Tag: service
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GitLab Releases Security Update to Patch Multiple DoS-Enabling Vulnerabilities
GitLab has issued a critical security update to address several denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities affecting both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Self-managed installations should upgrade immediately to versions 18.4.2, 18.3.4, or 18.2.8. GitLab.com already runs the patched versions, and GitLab Dedicated customers are unaffected. The GitLab team delivers scheduled releases twice a month, on…
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The ultimate business resiliency test: Inside Kantsu’s ransomware response
set up a new group email system and secure emergency contact pointsestablish a dedicated contact point for business partners to handle inquiriesprohibit internal internet accesscheck the operational status of major systemsAll shipping operations came to a halt. The company explained the situation to all employees at 9:00 a.m., and began assessing the damage and taking…
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Discord Data Breach Exposes 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos
The popular communication platform Discord is confronting a major extortion attempt after cybercriminals breached one of its third-party customer service providers, compromising sensitive user data including government identification photos used for age verification. Threat actors claim to have exfiltrated1.5 terabytesof sensitive information, including over2.1 million government-issued identification photos. However, Discord disputes these figures, stating that…
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Discord Data Breach Exposes 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos
The popular communication platform Discord is confronting a major extortion attempt after cybercriminals breached one of its third-party customer service providers, compromising sensitive user data including government identification photos used for age verification. Threat actors claim to have exfiltrated1.5 terabytesof sensitive information, including over2.1 million government-issued identification photos. However, Discord disputes these figures, stating that…
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Data-Leak Sites Surge to Record Levels Amid Scattered Spider RaaS and LockBit 5.0 Rise
Ransomware threats reached a tipping point in Q3 2025 as data-leak sites surged to a record 81 active platforms, driven by major developments across the ecosystem. English-speaking hacking collective Scattered Spider teased its first ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, “ShinySp1d3r RaaS,” while long-standing operator LockBit returned with “LockBit 5.0,” explicitly authorizing affiliates to target critical infrastructure. A…
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Data-Leak Sites Surge to Record Levels Amid Scattered Spider RaaS and LockBit 5.0 Rise
Ransomware threats reached a tipping point in Q3 2025 as data-leak sites surged to a record 81 active platforms, driven by major developments across the ecosystem. English-speaking hacking collective Scattered Spider teased its first ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, “ShinySp1d3r RaaS,” while long-standing operator LockBit returned with “LockBit 5.0,” explicitly authorizing affiliates to target critical infrastructure. A…
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Researchers Out Front Companies for Chinese Intelligence
Beijing-Based Institute Researches Steganography, Forensics, Network Penetration. Beware previously undocumented front companies for China’s main intelligence service that appear to be tasked with gathering and developing steganography, digital forensic, network penetration and other cybersecurity tools to serve Beijing’s military and intelligence apparatus, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-out-front-companies-for-chinese-intelligence-a-29677
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Exposure Management Beyond The Endpoint
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, mssp, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRelying on an endpoint-centric approach to exposure management can leave you with blind spots that increase risk. You need to see your environment like an attacker does. Key takeaways: Long remediation cycles and difficulty prioritizing risk are significant challenges for security teams. Exposure management capabilities bolted onto existing security tools result in dashboard fatigue and…
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Exposure Management Beyond The Endpoint
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, mssp, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRelying on an endpoint-centric approach to exposure management can leave you with blind spots that increase risk. You need to see your environment like an attacker does. Key takeaways: Long remediation cycles and difficulty prioritizing risk are significant challenges for security teams. Exposure management capabilities bolted onto existing security tools result in dashboard fatigue and…
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Exposure Management Beyond The Endpoint
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, mssp, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRelying on an endpoint-centric approach to exposure management can leave you with blind spots that increase risk. You need to see your environment like an attacker does. Key takeaways: Long remediation cycles and difficulty prioritizing risk are significant challenges for security teams. Exposure management capabilities bolted onto existing security tools result in dashboard fatigue and…
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Free Healthcare ‘Toolkit’ Ranks and Maps Third-Party Risk
Guide Helps Teams Prioritize, Recognizing Not All Vendors Pose Same Level of Risk. Third-party security risk is among the most complicated challenges facing the healthcare sector because of the wide variety of vendors involved and the critical products and services they provide. A new Health Sector Coordinating Council toolkit aims to help entities navigate those…
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Researchers Out Front Companies for Chinese Intelligence
Beijing-Based Institute Researches Steganography, Forensics, Network Penetration. Beware previously undocumented front companies for China’s main intelligence service that appear to be tasked with gathering and developing steganography, digital forensic, network penetration and other cybersecurity tools to serve Beijing’s military and intelligence apparatus, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-out-front-companies-for-chinese-intelligence-a-29677
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Free Healthcare ‘Toolkit’ Ranks and Maps Third-Party Risk
Guide Helps Teams Prioritize, Recognizing Not All Vendors Pose Same Level of Risk. Third-party security risk is among the most complicated challenges facing the healthcare sector because of the wide variety of vendors involved and the critical products and services they provide. A new Health Sector Coordinating Council toolkit aims to help entities navigate those…
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Microsoft 365 outage blocks access to Teams, Exchange Online
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing outage preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and the admin center. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-outage-blocks-access-to-teams-exchange-online/
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Microsoft 365 outage blocks access to Teams, Exchange Online
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing outage preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and the admin center. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-outage-blocks-access-to-teams-exchange-online/
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Hackers exploit auth bypass in Service Finder WordPress theme
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Service Finder WordPress theme that allows them to bypass authentication and log in as administrators. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-auth-bypass-in-service-finder-wordpress-theme/
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Salesforce data breach: what you need to know
The Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters hacking group claims to have accessed data from around 40 customers of Salesforce, the cloud-based customer relationship management service, stealing almost one billion records. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/salesforce-data-breach-what-need-know
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ASCII Smuggling Attack in Gemini Tricks AI Agents into Revealing Smuggled Data
Enterprise AI assistants face a hidden menacewhen invisible control characters are used to smuggle malicious instructions into prompts. In September 2025, FireTail researcher Viktor Markopoulos tested several large language models (LLMs) for susceptibility to the long-standing ASCII Smuggling technique. His findings reveal that some widely adopted services still fail to strip out hidden Unicode tags,…
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ASCII Smuggling Attack in Gemini Tricks AI Agents into Revealing Smuggled Data
Enterprise AI assistants face a hidden menacewhen invisible control characters are used to smuggle malicious instructions into prompts. In September 2025, FireTail researcher Viktor Markopoulos tested several large language models (LLMs) for susceptibility to the long-standing ASCII Smuggling technique. His findings reveal that some widely adopted services still fail to strip out hidden Unicode tags,…
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So verändert SASE die Cybersicherheit
Angesichts rasant steigender Cyberangriffe und wachsender Vernetzung scheint die klassische Defense-in-Depth-Strategie an ihre Grenzen zu stoßen. Unternehmen setzen heute auf zahlreiche Einzellösungen Firewalls, VPNs, SWG, CASB etc. doch die Koordination untereinander funktioniert selten reibungslos. Das Ergebnis: Transparenzlücken, unübersichtliche Tools, widersprüchliche Richtlinien, langsame Reaktion und hohe Kosten. Secure-Access-Service-Edge (SASE) wird in diesem Kontext als […] First…
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AWS Client VPN for macOS Hit by Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) released bulletin AWS-2025-020 detailing a serious flaw in the macOS version of its Client VPN software. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-11462, arises when the VPN client fails to validate the log destination directory during log rotation. CVE ID Affected Products Impact Exploit Prerequisites CVSS 3.1 Score CVE-2025-11462 AWS Client VPN Client…
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AWS Client VPN for macOS Hit by Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) released bulletin AWS-2025-020 detailing a serious flaw in the macOS version of its Client VPN software. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-11462, arises when the VPN client fails to validate the log destination directory during log rotation. CVE ID Affected Products Impact Exploit Prerequisites CVSS 3.1 Score CVE-2025-11462 AWS Client VPN Client…
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Turn Compliance into a Competitive Advantage: How to Scale Privacy-Aligned Services
Learn how MSSPs can transform compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage by scaling privacy-aligned services with DSPM. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/turn-compliance-into-a-competitive-advantage-how-to-scale-privacy-aligned-services/
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Turn Compliance into a Competitive Advantage: How to Scale Privacy-Aligned Services
Learn how MSSPs can transform compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage by scaling privacy-aligned services with DSPM. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/turn-compliance-into-a-competitive-advantage-how-to-scale-privacy-aligned-services/
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Crimson Collective Exploits AWS Services to Steal Sensitive Data
A newly identified threat group called Crimson Collective has emerged as a significant security concern for organizations using Amazon Web Services (AWS), employing sophisticated techniques to steal sensitive data and extort victims. The Crimson Collective demonstrates remarkable proficiency in exploiting AWS cloud environments through a methodical approach that begins with compromising long-term access keys. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has…