Tag: password
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What the Plex? Streaming service suffers yet another password spill
For the third time in a decade First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/plex_breach/
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Smart GPUGate malware exploits GitHub and Google Ads for evasive targeting
GPU-Gated decryption evades detection: The malware itself is delivered as a large Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) file, approximately 128 MB in size. It features a GPU-gated decryption mechanism that keeps the payload encrypted unless it detects the presence of a real GPU on the system. Researchers noted that this design allows GPUGate to remain dormant…
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Smart GPUGate malware exploits GitHub and Google Ads for evasive targeting
GPU-Gated decryption evades detection: The malware itself is delivered as a large Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) file, approximately 128 MB in size. It features a GPU-gated decryption mechanism that keeps the payload encrypted unless it detects the presence of a real GPU on the system. Researchers noted that this design allows GPUGate to remain dormant…
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Phishing kit Salty2FA washes away confidence in MFA
A call for layered and adaptive defenses: Countering Salty2FA might need something more than passwords and legacy controls, industry experts agreed. Darren Guccione, CEO of Keeper Security, argued that passkeys and passwordless authentication should be part of the strategy. “These technologies complement existing security measures by reducing reliance on traditional passwords, which remain a prime…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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Differences Between Privileged Access Management and Enterprise Password Management
Understand the key differences between Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Enterprise Password Management (EPM) to enhance your organization’s security posture. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/differences-between-privileged-access-management-and-enterprise-password-management/
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Datenleck: Hacker erbeutet Passwort-Hashes von Plex-Nutzern
Plex-Nutzer sollten zeitnah ihr Passwort zurücksetzen. Ein unbekannter Angreifer ist erneut an Anmeldedaten der Streamingplattform gelangt. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/datenleck-hacker-erbeutet-passwort-hashes-von-plex-nutzern-2509-199899.html
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Datenleck: Hacker erbeutet Passwort-Hashes von Plex-Nutzern
Plex-Nutzer sollten zeitnah ihr Passwort zurücksetzen. Ein unbekannter Angreifer ist erneut an Anmeldedaten der Streamingplattform gelangt. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/datenleck-hacker-erbeutet-passwort-hashes-von-plex-nutzern-2509-199899.html
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Plex tells users to reset passwords after new data breach
Media streaming platform Plex is warning customers to reset passwords after suffering a data breach in which a hacker was able to steal customer authentication data from one of its databases. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/plex-tells-users-to-reset-passwords-after-new-data-breach/
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Argo CD Security Flaw Rated 9.8 Leaves GitOps Repositories Exposed
Tags: api, cloud, credentials, cve, cvss, data-breach, flaw, kubernetes, open-source, password, tool, vulnerabilityA security flaw in Argo CD, the popular open-source GitOps tool for Kubernetes, has been targeted at the DevOps and cloud-native communities. Tracked as CVE-2025-55190, the vulnerability has been rated critical with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, as it allows attackers to retrieve sensitive repository credentials, including usernames and passwords, through a…
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Critical Argo CD API Flaw Exposes Repository Credentials to Attackers
A major security flaw has been discovered in Argo CD, a popular open-source tool used for Kubernetes GitOps deployments. The vulnerability allows project-level API tokens to expose sensitive repository credentials, such as usernames and passwords, to attackers. The issue has been classified as critical with a CVSS score of 9.8/10 and is tracked asCVE-2025-55190. The…
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Medical Cannabis Firm Sued Over Health Data Exposure
Suits Filed After Researcher Found 1 Million Patient Records With No Password Setup. An Ohio firm that assists individuals in obtaining physician-certified medical marijuana cards is facing at least six proposed federal class action lawsuits so far involving the recent discovery by a security researcher of a database exposing nearly one million sensitive patient records…
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Critical SAP S/4HANA flaw CVE-2025-42957 under active exploitation
Experts warn of an actively exploited vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42957 (CVSS score: 9.9), in SAP S/4HANA software. A critical command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42957 (CVSS score of 9.9), in SAP S/4HANA is under active exploitation. An attacker can exploit this flaw to fully compromise SAP systems, altering databases, creating superuser accounts, and stealing password hashes. >>SAP…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Expert Advice for Securing Critical Infrastructure’s OT and Industrial Control Systems, IoT Devices and Network Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisa, cisco, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, espionage, exploit, firmware, framework, google, government, guide, hacker, Hardware, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, login, mfa, military, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, organized, password, phishing, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, sans, service, software, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustDestructive cyber attacks against critical infrastructure have unfortunately become increasingly frequent. Just last week, multinational government agencies blared the alarm about a global cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure networks. With this type of cyber threat in the spotlight, we’re rounding up recent cyber advice for securing critical infrastructure. In case you missed it, here…
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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7 Best Password Managers (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Keep your logins locked down with our favorite password management apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/best-password-managers/
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Alert: Exploit available to threat actors for SAP S/4HANA critical vulnerability
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, ciso, credentials, data, exploit, malicious, monitoring, password, programming, sans, sap, service, threat, vulnerability, zero-daydelete and insert data directly in the SAP Database;creating SAP users with SAP_ALL; download password hashes; modify business processes.”Historically, it has been difficult to apply patches to these complex systems, and many organizations will require careful (and slow) testing before the patches are deployed in production,” Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, told CSO.”ERP…
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Sitecore zero-day configuration flaw under active exploitation
__VIEWSTATE and can be signed and encrypted with keys, called ValidationKey and DecryptionKey, stored in the application configuration file.If these keys are stolen or leaked, attackers can use them to craft malicious ViewState payloads inside POST requests that the server will then decrypt, validate, and execute by loading them into the memory of its worker…
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macOS vulnerability allowed Keychain and iOS app decryption without a password
Today at Nullcon Berlin, a researcher disclosed a macOS vulnerability that allowed attackers to read the memory of any process, even with System Integrity Protection (SIP) … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/04/macos-gcore-vulnerability-cve-2025-24204/
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Zero Trust bereitet CISOs Probleme
Tags: access, ai, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, gartner, germany, iot, password, risk, startup, strategy, technology, vulnerability, zero-trustLaut einer Umfrage ist die Umsetzung von Zero Trust für die meisten CISOs nicht leicht.Laut einem aktuellen Bericht von Accenture haben fast neun von zehn Sicherheitsverantwortlichen (88 Prozent) erhebliche Schwierigkeiten damit, Zero-Trust in ihren Unternehmen umzusetzen. ‘Diese Schwachstelle erstreckt sich auch auf die physische Welt, da 80 Prozent ihre cyber-physischen Systeme nicht wirksam schützen können”,…
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Zero Trust bereitet CISOs Probleme
Tags: access, ai, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, gartner, germany, iot, password, risk, startup, strategy, technology, vulnerability, zero-trustLaut einer Umfrage ist die Umsetzung von Zero Trust für die meisten CISOs nicht leicht.Laut einem aktuellen Bericht von Accenture haben fast neun von zehn Sicherheitsverantwortlichen (88 Prozent) erhebliche Schwierigkeiten damit, Zero-Trust in ihren Unternehmen umzusetzen. ‘Diese Schwachstelle erstreckt sich auch auf die physische Welt, da 80 Prozent ihre cyber-physischen Systeme nicht wirksam schützen können”,…
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Continuous Zero Trust Authentication
Credential Integrity Must Be Ongoing Trust used to be something you gave once. A user would log in, pass a password check or multi-factor prompt, and from that point forward, they were considered safe. Unfortunately, that assumption no longer holds. Today, credentials are stolen daily and user sessions can be hijacked in seconds. Organizations that……
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Zero-Trust bereitet CISOs Probleme
Tags: access, ai, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, gartner, germany, iot, password, risk, startup, strategy, technology, vulnerability, zero-trustLaut einer Umfrage ist die Umsetzung von Zero Trust für die meisten CISOs nicht leicht.Laut einem aktuellen Bericht von Accenture haben fast neun von zehn Sicherheitsverantwortlichen (88 Prozent) erhebliche Schwierigkeiten damit, Zero-Trust in ihren Unternehmen umzusetzen. ‘Diese Schwachstelle erstreckt sich auch auf die physische Welt, da 80 Prozent ihre cyber-physischen Systeme nicht wirksam schützen können”,…