, who has& First…
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FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt more than $20 million in fraud.In tandem, authorities detained the alleged developer, who has& First…
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APT41 Delivers ‘Zero-Detection’ Backdoor to Harvest Cloud Credentials
The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/apt41-zero-detection-backdoor-harvest-cloud-credentials
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Critical flaw in Marimo Python notebook exploited within 10 hours of disclosure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, credentials, cve, data-breach, exploit, firewall, flaw, Internet, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, software, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityCredentials stolen in under three minutes: To track real-world exploitation, deployed honeypot servers running vulnerable Marimo instances across multiple cloud providers and observed the first exploitation attempt within 9 hours and 41 minutes of disclosure. No ready-made exploit tool existed at the time. The attacker had built one using only the advisory description, Sysdig researchers…
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Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty flaws can be chained into full takeover
Tags: access, attack, authentication, credentials, cve, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, ibm, passwordAdminCenter flaws allow further escalation: Beyond initial access, the research outlined critical issues within WebSphere Liberty’s administrative controls. The AdminCenter component, designed to enforce role-based access, contains multiple flaws that allow low-privileged users to access sensitive files and secrets.One issue, tracked under CVE-2025-14915, enables “reader”-level users to retrieve critical server files such as authentication keys,…
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What Is Identity Risk Intelligence? (And Why It’s Replacing Monitoring)
Tags: attack, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, identity, intelligence, monitoring, risk, toolA new category is emerging in cybersecurity For years, organizations have relied on monitoring tools to detect compromised credentials and exposed data. But as identity has become the primary attack surface, those tools are no longer enough. A new category is emerging in response: Identity Risk Intelligence This isn’t just a new label. It represents……
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Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Marimo is now under active exploitation, leveraged for credential theft. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-marimo-pre-auth-rce-flaw-now-under-active-exploitation/
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Google Chrome Update Disrupts Infostealer Cookie Theft
Google adds Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to Chrome 146, using hardware keys to block infostealer use of stolen session cookies on Windows. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/google-chrome-update-infostealer-cookie-theft/
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Google Locks Chrome Sessions to Devices to Stop Cookie Theft
Google has officially launched a major security upgrade to protect users from session hijacking. Starting with Chrome version 146 for Windows users, Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) is now publicly available. This new feature aims to stop malware from stealing web cookies and using them to bypass passwords and multi-factor authentication. Support for macOS users…
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Old Docker authorization bypass pops up despite previous patch
Tags: access, api, botnet, cloud, container, credentials, data, docker, exploit, flaw, monitoring, tool, update, vulnerabilityNo one checked oversized requests: While the previous authorization bypass was triggered when request Content-Length was set to 0, no one checked at the time what would happen in the same function if the request exceeded a certain size.”When an API request body exceeds 1MB, Docker’s middleware silently drops the body before your authorization plugin…
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Your Next Breach Will Look Like Business as Usual
These are the fundamental detection model shifts cybersecurity teams need to make to keep up with the rising number of credential-based attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/your-next-breach-business-as-usual
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Crushing the Axios supply chain threat with Tenable Hexa AI: Use cases for agentic AI
Tags: ai, attack, business, credentials, crypto, cve, data, data-breach, malicious, moveIT, network, okta, radius, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-daySee how you can use Tenable Hexa AI to determine in minutes if you’re impacted by the Axios npm supply chain attack. Learn how easy it is to automate configuration of scans, identify impacted assets, prioritize remediation, and more using agentic AI from Tenable. Key takeaways: Tenable Hexa AI, the agentic engine of the Tenable…
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Crushing the Axios supply chain threat with Tenable Hexa AI: Use cases for agentic AI
Tags: ai, attack, business, credentials, crypto, cve, data, data-breach, malicious, moveIT, network, okta, radius, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-daySee how you can use Tenable Hexa AI to determine in minutes if you’re impacted by the Axios npm supply chain attack. Learn how easy it is to automate configuration of scans, identify impacted assets, prioritize remediation, and more using agentic AI from Tenable. Key takeaways: Tenable Hexa AI, the agentic engine of the Tenable…
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CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads
Six-hour breach turned trusted links into a coin toss between legit tools and credential stealers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
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CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads
Six-hour breach turned trusted links into a coin toss between legit tools and credential stealers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/
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Google Chrome Rolls Out Protection Against Infostealers Targeting Session Cookies
Chrome’s Device Bound Session Credentials is designed to block infostealers from harvesting session cookie First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-chrome-protection/
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Google Chrome Rolls Out Protection Against Infostealers Targeting Session Cookies
Chrome’s Device Bound Session Credentials is designed to block infostealers from harvesting session cookie First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-chrome-protection/
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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials
Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/10/google-chrome-device-bound-session-credentials/
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HPE Aruba Private 5G Vulnerability Opens Door to Credential Theft Attacks
A newly disclosed security flaw in HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G Core On-Prem is putting enterprise networks at severe risk of credential theft. Documented under the security bulletin HPESBNW05032EN_US, this vulnerability targets the platform’s graphical user interface and allows threat actors to silently harvest administrative login details. The security defect, officially tracked as CVE-2026-23818, stems…