Tag: data
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Malicious npm Packages Steal SSH Keys, Cloud Credentials, and Crypto Wallets
A new supply chain attack campaign targeting developers has surfaced in the npm ecosystem, with four malicious packages discovered stealing sensitive data, including SSH keys, cloud credentials, and cryptocurrency wallets. The campaign, identified by OX Security within the past 24 hours, highlights the growing risk posed by typosquatting attacks and reused open-source malware. The malicious…
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Grafana Says It Rejected Ransom Demand After Source Code Theft
Grafana says hackers stole its source code after accessing a GitHub token, but no customer data or systems were affected. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/grafana-source-code-theft-rejected-ransom-demand/
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Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt
Grafana has disclosed that an “unauthorized party” obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company’s GitHub environment and download its codebase. “Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have found no evidence of impact to customer systems or operations,” Grafana…
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Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?
Businesses are advised against paying but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacyAfter a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and school login pages being defaced by hackers, the US tech firm Instructure which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide announced…
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Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet
The Russian hacker group Secret Blizzard has developed its long-running Kazuar backdoor into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet designed for long-term persistence, stealth, and data collection. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-turn-kazuar-backdoor-into-modular-p2p-botnet/
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Critical ‘Claw Chain’ Vulnerabilities Put Thousands of OpenClaw AI Servers at Risk
Critical Claw Chain vulnerabilities in OpenClaw expose thousands of AI servers to data theft, backdoors, and admin-level attacks globally this week. . First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/claw-chain-vulnerabilities-openclaw-ai-servers-risk/
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Colorado governor commutes prison sentence for election denier Tina Peters
Peters was sentenced to nine years for stealing voting data and has been publicly unrepentant. But Colorado Governor Jared Polis has been hinting at the decision for months. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/colorado-election-denier-tina-peters-sentence-commuted-governor-jared-polis/
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Expired domain leads to supply chain attack on node-ipc npm package
require(‘node-ipc’). The trojanized versions were designed to remain fully functional to avoid immediate detection, which together with other decisions attackers took, such as data exfiltration via DNS TXT, suggest stealthiness was a top priority.Once executed, the malicious code collects information about the host system, including operating system version, hostname, and environment variables. It then starts…
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Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email
Tags: automation, data, email, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, risk, service, tactics, update, vulnerability, zero-dayKnown issues with mitigation tactics: However, admins should note there are known issues once the mitigation is applied either manually or automatically through the EM Service.OWA Print Calendar functionality might not work. As a workaround, copy the data or screenshot the calendar you want to print, or use Outlook Desktop client. Inline images might not…
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Wave of ShinyHunters Extortion Drives Surge in Data Leaks
‘Have I Been Pwned’ Founder Troy Hunt Reviews Impact on People and Organizations. The volume of data breaches that result in stolen personal data being leaked online has been surging, courtesy of the ShinyHunters, and while it affects individuals, the organizations being extorted are bearing the brunt of such attacks, said Troy Hunt, founder and…
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A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers’ data without a password. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/a-hotel-check-in-system-left-a-million-passports-and-drivers-licenses-open-for-anyone-to-see/
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Hackers Use PyInstaller and AMSI Patching to Deliver XWorm RAT v7.4
Hackers are hiding XWorm malware in PyInstaller files to bypass Windows security, steal data and remotely control devices through ads. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-pyinstaller-amsi-patching-xworm-rat-v7-4/
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Four OpenClaw Flaws Enable Data Theft, Privilege Escalation, and Persistence
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of four security flaws in OpenClaw that could be chained to achieve data theft, privilege escalation, and persistence. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Claw Chain by Cyera, can permit an attacker to establish a foothold, expose sensitive data, and plant backdoors. A brief description of the flaws is below –…
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Gremlin Stealer Evolves into Modular Threat with Advanced Evasion Capabilities
A new Gremlin stealer variant has evolved into a modular toolkit with advanced evasion and data theft capabilities, according to new Unit 42 research First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gremlin-stealer-evolves-into/
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Autonomous systems are finally working. Security is next
Security still runs at human speed: Despite advances in infrastructure, cloud and AI, the underlying workflow of security operations has not fundamentally changed. At its core, security still operates as a human-driven process: Alerts are generated, analysts investigate, context is assembled manually and decisions are made under pressure. This model was sufficient when environments were…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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Malicious node-ipc npm Packages Trigger New Supply Chain Security Alarm
A fresh supply chain attack targeting the widely used node-ipc npm package has raised new concerns across the JavaScript ecosystem after researchers uncovered multiple malicious releases containing an obfuscated credential stealer and backdoor functionality. Security analysts confirmed that several recently published package tarballs were infected with malware capable of harvesting sensitive data from developer systems and CI environments. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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AI agent finds 18-year-old remote code execution flaw in Nginx
Tags: ai, api, application-security, cve, cvss, data, dos, endpoint, exploit, flaw, github, leak, mitigation, network, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, technology, update, vulnerability, wafngx_http_rewrite_module, a component that handles URL rewrites, and impacts Nginx versions from 0.6.27 to 1.30.0. The issue has been given a 9.2 CVSS severity score and was patched in versions 1.31.0 and 1.30.1.The commercial product, Nginx Plus, owned and developed by network and application security firm F5, is also vulnerable, and received patches in versions…
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Akamai to Buy LayerX for $205M to Expand AI Browser Security
Akamai Says Startup LayerX’s Browser Telemetry Will Strengthen Access Decisions. Akamai said its proposed $205 million acquisition of LayerX will add enterprise browser security and AI usage controls to its zero trust portfolio as enterprises grapple with generative AI data exposure, autonomous AI agents and growing demand for browser-level visibility. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Fake Job Interview Apps Drop JobStealer Malware on Windows and macOS
Hackers are using Fake interview apps to spread JobStealer malware on macOS and Windows to steal crypto wallets, browser data, and passwords. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-job-interview-jobstealer-malware-windows-macos/
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Fake Job Interview Apps Drop JobStealer Malware on Windows and macOS
Hackers are using Fake interview apps to spread JobStealer malware on macOS and Windows to steal crypto wallets, browser data, and passwords. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-job-interview-jobstealer-malware-windows-macos/
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OpenAI says hackers stole some data after latest code security issue
OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/openai-says-hackers-stole-some-data-after-latest-code-security-issue/
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West Pharmaceutical starts restoring operations after ransomware attack
The company confirmed data was stolen and encrypted by the attackers. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/west-pharmaceutical-restoring-operations-ransomware-attack/820250/
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Major tech manufacturer Foxconn confirms cyberattack hit North American factories
The ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility for the attack and said it stole 8 terabytes of data spanning more than 11 million files belonging to the company’s top customers. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/foxconn-cyberattack-disrupts-north-america-factories/
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How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks
AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Instead, it generates the most probable response based on patterns in its training data, even if that response is inaccurate.…
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Microsoft Research: AI Can Generate Realistic Command-Line and Process Telemetry
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, incident response, intelligence, microsoft, risk, threatA new approach showing how artificial intelligence can generate highly realistic command-line data and process telemetry potentially transforming how security teams build and test threat detection systems. Logs and telemetry form modern cybersecurity risk, powering threat detection, incident response, and forensic investigations across endpoints and cloud environments. However, collecting high-quality attack telemetry remains a persistent…