Tag: credentials
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Potent Atomic credential stealer can bypass Gatekeeper
Tags: credentialsLastPass warns it’s one of the latest to see its well-known brand impersonated. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/potent-atomic-credential-stealer-can-bypass-gatekeeper/
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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AI-powered phishing scams now use fake captcha pages to evade detection
The attack playbook: The phishing campaigns follow a familiar playbook at the outset. Victims typically receive spam emails that carry urgent, action-oriented messages such as “Password Reset Required” or “USPS Change of Address Notification”.Clicking on the embedded link doesn’t take the user directly to a credential-stealing site but instead loads what appears to be a…
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Subtle Snail Impersonation Tactics: How HR Representatives Can Engage Employees to Steal Login Credentials
Subtle Snail, an Iran-linked espionage group also tracked as UNC1549 under the Unyielding Wasp (Tortoiseshell) umbrella of the Charming Kitten network, has shifted its focus to European telecom, aerospace, and defense firms since June 2022. In a recent wave of attacks, the group compromised 34 devices across 11 organizations by masquerading as human resources representatives…
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Frictionless Security: What DevOps Teams Really Need from Identity Management
5 min readThe core challenge isn’t secrets; it’s access. Instead of treating access as a secrets problem, teams should treat it as an identity problem. This simple shift flips the script entirely. With ephemeral credentials tied to workload identity, authentication becomes invisible. Developers stop worrying about keys, security posture improves, and velocity accelerates. First seen…
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Why DevOps Still Struggles with Least Privilege (Even in 2025)
5 min readWhile least privilege remains a fundamental security principle, DevOps teams consistently fail to apply it to non-human identities, like CI/CD pipelines and applications. This struggle stems from a reliance on outdated, static credentials and a tension between development velocity and security, making a shift to ephemeral, policy-driven access a critical and necessary solution.…
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Hackers Steal SonicWall Firewall Configurations
Hackers Accessed Backup Firewall Preference Files. Firewall maker SonicWall is telling customers to reset credentials after hackers stole firewall configuration backup files stored in its cloud service. Hackers launched brute force attacks against servers storing backup files. They stole configuration data of roughly 5% of the install base. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Why Human IAM Strategies Fail for Machines
5 min readThe core problem is that human IAM was never built for machine scale or behavior… The amount of non-human identities continues growing”, 10 to 1 will turn into 45 to 1, then 100 to 1, then 200 to 1. Nothing stops this growth. Unlike people, machines can’t use MFA or log in with…
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AI-Driven Phishing Attacks: Deceptive Tactics to Bypass Security Systems
Since January, Trend Micro has tracked a surge in phishing campaigns using AI-powered platforms (Lovable, Netlify, Vercel) to host fake captcha pages that lead to phishing websites. This ploy misleads users and evades security tools. Victims are first shown a captcha, lowering suspicion, while automated scanners only detect the challenge page, missing the hidden credential-harvesting…
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Phishing Attack
Phishing remains one of the most successful cyberattack techniques today. Despite decades of awareness campaigns, it continues to deceive individuals and organizations into giving away sensitive information, from login credentials to financial details. Why? Because phishing exploits the human element, which is often the weakest link in cybersecurity. Phishing attacks are evolving in sophistication, scale,…
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Phishing Attack
Phishing remains one of the most successful cyberattack techniques today. Despite decades of awareness campaigns, it continues to deceive individuals and organizations into giving away sensitive information, from login credentials to financial details. Why? Because phishing exploits the human element, which is often the weakest link in cybersecurity. Phishing attacks are evolving in sophistication, scale,…
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WatchGuard patches ‘critical’ VPN flaw in firewalls that could lead to compromise
Who is affected?: A list of the nearly three dozen firewall models affected by CVE-2025-9242 is available from WatchGuard’s website. The vulnerable versions of the Fireware OS are 2025.1, 12.x, 12.5.x (T15 & T35 models), 12.3.1 (FIPS-certified release), and 11.x (end of life). These are addressed (in the same order) by updating to versions 2025.1.1,…
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Study Finds 1.2M Medical Devices Exposed on Internet
Default credentials, weak passwords, misconfigurations and a variety of other security shortcomings are exposing millions of medical devices and their data on the internet, said Soufian El Yadmani, CEO and co-founder of Modat, who shared recent research findings. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/study-finds-12m-medical-devices-exposed-on-internet-i-5494
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SonicWall warns customers to reset credentials after MySonicWall backups were exposed
SonicWall urges users to reset credentials after MySonicWall backups were exposed; the company locked out the threat actors and notified authorities. SonicWall urged customers to reset credentials after firewall backup files tied to MySonicWall accounts were exposed. The company announced it had blocked attackers’ access and is working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies…
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SonicWall Urges Password Resets After Cloud Backup Breach Affecting Under 5% of Customers
SonicWall is urging customers to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach impacting MySonicWall accounts.The company said it recently detected suspicious activity targeting the cloud backup service for firewalls, and that unknown threat actors accessed backup firewall preference files stored in the cloud for less than 5% of…
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Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups
Tags: attack, authentication, backup, breach, cloud, computer, computing, credentials, data, defense, encryption, firewall, Hardware, login, mfa, password, phishing, software, technology, threatWhat are brute force attacks?: Brute force attacks use trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys. They’ve been around since the beginning of the computer age, yet are still effective. Why? In part because people still use easily guessable passwords like ‘1234’, or their company’s name, or default passwords left on…
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SonicWall Advises Users to Reset Logins After Config Backup Leak
SonicWall has alerted its customers to reset all login credentials after a recent leak exposed firewall configuration backups. The vendor emphasizes three critical stages”, containment, remediation, and monitoring”, to minimize risk and restore secure access. Users should follow each stage in order, beginning with containment to block further exposure, proceeding to remediation to reset passwords…
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SonicWall Advises Users to Reset Logins After Config Backup Leak
SonicWall has alerted its customers to reset all login credentials after a recent leak exposed firewall configuration backups. The vendor emphasizes three critical stages”, containment, remediation, and monitoring”, to minimize risk and restore secure access. Users should follow each stage in order, beginning with containment to block further exposure, proceeding to remediation to reset passwords…
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Raven Stealer Targets Google Chrome Users to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
Raven Stealer, a sophisticated information-stealing malware that has been wreaking havoc on users’ sensitive data. This contemporary malware represents a concerning evolution in credential theft technology, combining advanced evasion techniques with streamlined data exfiltration capabilities. Raven Stealer stands out as a lightweight yet highly effective information-stealing malware developed primarily in Delphi and C++. Cybersecurity researchers…
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Malicious PyPI Packages Deliver SilentSync RAT
IntroductionZscaler ThreatLabz regularly monitors for threats in the popular Python Package Index (PyPI), which contains open source libraries that are frequently used by many Python developers. In July 2025, a malicious Python package named termncolor was identified by ThreatLabz. Just a few weeks later, on August 4, 2025, ThreatLabz uncovered two more malicious Python packages…
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Warning: Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups
Tags: attack, authentication, backup, breach, cloud, computer, computing, credentials, data, defense, encryption, firewall, Hardware, login, mfa, password, phishing, software, technology, threatWhat are brute force attacks?: Brute force attacks use trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys. They’ve been around since the beginning of the computer age, yet are still effective. Why? In part because people still use easily guessable passwords like ‘1234’, or their company’s name, or default passwords left on…
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Detect Secrets in GitLab CI Logs using ggshield and Bring Your Own Source
Discover how to automatically detect secrets in GitLab CI logs using ggshield and GitGuardian’s Bring Your Own Source initiative. Learn to set up real-time scanning to prevent credential leaks, enhance compliance, and secure your entire CI/CD pipeline from hidden risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/detect-secrets-in-gitlab-ci-logs-using-ggshield-and-bring-your-own-source/
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The Industry’s Passkey Pivot Ignores a Deeper Threat: Device-Level Infections
Passkeys Are Progress, But They’re Not Protection Against Everything The cybersecurity community is embracing passkeys as a long-overdue replacement for passwords. These cryptographic credentials, bound to a user’s device, eliminate phishing and prevent credential reuse. Major players, like Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, and Okta, have made passkey login widely available across consumer and enterprise services….…
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Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631473/Microsoft-scores-win-against-Office-365-credential-thieves
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SonicWall warns customers to reset credentials after breach
SonicWall warned customers today to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach that impacted MySonicWall accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-warns-customers-to-reset-credentials-after-MySonicWall-breach/
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Microsoft disrupts global phishing campaign that led to widespread credential theft
Officials say the operation led to ransomware and BEC attacks on U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft-disrupts-global-phishing-credential-theft/760378/
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When Every Second Counts: Rethinking Authentication for Modern Healthcare
In the emergency room at 2 AM, a cardiac patient arrives in distress. The attending physician rushes to the nearest workstation”, one that three other doctors have used in the past hour”, and needs immediate access to prescribe life-saving medication. But first, there’s the familiar friction: logging out the previous user, entering credentials, waiting for…
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Microsoft and Cloudflare execute ‘rugpull’ on massive phishing empire
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, breach, computer, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cybercrime, data, detection, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, infrastructure, international, law, microsoft, phishing, programming, scam, service, strategy, threat, toolLegal victory with limitations: Microsoft’s investigation identified Joshua Ogundipe, based in Nigeria, as the operation’s leader and primary architect. The company filed a lawsuit against Ogundipe and four associates listed as John Does in late August, then obtained a court order from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in early…