Tag: infrastructure
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PCPJack Worm Targets Docker, Kubernetes, Redis, and MongoDB Credentials
Tags: breach, cloud, container, credentials, cyber, data-breach, docker, extortion, framework, fraud, infrastructure, kubernetes, malware, spam, threat, wormA newly identified malware framework dubbed PCPJack is targeting exposed cloud and container infrastructure to steal credentials at scale while actively removing artifacts linked to the TeamPCP threat actor. Unlike typical cloud-focused campaigns, PCPJack skips cryptomining entirely and instead appears optimized for fraud, spam, extortion, and resale of stolen access. TeamPCP itself drew attention earlier in 2026…
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Einsatz Digitaler Zwillinge durch mangelnde IT-Infrastruktur und Daten gebremst
Tags: infrastructureFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/einsatz-digital-zwilling-mangel-it-infrastruktur-daten-bremse
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European leaders unveil tentative deal for AI Act simplification, including a ban on nudification tools
The tentative deal responds to industry criticism by postponing enforcement of rules governing so-called “high-risk” AI tools involving biometrics and those used in employment, law enforcement and critical infrastructure to December 2027. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/european-leaders-unveil-deal-ai-act-nudification
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New PCPJack worm steals credentials, cleans TeamPCP infections
A new malware framework called PCPJack is stealing credentials from exposed cloud infrastructure while actively removing TeamPCP’s access to the systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-pcpjack-worm-steals-credentials-cleans-teampcp-infections/
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, mobile, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), tracked as CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score of 7.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Ivanti warns customers…
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PCPJack Credential Stealer Exploits 5 CVEs to Spread Worm-Like Across Cloud Systems
Tags: cloud, container, credentials, cve, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, finance, framework, infrastructure, service, theft, wormCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud infrastructure and ousts any artifacts linked to TeamPCP from the environments.”The toolset harvests credentials from cloud, container, developer, productivity, and financial services, then exfiltrates the data through attacker-controlled infrastructure while attempting First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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Cyber Blind Spots: The hidden technology that poses the greatest security risk
By Peter Villiers, Director of Cyber Risk at Barrier Networks There’s a growing risk across the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) that is placing the country at serious risk of disruption. It isn’t ransomware or a headline-grabbing data breach. It sits within the systems that keep the country running. The risk is growing over time,…
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OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs Used in Critical Infrastructure Cyber-Attack, Warns Dragos
Commercial AI models were used to help plan and conduct cyber-attack against operational technology of a water and drainage facility, say researchers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/llm-critical-infrastructure/
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Claude and SpaceX Join Forces to Enhance Large-Scale Compute Capacity
Anthropic has officially announced a massive strategic partnership with SpaceX to expand its computing capabilities significantly. This collaboration aims to provide the necessary infrastructure to scale up the Claude artificial intelligence ecosystem. By securing dedicated computing power, Anthropic is immediately increasing usage limits for its dedicated customers and laying the groundwork for unprecedented future technological…
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Scammers Exploit Disposable VoIP Numbers to Bypass Reputation Blocking
New tactics used by threat actors who embed phone numbers in scam emails as a key indicator of compromise (IOC), revealing how attackers exploit VoIP infrastructure to evade detection and scale fraud operations. Telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD) remains a dominant phishing technique, in which victims are lured to call attacker-controlled numbers rather than clicking malicious…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, tracked as CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw is a buffer…
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Malicious NuGet Packages Steal Browser Credentials, SSH Keys, and Crypto Wallets
Malicious NuGet packages are quietly stealing browser credentials, SSH keys, and cryptocurrency wallet data from developer machines and CI/CD infrastructure, with a particular focus on Chinese .NET ecosystems. The campaign blends legitimate-looking UI and infrastructure libraries with a heavily protected infostealer payload, making it hard for developers and traditional security tools to spot. Packages IR.DantUI, IR.OscarUI, IR.Infrastructure.Core, IR.Infrastructure.DataService.Core,…
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How orphaned applications are quietly fueling your shadow IT problem
Tags: access, ai, api, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, infrastructure, monitoring, risk, security-incident, service, threat, tool, updateOperational and financial overhead: Orphaned applications continue consuming licenses and infrastructure while cluttering configuration management databases (CMDBs). They introduce undocumented dependencies that skew asset management and complicate troubleshooting.Security exposure: Applications without active ownership are rarely reviewed. This means updates are missed, underlying components are no longer maintained, and access paths remain open far longer than intended.Hidden data…
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Taiwan High-Speed Rail Emergency Braking Hack: How a Student Stopped the Trains and Exposed a Major Security Gap
Taiwan high”‘speed rail was disrupted after a 23″‘year”‘old student spoofed signals and triggered an emergency alarm, stopping four trains for nearly an hour. Taiwan high”‘speed rail system, one of the most important pieces of national infrastructure, was thrown into chaos during the Qingming Festival holiday when several trains suddenly came to an unexpected halt. Experts…
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US government agency to safety test frontier AI models before release
Executive order ‘taking shape’: Following the announcement from CAISI, a published report on Wednesday indicated that the White House is on the verge of preparing an executive order that would see the creation of a vetting system for all new artificial intelligence models, key among them Anthropic’s Mythos.Bloomberg reported, “the directive is taking shape weeks…
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The Winter Games effect: When gold meets DDoS
Tags: attack, botnet, cctv, ddos, defense, detection, dns, government, group, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, jobs, lockbit, network, penetration-testing, ransomware, router, service, strategy, threat, windowsAttack volumes 610x historical levels during the Winter Games period (February 623, 2026)Peak attack count reached more than 2,200 attacks on February 23NoName057(16) dominated public DDoS hacktivist claims with 47, although ransomware groups (Qilin, LockBit 5.0) also claimed success in various attacksTactical shift from pre-Winter Games high-bandwidth attacks (412.89Gbps peak) to Winter Games-period high-throughput attacksGeographic…
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How orphaned applications are quietly fueling your shadow IT problem
Tags: access, ai, api, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, infrastructure, monitoring, risk, security-incident, service, threat, tool, updateOperational and financial overhead: Orphaned applications continue consuming licenses and infrastructure while cluttering configuration management databases (CMDBs). They introduce undocumented dependencies that skew asset management and complicate troubleshooting.Security exposure: Applications without active ownership are rarely reviewed. This means updates are missed, underlying components are no longer maintained, and access paths remain open far longer than intended.Hidden data…
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How orphaned applications are quietly fueling your shadow IT problem
Tags: access, ai, api, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, infrastructure, monitoring, risk, security-incident, service, threat, tool, updateOperational and financial overhead: Orphaned applications continue consuming licenses and infrastructure while cluttering configuration management databases (CMDBs). They introduce undocumented dependencies that skew asset management and complicate troubleshooting.Security exposure: Applications without active ownership are rarely reviewed. This means updates are missed, underlying components are no longer maintained, and access paths remain open far longer than intended.Hidden data…
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New CISA initiative aims for critical infrastructure to operate offline during cyberattacks
The initiative, named CI Fortify, focuses on isolation and recovery efforts that would see critical infrastructure organizations proactively disconnect from third-party dependencies and find ways to operate without reliable telecommunications and internet. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-initiative-aims-for-critical-infrastructure-to-operate-during-cyberattacks
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UK Finance Sector Puts Cyber Defences to the Test in National Hackathon
Over the course of two days (April 27-28), banks, fintech companies, technology providers, and regulators from across the UK financial ecosystem came together for a cybersecurity competition designed to test real-world readiness, decision-making under pressure, and the ability to defend critical financial infrastructure against sophisticated attacks. Hosted by Lloyds Banking Group, Hack The Box, and…
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Phishing Attack Weaponizes Calendar Invites to Steal Login Credentials
A new large-scale phishing campaign is abusing fake event invitations to compromise U.S. organizations, combining credential theft, OTP interception, and the deployment of remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools in a single operation. The campaign stands out because it blends familiar user workflows with legitimate-looking infrastructure, making it harder for security teams to spot and…
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CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure Providers to Make Plans to Remain Operational if hit by Cyber-Attack
CISA’s CI Fortify initiative aim for critical infrastructure operators to build isolation & recovery First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-ci-fortify-isolation-recovery/
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Poisoned truth: The quiet security threat inside enterprise AI
It takes surprisingly little poison to corrupt: Bad internal data is the immediate problem. But the external supply chain may be even harder to control.Research by Anthropic, the UK AI Security Institute, and the Alan Turing Institute discovered that as few as 250 maliciously crafted documents can poison LLMs of any size.That creates a massive…
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UIDAI, NFSU Sign 5-Year Pact to Boost Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
The collaboration between the Unique Identification Authority of India and the National Forensic Sciences University marks a significant development in India’s security landscape and digital forensics. In a move aimed at strengthening the country’s digital infrastructure, UIDAI and NFSU have formalized a five-year partnership to advance research, training, and operational capabilities in cybersecurity and digital…
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News brief: Critical infrastructure, OT cybersecurity attacks
Check out the latest security news from TechTarget SearchSecurity’s sister sites, Cybersecurity Dive and Dark Reading. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366642732/News-brief-Critical-infrastructure-OT-cybersecurity-attacks
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CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate ‘weeks to months’ in isolation during conflict
The agency will begin targeted assessments meant to help critical infrastructure entities operate while disconnecting OT networks from IT and third-party vendors. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-ci-fortify-critical-infrastructure-isolation-recovery-guidance-during-conflict/
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CISA boasts AI automation improvements to threat analysis, mission support
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials said it’s proven a boon in numerous areas, but there are some hurdles to adoption, still. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-ai-automation-security-operations-efficiency-uipath-fusion-event/
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CISA ‘CI Fortify’ Aims to Keep Services Running Under Attack
Critical Infrastructure Operators Urged to Fortify Against Nation-State Attacks. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched CI Fortify, urging critical infrastructure operators to adopt isolation and rapid recovery capabilities to maintain essential services under cyberattacks, amid warnings that nation-state actors are already embedded in operational systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cisa-ci-fortify-aims-to-keep-services-running-under-attack-a-31602