Tag: credentials
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Operation Master Exploits GlobalProtect CVE-2026-0257 and Deploys AdaptixC2 Across Enterprise Networks
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, data, exploit, finance, fraud, network, theft, vpn, vulnerability“Operation Master,” an end-to-end cybercrime operation that combined GlobalProtect VPN exploitation, web-application attacks, credential theft, data monetization, and an industrial-scale invoice-fraud platform. The campaign illustrates how enterprise intrusions can be converted into persistent, localized financial fraud operations rather than ending with data theft or ransomware. The operation exploited CVE-2026-0257, an authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto…
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Operation Master Exploits GlobalProtect CVE-2026-0257 and Deploys AdaptixC2 Across Enterprise Networks
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, data, exploit, finance, fraud, network, theft, vpn, vulnerability“Operation Master,” an end-to-end cybercrime operation that combined GlobalProtect VPN exploitation, web-application attacks, credential theft, data monetization, and an industrial-scale invoice-fraud platform. The campaign illustrates how enterprise intrusions can be converted into persistent, localized financial fraud operations rather than ending with data theft or ransomware. The operation exploited CVE-2026-0257, an authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto…
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Operation Master Exploits GlobalProtect CVE-2026-0257 and Deploys AdaptixC2 Across Enterprise Networks
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, data, exploit, finance, fraud, network, theft, vpn, vulnerability“Operation Master,” an end-to-end cybercrime operation that combined GlobalProtect VPN exploitation, web-application attacks, credential theft, data monetization, and an industrial-scale invoice-fraud platform. The campaign illustrates how enterprise intrusions can be converted into persistent, localized financial fraud operations rather than ending with data theft or ransomware. The operation exploited CVE-2026-0257, an authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto…
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Operation Master Exploits GlobalProtect CVE-2026-0257 and Deploys AdaptixC2 Across Enterprise Networks
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, data, exploit, finance, fraud, network, theft, vpn, vulnerability“Operation Master,” an end-to-end cybercrime operation that combined GlobalProtect VPN exploitation, web-application attacks, credential theft, data monetization, and an industrial-scale invoice-fraud platform. The campaign illustrates how enterprise intrusions can be converted into persistent, localized financial fraud operations rather than ending with data theft or ransomware. The operation exploited CVE-2026-0257, an authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto…
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New Python Infostealer Targets 17 Browsers to Steal Passwords, Cards and Session Cookies
A Python-based information stealer that targets data from 17 Chromium-based browsers, alongside Firefox, to harvest saved credentials, payment-card details, browsing history and active session cookies. The malware is delivered through a builder framework that enables operators to generate customized Windows payloads and configure their own data-exfiltration webhook. The archive included a “TokenGrabber Builder” folder containing…
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Rydox Admin Faces 20 Years After Selling Stolen Data and Fraud Tools
Kosovo national Ardit Kutleshi pleaded guilty to running Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace that sold stolen identities and credentials for years. Ardit Kutleshi, 28 years old and a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty last week to building and running the cybercrime marketplace Rydox. The Rydox marketplace has been active since February 2016; it facilitated over 7,600…
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Lunex Stealer Abuses AMD Driver to Disable Security Monitoring and Steal Browser Credentials
The Psychedelic Stealer malware distributed via compromised Ukrainian websites using ClickFix-style Cloudflare verification checks is part of a wider malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called Lunex.The new findings come from Ontinue, which described the activity as a four-stage attack chain aimed at targeting Ukrainian-speaking users.”The attack chain begins with a fake CAPTCHA page and First seen on…
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Uncensored Local AI Model Bypasses EDR to Dump Windows LSASS Credentials
A new demonstration shows how a locally hosted, uncensored AI model can help generate a Windows LSASS credential-dumping utility that reportedly evaded endpoint detection and response products during laboratory testing. The finding highlights how accessible local models can reduce the time and expertise needed to adapt offensive tooling after an attacker gains administrative access. Eddie…
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With the Rise of AI Agents, SOC 2 Should Adapt or Risk Irrelevance
AI agents can operate through human credentials and take actions that existing SOC 2 controls may not distinguish from human activity. Token Security explains why SOC 2 needs to adapt to address the security gaps created by agent identities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/with-the-rise-of-ai-agents-soc-2-should-adapt-or-risk-irrelevance/
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With the Rise of AI Agents, SOC 2 Should Adapt or Risk Irrelevance
AI agents can operate through human credentials and take actions that existing SOC 2 controls may not distinguish from human activity. Token Security explains why SOC 2 needs to adapt to address the security gaps created by agent identities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/with-the-rise-of-ai-agents-soc-2-should-adapt-or-risk-irrelevance/
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Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces 22 years in prison
A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rydox-marketplace-admin-pleads-guilty-faces-22-years-in-prison/
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Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces 22 years in prison
A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rydox-marketplace-admin-pleads-guilty-faces-22-years-in-prison/
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Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces 22 years in prison
A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rydox-marketplace-admin-pleads-guilty-faces-22-years-in-prison/
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AI-Powered CARBONATO Botnet Steals Credentials to Fund Its Own LLM Gateway
CARBONATO exploits exposed Docker daemons, installs an AI agent, steals API keys and spreads across networks with autonomous command execution. CARBONATO is a Docker-based botnet that has been active since at least October 2024. ThreatDown discovered the operation after finding an unauthenticated container registry exposed to the internet. The registry contained the attackers’ entire toolchain…
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MacSync info-stealing malware hides malicious commands in an iCloud calendar
A new MacSync variant targets Mac users with an infostealer and persistent backdoor designed to steal credentials, crypto wallet data, and files, according to Kaspersky. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/25/macsync-info-stealing-malware-for-macos/
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RemControl Banking Trojan Gives Attackers Remote Control of Android Devices
The newly-discovered trojan abuses the Android Accessibility Service to gain control over victim devices and collect sensitive banking credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/banking-trojan-remote-control/
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Secrets Sprawl Is an Identity Problem That AI Just Made Impossible to Ignore
AI coding agents are changing how quickly developers can build and ship software as well as how quickly credentials can become exposed. According to GitGuardian’s 2026 State of Secrets Sprawl Report, commits identified as AI-assisted are leaking secrets at approximately twice the rate of human-written ones. Most of the fastest-growing categories of leaked credentials are…
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RemControl Android Malware Targets 30+ Banking Apps to Steal PINs and Credentials
A newly uncovered Android banking trojan dubbed RemControl is targeting customers of more than 30 financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Canada. The malware combines fake Google Play pages, Android Accessibility Service abuse, credential-stealing overlays, real-time screen streaming, and remote-control functions to compromise mobile banking sessions. The company tracks the operator behind the…
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Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious npm package named “tw-pkgprobe-7731” that masquerades as a security tool targeting developers integrating Twilio into their applications, while stealthily attempting to harvest sensitive data.The package, named “tw-pkgprobe-7731,” was first uploaded to the npm registry in mid-August 2026 by an npm account named “twdepprobe7731.” First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious npm package named “tw-pkgprobe-7731” that masquerades as a security tool targeting developers integrating Twilio into their applications, while stealthily attempting to harvest sensitive data.The package, named “tw-pkgprobe-7731,” was first uploaded to the npm registry in mid-August 2026 by an npm account named “twdepprobe7731.” First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials
A critical vulnerability in Bifrost, an open-source AI gateway that routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the gateway server with a single HTTP request.The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-90898 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions of the Bifrost HTTP transport before 2.1.0 when management authentication…
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RatHat Android Malware Uses AI to Target Banking Credentials in Real Time
RatHat Android malware uses generative AI to navigate infected devices, steal banking credentials, intercept OTP codes and reinstall itself after removal again. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/rathat-android-malware-ai-banking-credentials/
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North Korean Attackers Hit 30,000 Devices and Steal $10.7m
WaterPlum compromised 30,000 devices and took funds or credentials from 7000 crypto wallets First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-waterplum-30000/
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Microsoft to Disable SMS as Primary Entra ID Sign-In Method in 2027
Microsoft will turn off SMS as a primary sign-in method for Microsoft Entra ID workforce tenants on February 1, 2027, accelerating its transition to phishing-resistant authentication. This change affects workers who currently use a registered phone number and a one-time SMS code as their initial sign-in credential, a passwordless flow utilized by frontline organizations. Microsoft…
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Vidar Uses Custom Bytecode Interpreter and ARX Stream Ciphers for Per-Build String Obfuscation
Vidar information stealer has introduced a lightweight custom virtual machine and per-build stream-cipher variations to conceal its embedded strings, raising the cost of static detection and automated reverse engineering. First observed in 2018, Vidar remains a widely tracked credential-stealing malware family. Its operators continually alter internal protections without necessarily changing the malware’s broader operational purpose:…
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Vidar Uses Custom Bytecode Interpreter and ARX Stream Ciphers for Per-Build String Obfuscation
Vidar information stealer has introduced a lightweight custom virtual machine and per-build stream-cipher variations to conceal its embedded strings, raising the cost of static detection and automated reverse engineering. First observed in 2018, Vidar remains a widely tracked credential-stealing malware family. Its operators continually alter internal protections without necessarily changing the malware’s broader operational purpose:…
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AWS Detects and Quarantines Exposed IAM Credentials in Public GitHub Repositories
AWS can automatically quarantine exposed Identity and Access Management (IAM) access keys that appear in public GitHub repositories. This process involves applying a restrictive managed policy within seconds to reduce the risk of cloud abuse. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 documented this response mechanism, showing that AWS employs the AWSCompromisedKeyQuarantine managed policy to…
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One Stolen Active Directory File Can Expose Credentials for an Entire Windows Domain
A single stolen Active Directory database can turn a limited Windows intrusion into a domain-wide credential compromise. Threat actors that obtain the NTDS.dIT file from a domain controller, along with its corresponding SYSTEM registry hive, can extract password hashes, Kerberos keys, and password-history data for domain identities offline. While attackers may rotate payloads, loaders, command-and-control…
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One Stolen Active Directory File Can Expose Credentials for an Entire Windows Domain
A single stolen Active Directory database can turn a limited Windows intrusion into a domain-wide credential compromise. Threat actors that obtain the NTDS.dIT file from a domain controller, along with its corresponding SYSTEM registry hive, can extract password hashes, Kerberos keys, and password-history data for domain identities offline. While attackers may rotate payloads, loaders, command-and-control…
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BigCommerce alerts merchants of data breach linked to Ribon apps
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce has alerted multiple merchants to data breaches after attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon applications and used them to inject malicious scripts into online stores. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bigcommerce-alerts-merchants-of-data-breach-linked-to-ribon-apps/