Tag: credentials
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Fake ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Ads Use Browserthe-Browser Phishing to Steal Accounts
A human-operated phishing platform impersonating AI advertising products to steal credentials and manipulate multifactor authentication workflows. The operation targets advertising professionals through convincing account-connection pages, with researchers observing hundreds of victim submissions and continued activity during their investigation. Rather than presenting an obvious password request, the attackers sell a plausible business workflow: campaign optimization, spending…
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AI Agent Gateway: Open-source tool keeps credentials out of agent configs
Tuskira’s AI Agent Gateway is an open-source solution that sits between AI agents and everything they call: the MCP tool servers that connect them to services like … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/07/open-source-ai-agent-gateway/
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AI Agent Gateway: Open-source tool keeps credentials out of agent configs
Tuskira’s AI Agent Gateway is an open-source solution that sits between AI agents and everything they call: the MCP tool servers that connect them to services like … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/07/open-source-ai-agent-gateway/
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AI Agent Gateway: Open-source tool keeps credentials out of agent configs
Tuskira’s AI Agent Gateway is an open-source solution that sits between AI agents and everything they call: the MCP tool servers that connect them to services like … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/07/open-source-ai-agent-gateway/
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Fake ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Ad Portals Capture Credentials and MFA Codes
Tags: ai, business, chatgpt, credentials, cybersecurity, google, intelligence, mfa, openai, phishingCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a “human-operated phishing platform” that impersonates advertising products for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Perplexity, Meta Muse, and Manus.The products, which claim to offer campaign optimization, spend audits, and business-account connections, are designed with one goal in First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Fake ChatGPT, Gemini Sites steal advertising accounts, MFA codes
A new campaign targeting ad account managers uses fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity sites that steal login credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes through browser-in-browser attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-chatgpt-gemini-sites-steal-advertising-accounts-mfa-codes/
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Atlassian CVE-2026-21589 Flaw Exposes Files in Jira and Confluence Data Center
Atlassian has announced a critical vulnerability related to arbitrary file access that affects Jira Software Data Center and Confluence Data Center. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21589, has a CVSS score of 9.3 and allows unauthenticated attackers to access specific files within the web root directories of the affected applications without needing valid credentials or accounts.…
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Midnight Blizzard Uses Captive Portals to Deliver CornFlake RAT and Steal Traveler Credentials
Storm-2945, a Midnight Blizzard subcluster, has resumed CaptiveCrunch, an espionage campaign abusing hospitality Wi-Fi networks to infect travelers and compromise corporate accounts. An October 5, 2026 update confirms renewed activity observed on September 29, including deployment of a Rust variant of the CornFlake infostealer, with characteristics consistent with continued AI-enabled malware development. The resurgence likely…
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Midnight Blizzard Uses Captive Portals to Deliver CornFlake RAT and Steal Traveler Credentials
Storm-2945, a Midnight Blizzard subcluster, has resumed CaptiveCrunch, an espionage campaign abusing hospitality Wi-Fi networks to infect travelers and compromise corporate accounts. An October 5, 2026 update confirms renewed activity observed on September 29, including deployment of a Rust variant of the CornFlake infostealer, with characteristics consistent with continued AI-enabled malware development. The resurgence likely…
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NIS2 compliance: 7 low-cost steps to secure credentials
Security budgets rarely stretch to cover a full NIS2 programme in one pass. Credential controls are where a constrained team can start, because they make access visible, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/passwork-nis2-credential-security/
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The Credential Layer Is Expanding Faster Than Security Teams Can See It
Every modern enterprise depends on credentials. This is how humans, systems, and now AI, all connect to data, services, and each other securely. GitGuardian helps secure that credential layer through three connected capabilities: Detect, Remediate, and Prevent. The journey starts with detection, because organizations first need to understand what credentials exist, where they live, and…
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AWS Fixes AI Agent Flaws Enabling Authentication Bypass and Credential Theft
Tags: access, ai, authentication, credentials, cyber, flaw, open-source, theft, update, vulnerabilityAWS released security updates for three vulnerabilities in its open-source Loom platform, used for AI agent orchestration. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthenticated administrative takeover, disclosure of OAuth2 credentials, and access to internal services. The company strongly urges users to upgrade all Loom deployments and forks to version 1.7.0. AWS announced these issues in Security Bulletin…
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China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM Phishing
A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks, universities, and legal sector organizations.The campaigns have impersonated prominent economists and AI policymakers, as well as a prominent Anthropic employee, to single out an AI policy expert at…
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AWS AI Agent Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Bypass Authentication and Steal Credentials
Tags: access, ai, authentication, cloud, credentials, cyber, flaw, open-source, service, vulnerabilityAWS has released security fixes for four vulnerabilities affecting its open-source Loom AI agent orchestration platform and Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. The flaws could allow attackers to bypass authentication, steal OAuth2 tokens and temporary cloud credentials, access internal services, and execute arbitrary code in another user’s SageMaker environment. AWS disclosed the issues in security bulletins…
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Fortinet warns that critical flaw in FortiMail is facing exploitation
Security researchers warn that attackers can gain access to credentials, stored mail and other connected systems. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fortinet-critical-flaw-fortimail-exploitation/832017/
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State-linked actor targets US AI policy experts in credential phishing campaigns
The China-linked espionage attacks were designed to gain insight into the country’s strategy and regulatory environment. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-linked-actor-us-ai-policy-experts-credential-phishing/831887/
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Hackers Are Turning Trusted Software Updates Into Credential-Stealing Malware
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, flaw, github, hacker, malicious, malware, open-source, software, supply-chain, updateA growing wave of supply-chain attacks is proving the opposite: attackers are compromising legitimate open-source packages and using trusted update channels to deploy credential-stealing malware directly into developer and enterprise environments. Malicious Nx releases, published after attackers stole an npm publishing token through a GitHub Actions workflow flaw, ran post-install scripts that searched systems for…
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TIKTOUK WordPress Toolkit Could Enable AWS, SMTP and API Credential Theft Attacks
A credential-collection toolkit dubbed TIKTOUK that combines WordPress reconnaissance, exposed-file harvesting, plugin credential decryption, and JavaScript secret scanning. The toolkit consists of two Python scripts, wp2s_poll.py and wp2s_crack.py, alongside a stripped Go-based Linux crawler named jscrawl-amd64. All three components retrieve targets from a central HTTP hub, execute assigned collection tasks, and submit status reports and…
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China-Linked TA419 Hackers Target US AI Policy Experts With Credential Phishing Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, china, control, credentials, cyber, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, phishing, regulation, threatA China-linked threat actor known as TA419 has targeted U.S. artificial intelligence policy specialists through highly customized credential-phishing operations. This campaign, which involves impersonation, adversary-in-the-middle infrastructure, and a modified Browser-in-the-Browser toolkit, aims to steal Microsoft 365 sessions. This activity indicates a focused effort to collect intelligence on individuals who influence U.S. AI regulation, export controls,…
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New Infostealer Can Steal Passwords, Cards, Cookies and Wi-Fi Keys From Windows PCs
A Python-based infostealer builder that enables threat actors to generate customized Windows payloads capable of stealing browser credentials, payment-card data, session cookies, Discord tokens, Wi-Fi passwords and extensive system information. Rather than functioning as a single-use stealer, the package includes a builder interface and an embedded payload, providing a model consistent with Malware-as-a-Service operations. Operators…
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The Day-One Hole in Zero Trust Architecture
Zero Trust can verify users once they are established, but onboarding creates a gap where organizations must decide who to trust before strong authentication exists. Specops explains why identity verification should begin before credentials, MFA methods, and access are issued. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-day-one-hole-in-zero-trust-architecture/
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GitHub-Leak: 543.699 Zugangsdaten sind noch immer gültig
GitHub-Leak mit 543.699 gültigen Zugangsdaten: Untersuchung zeigt, wie lange geleakte Credentials öffentlich bleiben und weiter funktionieren First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/github-leak-543699-zugangsdaten-334237.html
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Researchers Find 543,699 Active Credentials Leaked in Public GitHub Repos
Security researchers have identified 543,699 unique credentials that remain valid despite being exposed in public GitHub repositories. This highlights a persistent failure to revoke secrets once they enter source code. These credentials were verified as active in July 2026, even though many had been publicly accessible for years. Researchers at Truffle Security examined The Stack…
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AI Agents Expose 13,000+ Developer Screenshots Across 900+ GitHub Repositories
AI coding agents have inadvertently exposed over 13,000 internal developer screenshots in public GitHub repositories. These exposures potentially revealed sensitive information such as customer records, credentials, financial interfaces, and unreleased product features. The issue, referred to as >>PixelLeak<< by Glow Labs, affected developers across more than 300 organizations and spanned over 900 repositories. AI Agents…
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AI Agents Expose 13,000+ Developer Screenshots Across 900+ GitHub Repositories
AI coding agents have inadvertently exposed over 13,000 internal developer screenshots in public GitHub repositories. These exposures potentially revealed sensitive information such as customer records, credentials, financial interfaces, and unreleased product features. The issue, referred to as >>PixelLeak<< by Glow Labs, affected developers across more than 300 organizations and spanned over 900 repositories. AI Agents…
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Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform’s security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-543-000-valid-credentials-exposed-in-public-github-repositories/
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Attackers Target Developer Credentials to Expand Supply Chain Intrusions Beyond Source Code
Software supply chain attacks are increasingly evolving into cloud identity breaches, as attackers weaponize trusted packages to steal credentials from developer workstations and CI/CD environments before an application is ever executed. The result is a dangerous pivot: a routine dependency installation can give threat actors access to cloud accounts, source-code repositories, container platforms, secrets-management systems,…
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Hackers Abuse MSP360 and ScreenConnect RMM Tools for Persistent Access and Credential Theft
Tags: access, credentials, cyber, exploit, hacker, malware, monitoring, phishing, software, theft, tool, vulnerability, windowsThe phishing campaigns that weaponize legitimate remote monitoring and management software to establish persistent access and support credential theft on Windows systems. The campaign demonstrates a recurring operational trend: rather than exploit a vulnerability or deploy obvious custom malware, attackers are abusing trusted administrative platforms already designed to execute commands, transfer files, deploy applications, and…
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Storm-3068 Hijacks Azure DevOps Pipelines to Steal Kubernetes Credentials After Account Takeover
Tags: access, cloud, credentials, cyber, identity, infrastructure, kubernetes, microsoft, software, supply-chain, theftMicrosoft has detailed a cloud-focused intrusion attributed to Storm-3068, in which attackers turned a compromised user account into a launch point for Azure DevOps abuse, Kubernetes credential theft, and potential access to connected cloud environments. The campaign demonstrates how identity compromise can quickly escalate into a software supply-chain and production-infrastructure incident when development platforms have…
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Storm-3068 Hijacks Azure DevOps Pipelines to Steal Kubernetes Credentials After Account Takeover
Tags: access, cloud, credentials, cyber, identity, infrastructure, kubernetes, microsoft, software, supply-chain, theftMicrosoft has detailed a cloud-focused intrusion attributed to Storm-3068, in which attackers turned a compromised user account into a launch point for Azure DevOps abuse, Kubernetes credential theft, and potential access to connected cloud environments. The campaign demonstrates how identity compromise can quickly escalate into a software supply-chain and production-infrastructure incident when development platforms have…