Tag: credentials
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HPE warns of hardcoded passwords in Aruba access points
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is warning of hardcoded credentials in Aruba Instant On Access Points that allow attackers to bypass normal device authentication and access the web interface. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-warns-of-hardcoded-passwords-in-aruba-access-points/
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Popular npm linter packages hijacked via phishing to drop malware
Popular JavaScript libraries eslint-config-prettier and eslint-plugin-prettier were hijacked this week and turned into malware droppers, in a supply chain attack achieved via targeted phishing and credential theft. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-npm-linter-packages-hijacked-via-phishing-to-drop-malware/
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Threat actors scanning for apps incorporating vulnerable Spring Boot tool
Tags: access, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, kev, nist, organized, password, risk, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day/health endpoints, commonly used to detect internet-exposed Spring Boot deployments. If vulnerable implementations of apps, including TeleMessage SGNL, are found, they could be exploited to steal sensitive data in heap memory, including plaintext usernames and passwords. The hole is serious enough that it was added this week to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited…
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UK ties GRU to stealthy Microsoft 365 credential-stealing malware
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has formally attributed ‘Authentic Antics’ espionage malware attacks to APT28 (Fancy Bear), threat actor already linked to Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-ties-russian-gru-to-authentic-antics-credential-stealing-malware/
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Snake Keylogger Bypasses Windows Defender and Uses Scheduled Tasks to Steal Credentials
Threat actors have been using a sophisticated phishing operation to impersonate Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAÅž) in order to attack Turkish businesses, especially those in the defense and aerospace sectors. The campaign distributes malicious emails masquerading as contractual documents, such as the file >>TEKLÄ°F Ä°STEĞİ TUSAÅž TÜRK HAVACILIK UZAY SANAYÄ°Ä°_xlsx.exe
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Cisco warns of another critical RCE flaw in ISE, urges immediate patching
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, cisco, communications, credentials, endpoint, exploit, flaw, network, radius, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, update, vulnerability, wifiFaster patching is needed: Barr is concerned about the flaw in finding N-day abuse. “While it’s positive that Cisco is transparent in disclosure and swift in releasing patches, the reality is that patching these types of vulnerabilities, especially in large, distributed enterprise environments, is not instantaneous,” he said. “Restart requirements and dependencies on high-availability setups…
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New QR Code Attacks Through PDFs Bypass Detection and Steal Credentials
Tags: attack, communications, credentials, cyber, detection, email, exploit, intelligence, phishing, qrResearchers at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have uncovered an ongoing quishing campaign dubbed >>Scanception,
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Building scalable secrets management in hybrid cloud environments: Lessons from enterprise adoption
Tags: access, backup, cloud, credentials, data, gitlab, group, iam, identity, infrastructure, jobs, kubernetes, leak, radius, service, supply-chain, toolLessons from integration: Identity, Kubernetes and CI/CD : Choosing a secrets management tool is the easy part. Integrating it across an enterprise is where the work begins. We started with identity. Manual user provisioning was not an option. We integrated Vault with our SSO platform using OIDC and mapped groups to Vault policies based on least privilege.…
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Clément Domingo: “We are not using AI correctly to defend ourselves”
Tags: access, ai, attack, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, finance, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, office, password, programming, ransom, startup, threat, tool, trainingstartup, but dedicated to cybercrime in a very efficient way,” Domingo tells via email. “Most have what we call affiliates, which allows them to operate worldwide and attack any organization or entity. In most cases, the startup keeps 20% of the ransom and the accomplice takes 80%.”These are companies that, as he details, offer all…
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Scanception Exposed: New QR Code Attack Campaign Exploits Unmonitored Mobile Access
Tags: access, attack, control, credentials, data-breach, detection, exploit, intelligence, malicious, mobile, qrCyble’s Research and Intelligence Lab (CRIL) has analyzed a new quishing campaign that leverages QR codes embedded in PDF files to deliver malicious payloads. The campaign, dubbed Scanception, bypasses security controls, harvests user credentials, and evades detection by traditional systems. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/scanception-qr-code-quishing-campaign/
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Golden dMSA Flaw Exposes Firms to Major Credential Theft
Semperis Warns of Flaw in Windows Server 2025 Delegated Managed Service Accounts. A critical cryptographic flaw in Windows Server 2025’s delegated Managed Service Accounts, or dMSAs, allows attackers to generate passwords for every managed service account across an Active Directory forest and create a backdoor, Semperis researchers found. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Ransomware actors target patched SonicWall SMA devices with rootkit
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, credentials, exploit, flaw, incident response, malware, mandiant, network, password, ransomware, security-incident, startup, vpn, vulnerabilitytemp.db and persist.db, that store sensitive information, including user account credentials, session tokens, and OTP seed values.Although the flaw has been publicly documented and analyzed in detail by researchers as potentially leading to the exposure of admin credentials, GTIG and Mandiant don’t have evidence this is the flaw that was exploited. It is also possible…
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Chinese hackers breached National Guard to steal network configurations
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Salt Typhoon breached and remained undetected in a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months in 2024, stealing network configuration files and administrator credentials that could be used to compromise other government networks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-breached-national-guard-to-steal-network-configurations/
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Google Gemini AI Flaw Could Lead to Gmail Compromise, Phishing
Researchers discovered a security flaw in Google’s Gemini AI chatbot that could put the 2 billion Gmail users in danger of being victims of an indirect prompt injection attack, which could lead to credentials being stolen or phishing attacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/google-gemini-ai-flaw-could-lead-to-gmail-compromise-phishing/
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China-linked hackers target Taiwan chip firms in a coordinated espionage campaign
Tags: access, ai, attack, china, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, email, espionage, exploit, finance, framework, government, group, hacker, intelligence, international, login, monitoring, network, phishing, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, warfareInvestment banks in the crosshairs: A second group, UNK_DropPitch, targeted the financial ecosystem surrounding Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. This group conducted phishing campaigns against investment banks, focusing on individuals specializing in Taiwanese semiconductor analysis. The phishing emails purported to come from fictitious financial firms seeking collaboration opportunities.The third group, UNK_SparkyCarp, focused on credential harvesting through sophisticated…
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0-Day RCE Flaw in SonicWall SMA Devices Exploited to Launch OVERSTEP Ransomware
Tags: access, breach, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, google, group, intelligence, mobile, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, zero-dayGoogle’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign targeting end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances, where threat actors are exploiting previously stolen credentials and deploying a new rootkit called OVERSTEP. The financially motivated group, tracked as UNC6148, has been operating since at least October 2024 and is suspected of…
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Hackers Use Backdoor to Steal Data From SonicWall Appliance
Tags: backdoor, breach, credentials, cybercrime, data, google, group, hacker, hacking, intelligence, ransomware, threatHacking Group UNC6148 Steals Credentials With New OVERSTEP Rootkit, Google Says. A cybercrime group used a backdoor in a fully patched SonicWall appliance to steal credentials and may have sold the stolen data to ransomware groups as part of an ongoing campaign, Google Threat Intelligence Group found. The firm attributed the campaign to a cybercrime…
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One click to compromise: Oracle Cloud Code Editor flaw exposed users to RCE
Attacks could have a wider blast radius: Because Code Editor operates on the same underlying file system as the Cloud Shell, essentially a Linux home directory in the cloud, attackers could tamper with files used by other integrated services. This turns the flaw in the seemingly contained developer tool into an exposure for lateral movement…
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Salt Typhoon breach: Chinese APT compromises U.S. Army National Guard network
China-linked APT Salt Typhoon breached a U.S. Army National Guard unit’s network, accessed configs, and intercepted communications with other units. A DoD report warns that China-nexus hacking group Salt Typhoon breached a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network from March to December 2024. The APT stole network configs, admin credentials, and data exchanged with units…
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Salt Typhoon hacked the US National Guard for 9 months, and accessed networks in every state
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, breach, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, Internet, malicious, military, network, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilitySensitive military data stolen: The attackers gained access to highly sensitive military and infrastructure information during the nine-month intrusion. The memo stated that “in 2024, Salt Typhoon used its access to a US state’s Army National Guard network to exfiltrate administrator credentials, network traffic diagrams, a map of geographic locations throughout the state, and PII…
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Lessons Learned From McDonald’s Big AI Flub
McDonald’s hiring platform was using its original default credentials and inadvertently exposed information belonging to approximately 64 million job applicants. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/lessons-learned-mcdonalds-ai-flub
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Octalyn Stealer Harvests VPN Configs, Passwords, and Cookies in Organized Folder Structure
The Octalyn Forensic Toolkit, which is openly accessible on GitHub, has been revealed as a powerful credential stealer that poses as a research tool for red teaming and digital forensics. This is a worrying development for cybersecurity. Developed with a C++-based payload module and a Delphi-built graphical user interface (GUI) builder, the toolkit lowers the…
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Red Bull-Themed Phishing Attacks Target Job Seekers’ Credentials
A few significant investments in email filtering, authentication procedures, and endpoint protection, attackers are constantly improving their techniques to circumvent automated security measures in a time when phishing is still a major cyberthreat. A recent campaign identified by Evalian’s Security Operations Center (SOC) exemplifies this evolution, employing sophisticated deception to target job seekers with spoofed…
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Infostealers Targeting macOS Users in Active Campaigns to Steal Sensitive Data
MacOS infostealers are becoming a powerful and underappreciated method of data exfiltration in a world where Windows-centric threats predominate. They act as predecessors to ransomware deployments and significant breaches. These malware variants, often distributed via Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) models, meticulously harvest sensitive host data, including installed applications, browser-stored credentials, session cookies, and autofill details. This pilfered…
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RapidFire Network Detective Vulnerabilities Expose Sensitive Data to Threat Actors
Security researchers have discovered two critical vulnerabilities in RapidFire Tools Network Detective, a widely-used network assessment and reporting tool developed by Kaseya, that expose sensitive credentials to potential attackers. The flaws, disclosed on July 10th, 2025, affect organizations using the tool for network security assessments and could enable threat actors to access administrative credentials and…
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Laravel APP_KEY Flaw Exploited to Trigger Remote Code Execution on Hundreds of Apps
Tags: credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, exploit, flaw, framework, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilitySecurity researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in Laravel applications where exposed APP_KEY credentials are being actively exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on hundreds of production systems. This widespread security flaw stems from Laravel’s automatic deserialization of decrypted data, combined with the framework’s numerous documented gadget chains that enable arbitrary command execution. Critical…