Tag: infrastructure
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Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked
Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/notepad-updater-was-compromised-for-6-months-in-supply-chain-attack/
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What’s New in Tenable Cloud Security: Multi-cloud Risk Analysis, Attack Surface Assessments, Improved IAM Security and More
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, compliance, data, data-breach, endpoint, gartner, google, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, microsoft, mitigation, network, radius, risk, risk-analysis, service, supply-chain, switch, tool, training, vulnerabilityTenable Cloud Security continues to expand the technical depth of our Tenable One exposure management platform. Our latest enhancements include unified multi-cloud exploration, high-fidelity network validation, and expanded entitlement visibility across infrastructure and identity providers. Key takeaways Graph-based multi-cloud exploration: We’ve leveraged our unified data model to provide deep visibility across all cloud environments. You…
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Notepad++ Update Hijacking Linked to Hosting Provider Compromise
A supply chain attack on Notepad++ update process was linked to compromised hosting infrastructure First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/notepad-update-hijacked/
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Hugging Face Repositories Abused in New Android Malware Campaign
Attackers exploited Hugging Face’s trusted infrastructure to spread an Android RAT, using fake security apps and thousands of malware variants. The post Hugging Face Repositories Abused in New Android Malware Campaign appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-hugging-face-android-rat-malware-campaign/
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Notepad++ hijacked by suspected state-sponsored hackers
In a security update posted on the project’s website, the development team said the attack did not exploit a flaw in the editor’s source code itself. Instead, the compromise occurred at the infrastructure level, involving systems used to deliver software updates. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/popular-text-editor-hijacked-by-suspected-state-sponsored-hackers
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Nation-state hack exploited hosting infrastructure to hijack Notepad++ updates
Notepad++ maintainer says nation-state attackers hijacked the app’s update system by redirecting traffic at the hosting provider level. The Notepad++ maintainer revealed that nation-state hackers compromised the hosting provider’s infrastructure, redirecting update traffic to malicious servers. The attack did not exploit flaws in Notepad++ code but intercepted updates before they reached users. >>According to the…
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Notepad++ Users Targeted After State-Backed Attackers Hijack Update Servers
Notepad++ fell victim to a sophisticated supply chain attack orchestrated by state-sponsored threat actors who compromised its update infrastructure over a six-month campaign. Security experts have attributed the attack to a Chinese state-backed group based on the highly selective targeting and technical sophistication demonstrated throughout the incident. Attack Timeline and Scope The compromise began in…
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Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users
The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility’s update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead.”The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org,” developer Don Ho said. “The compromise occurred at the hosting First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Texteditor: Notepad++-Server gehackt und Update-Traffic manipuliert
Angreifern ist es gelungen, die Update-Infrastruktur von Notepad++ zu kompromittieren und Traffic umzuleiten. Der Entwickler entschuldigt sich. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/texteditor-notepad-server-gehackt-und-update-traffic-manipuliert-2602-204876.html
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Texteditor: Notepad++-Server gehackt und Update-Traffic manipuliert
Angreifern ist es gelungen, die Update-Infrastruktur von Notepad++ zu kompromittieren und Traffic umzuleiten. Der Entwickler entschuldigt sich. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/texteditor-notepad-server-gehackt-und-update-traffic-manipuliert-2602-204876.html
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Deutschland und Israel trainieren Abwehr von Cyberangriff
Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt mit dem israelischen Ministerpräsidenten Benjamin Netanjahu bei der Pressekonferenz. BMI/ Laurin SchmidDeutschland und Israel haben nach Angaben des Bundesinnenministeriums erstmals gemeinsam die Abwehr eines schweren Cyberangriffs trainiert. Die Übung mit dem Namen “Blue Horizon” war demnach der erste konkrete Schritt aus dem Cyber- und Sicherheitspakt, den Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) und Israels…
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When responsible disclosure becomes unpaid labor
Tags: ai, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, open-source, ransom, risk, security-incident, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, warfaresupposed to function and how it increasingly does in practice. Enter the gray zone of ethical disclosure: The result is a growing gray zone between ethical research and adversarial pressure. Based on years of reporting on disclosure disputes, that gray zone tends to emerge through a small set of recurring failure modes.Silent treatment and severity…
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CrossCurve Bridge Hacked for $3M After Smart Contract Validation Vulnerability Exploited
CrossCurve bridge, formerly known as EYWA, has suffered a major cyberattack after attackers exploited a vulnerability in its smart contract infrastructure, draining approximately $3 million across multiple blockchain networks. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/crosscurve-bridge-3m-cyberattack/
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eScan Antivirus Update Servers Compromised to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware
The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a security solution developed by Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been compromised by unknown attackers to deliver a persistent downloader to enterprise and consumer systems.”Malicious updates were distributed through eScan’s legitimate update infrastructure, resulting in the deployment of multi-stage malware to enterprise First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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How powerful is AI in managing non-human identities
How Can Organizations Secure Machine Identities? Did you know that non-human identities (NHIs) are increasingly becoming a critical component of cybersecurity infrastructure across various sectors? As much as 68% of IT security incidents involve machine identities, highlighting the urgent need for effective NHI management in safeguarding organizational assets and data integrity. With the rise of……
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Startup Amutable plotting Linux security overhaul to counter hacking threats
Tags: attack, backdoor, ceo, cloud, computer, computing, container, cve, cybercrime, data, exploit, fortinet, hacking, infrastructure, kubernetes, linux, microsoft, open-source, skills, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerabilitysystemd, he has alongside him two other ex-Microsoft employees, Chris Kühl as CEO, and Christian Brauner as CTO.A clue to Amutable’s plans lies in the announcement’s emphasis on some of its founders’ backgrounds in Kubernetes, runc, LXC, Incus, and containerd, all connected in different ways to the Linux container stack. Computing is full of security…
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Polish Grid Hack Underlines European Need for Active Defense
Russian Hacking Shows Limits of Preventive Measures. Europe must step up its active defenses against cyberattacks and modernize its IT infrastructure, a leading expert has warned in the wake of a major attack on Poland’s energy grid attributed to Russian hackers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/polish-grid-hack-underlines-european-need-for-active-defense-a-30651
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Sandworm Blamed for Wiper Attack on Polish Power Grid
Researchers attributed the failed attempt to the infamous Russian APT Sandworm, which is notorious for wiper attacks on critical infrastructure organizations. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/sandworm-wiper-attack-poland-power-grid
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Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network
The actions impaired some of IPIDEA’s proxy infrastructure, but not all of it. The effort underscores the back-and-forth struggle of taking out pieces of cybercriminals’ vast and growing infrastructure. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ipidea-proxy-network-disrupted-google-lumen/
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Threat Actors Hide Behind School-Themed Domains In Newly Uncovered Bulletproof Infrastructure
A sophisticated traffic distribution system (TDS) hiding behind education-themed domains. The operation uses bulletproof hosting to deliver phishing pages, scams, and malware files. Analysts triaged a first-stage JavaScript loader from hxxps[:]//toxicsnake-wifes[.]com/promise/script.js. This revealed a commodity cybercrime farm routing victims to harmful payloads. The main domain, toxicsnake-wifes[.]com, acts as a TDS node. It injects db.php with…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, kev, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Ivanti EPMM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Ivanti EPMM vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1281 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is a code injection that impacts Ivanti Endpoint Manager…
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WiFi-7 als Triebfeder für Manufacturing-X und die vernetzte Industrie der Zukunft
Während die deutsche Industrie die Umsetzung von Manufacturing-X mit Hochdruck vorantreibt, hat sich die drahtlose Konnektivität von einer bloßen Basistechnologie zu einem strategischen Anker für die digitale Souveränität entwickelt. Im Jahr 2026 steht der Aufbau einer lückenlosen digitalen Infrastruktur im Mittelpunkt, die die Werkshalle fest mit einem kontrollierten und unabhängigen Datenverbund verbindet. Die Berliner Erklärung…
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Schlag gegen globales Proxy-Netzwerk: GTIG zerschlägt zentrale Infrastruktur von IPIDEA
Tags: infrastructureResidential Proxys sind zu einem weit verbreiteten Werkzeug für alles geworden von hochkarätiger Spionage bis hin zu massiven kriminellen Machenschaften. Angreifer leiten den Datenverkehr über die private Internetverbindung einer Person, wodurch sie sich verstecken und gleichzeitig unbemerkt in Unternehmensumgebungen eindringen können. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/schlag-gegen-globales-proxy-netzwerk-gtig-zerschlaegt-zentrale-infrastruktur-von-ipidea/a43507/
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Top 5 PCI Compliant Hosting Providers
Key Takeaways When companies run payment systems, those systems operate on infrastructure provided by hosting platforms. That layer includes the servers, networks, and data centers where applications live. The term PCI compliance hosting is commonly used to describe infrastructure environments that have been structured with PCI-related security expectations in mind and that provide documentation and……
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Two Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day RCE Flaws Actively Exploited, Security Updates Released
Tags: attack, cve, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, mobile, rce, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerability, zero-dayIvanti has rolled out security updates to address two security flaws impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) that have been exploited in zero-day attacks, one of which has been added by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.The critical-severity vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2026-1281 (CVSS score: First…
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eScan AV users targeted with malicious updates
The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a product of Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been compromised by unknown attackers to deliver a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/29/escan-antivirus-update-supply-chain-compromised/