Tag: service
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IIS Servers Hijacked via Exposed ASP.NET Machine Keys, Malicious Modules Injected in the Wild
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign that exploited publicly exposed ASP.NET machine keys to compromise hundreds of Internet Information Services (IIS) servers worldwide. The operation, detected in late August and early September 2025, deployed a previously undocumented malicious module dubbed >>HijackServer
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IIS Servers Hijacked via Exposed ASP.NET Machine Keys, Malicious Modules Injected in the Wild
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign that exploited publicly exposed ASP.NET machine keys to compromise hundreds of Internet Information Services (IIS) servers worldwide. The operation, detected in late August and early September 2025, deployed a previously undocumented malicious module dubbed >>HijackServer
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Windows Server emergency patches fix WSUS bug with PoC exploit
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-releases-windows-server-emergency-updates-for-critical-wsus-rce-flaw/
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Microsoft Releases Urgent Fix for Windows Server Update Services RCE FLaw
Microsoft has released a critical security patch to address a severe remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, poses an immediate threat to organizations managing Windows updates across their infrastructure. Attribute Details CVE ID CVE-2025-59287 Released October 14, 2025 Last Updated October 23, 2025 Vulnerability Type Remote…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Montana Officials Looking Into BCBS Breach Tied to Vendor
Regulators Want to Know If Insurer Delayed Notifying 462,000 Affected Members. Montana regulators are investigating a breach affecting 462,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana members involving one of the insurer’s service providers. The vendor, Conduent, in April notified the SEC that the data theft affected numerous clients and a significant number of people. First…
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DTTS – Zero Trust DNS Enforcement: Policy Violation Management
In a default-deny world, where only verified sources and verified destinations are allowed, which require a successful policy-allowed DNS resolution, many modern threats are mitigated, and there’s demonstrable value in choosing this path, including being able to enforce “My network, my rules” approach to egress control. However, in this world where existing applications need to…
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New York updates third-party risk guidance, adds AI provisions
The New York Department of Financial Services has clarified rules for financial institutions, highlighting AI oversight and lessons from recent cloud outages. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/new-york-third-party-risk-guidance-ai-update-financial-services/
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Caminho Malware Loader Conceals .NET Payloads inside Images via LSB Steganography
Cybersecurity researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs have uncovered a cunning new threat dubbed Caminho, a Brazilian Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS) that’s turning everyday images into Trojan horses for malware. Active since March 2025 and evolved rapidly by June, this operation hides .NET payloads using Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography inside files hosted on trusted sites like archive.org.…
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Caminho Malware Loader Conceals .NET Payloads inside Images via LSB Steganography
Cybersecurity researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs have uncovered a cunning new threat dubbed Caminho, a Brazilian Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS) that’s turning everyday images into Trojan horses for malware. Active since March 2025 and evolved rapidly by June, this operation hides .NET payloads using Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography inside files hosted on trusted sites like archive.org.…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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“Jingle Thief” Hackers Exploit Cloud Infrastructure to Steal Millions in Gift Cards
Tags: cloud, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, network, phishing, service, smishingCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cybercriminal group called Jingle Thief that has been observed targeting cloud environments associated with organizations in the retail and consumer services sectors for gift card fraud.”Jingle Thief attackers use phishing and smishing to steal credentials, to compromise organizations that issue gift cards,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers…
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Beratungsdienste als Teil der Schutzstrategie – Sophos will mit Advisory Services Cyber-Resilienz stärken
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/sophos-will-mit-advisory-services-cyber-resilienz-staerken-a-d53287b3e99cae50f202e37ab6d27803/
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Cyber incidents in Texas, Tennessee and Indiana impacting critical government services
A large suburb outside of Dallas, Texas, was one of multiple municipalities across the U.S. this week to report cyber incidents affecting public services. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyber-incidents-texas-tennessee-indiana
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Is for Security Leaders, Too
Think you know all there is to know about cybersecurity? Guess again. Shadow AI is challenging security leaders with many of the same issues raised by other “shadow” technologies. Only this time, it’s evolving at breakneck speed. Key takeaways: The vast majority of organizations (89%) are either using AI or piloting it. Shadow AI lurks…
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Cybercriminals turn on each other: the story of Lumma Stealer’s collapse
Normally when we write about a malware operation being disrupted, it’s because it has been shut down by law enforcement. But in the case of Lumma Stealer, a notorious malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation used to steal passwords and sensitive data, it appears to have been sabotaged by other cybercriminals. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article:…
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Versa schafft umfassende SASE-Lösung mit der Integration von Microsoft-EntraAccess
Ab sofort steht eine automatisierte Integration von Versa-Secure-SD-WAN mit Microsoft-Entra-Internet-Access, einer Komponente der Security-Service-Edge (SSE)-Lösung von Microsoft, zur Verfügung. Damit entsteht eine vollständige, einfach zu verwaltende SASE-Lösung, die umfassende Sicherheit mit optimierter Leistung für verteilte Standorte bietet. Im Gegensatz zu vielen vorlagenbasierten Integrationen ist das anwendungsorientierte SD-WAN von Versa nun eines der wenigen SD-WAN-Angebote im…
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Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services
What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633195/Inspired-by-the-EU-Sweden-eyes-open-standard-for-encrypted-chat-services
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Sharepoint ToolShell attacks targeted orgs across four continents
Hackers believed to be associated with China have leveraged the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) in Microsoft SharePoint in attacks targeting government agencies, universities, telecommunication service providers, and finance organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sharepoint-toolshell-attacks-targeted-orgs-across-four-continents/
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Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services
What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633195/Inspired-by-the-EU-Sweden-eyes-open-standard-for-encrypted-chat-services
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Sharepoint ToolShell attacks targeted orgs across four continents
Hackers believed to be associated with China have leveraged the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) in Microsoft SharePoint in attacks targeting government agencies, universities, telecommunication service providers, and finance organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sharepoint-toolshell-attacks-targeted-orgs-across-four-continents/