Tag: service
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CISA pushes critical infrastructure operators to prepare to work in isolation
Tags: access, attack, backup, business, ceo, cisa, control, cyber, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, government, incident response, infrastructure, iran, network, resilience, service, technology, threat, vpnA familiar playbook under a new name: While the framing of CI Fortify is new, the underlying concepts are not. Several experts say the initiative largely repackages long-standing practices around disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response, areas where many organizations have historically underinvested.”It looks to me like traditional business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and…
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CISA urges critical infrastructure firms to ‘fortify’ before it’s too late
As concerns mount about potential cyber sabotage by the Chinese government, the U.S. is warning operators to practice maintaining services in a degraded state. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ci-fortify-isolation-recovery-guidance/819317/
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CrowdStrike Promotes Amanda Adams To Global Alliances Leader Amid AI Push
Amanda Adams, a longtime channel executive at CrowdStrike, has been promoted to serve as the new global channel chief at the cybersecurity giant as it sees massive opportunities ahead in AI and services for solution and service provider partners, the company told CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/crowdstrike-promotes-amanda-adams-to-global-alliances-leader-amid-ai-push
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CISA urges critical infrastructure firms to ‘fortify’ now before it’s too late
As concerns mount about potential cyber sabotage by the Chinese government, the U.S. is warning infrastructure operators to practice maintaining services in a degraded state. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ci-fortify-isolation-recovery-guidance/819317/
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Vimeo data breach exposes personal information of 119,000 people
The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information belonging to over 119,000 people after hacking the Vimeo online video platform in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vimeo-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-of-119-000-people/
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Cerberus Stalkerware Hits Google Play, Abuses Accessibility and Firebase for Remote Control
Cerberus Anti-theft, a long-running Android “security” app, is operating as full-featured stalkerware on Google Play, abusing accessibility services and Google Firebase to give abusers near-total remote control over victims’ phones. Once installed, Cerberus lets an abuser push a custom lock”‘screen notification to the victim’s device from a web dashboard at cerberusapp.com or a paired smartwatch.…
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Attackers Exploit Amazon SES to Send Authenticated Phishing Emails
Attackers are increasingly abusing Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to deliver highly convincing phishing emails that bypass traditional security controls, marking a growing trend in email-based threats. The primary goal of any phishing campaign is to evade detection while tricking victims into revealing sensitive data. To achieve this, threat actors continuously refine their techniques, using…
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Microsoft Details Phishing Campaign Targeting 35,000 Users Across 26 Countries
Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale credential theft campaign that has leveraged a combination of code of conduct-themed lures and legitimate email services to direct users to attacker-controlled domains and steal authentication tokens.The multi-stage campaign, observed between April 14 and 16, 2026, targeted more than 35,000 users across over 13,000 organizations in 26 countries,…
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Amazon SES Phishing: Angriffe über geleakte AWS-Zugangsdaten
Cyberkriminelle setzen verstärkt auf legitime Cloud-Dienste, um täuschend echte Phishing-Angriffe durchzuführen. Besonders Amazon Simple Email Service gerät dabei ins Visier, da er eigentlich für vertrauenswürdige Unternehmens-Kommunikation genutzt wird. Sicherheits-Forscher sehen darin eine neue Eskalationsstufe. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/amazon-ses-phishing
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Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection
The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being increasingly abused to send convincing phishing emails that can bypass standard security filters and render reputation-based blocks ineffective. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-ses-increasingly-abused-in-phishing-to-evade-detection/
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Ubuntu and Canonical Web Services Hit by DDoS Attack
What happened Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, experienced widespread service disruptions across its core web infrastructure on May 1, 2026, following a coordinated DDoS attack. The hacktivist group identifying itself as the Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq, known as the 313 Team, claimed responsibility. Canonical acknowledged the outages via its status page…The…
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Botnet Hijacks ADB-Exposed Android Devices to Target Minecraft Servers
New research has uncovered a Mirai-derived botnet called xlabs_v1 that turns Android devices with exposed Android Debug Bridge (ADB) into a distributed attack platform for knocking Minecraft servers and other game hosts offline. By abusing TCP port 5555 on poorly secured Android-based hardware, the operators are quietly building a rentable DDoS-for-hire service aimed at the gaming ecosystem.…
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Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel.The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026, involves…
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DOJ Sentences Two Americans for ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sentenced two American cybersecurity professionals to prison for their involvement in ALPHV BlackCat ransomware attacks that targeted multiple U.S. organizations in 2023. The case highlights the growing threat of insider expertise being misused in ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. Ryan Goldberg, 40, from Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, from Texas,…
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How CISOs should utilize data security posture management to inform risk
Tags: access, ai, automation, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, data, detection, finance, iam, incident response, monitoring, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, siem, software, tool, update, vulnerabilityApplying the principles at any maturity level: Whether you’re working with a full DSPM platform, a lightweight open-source scanner or even manual data inventories, CISOs can use this thinking to apply quantification (or at least an order of magnitude) to risk decisions. For example, you may have a written policy in place that a database…
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Fake Party Invites and the Rise of Social Phishing Attacks
Attackers are now impersonating invitation services to trick people into clicking malicious links and sharing sensitive information. These phishing attempts look like legitimate event invites, making them especially effective. In this episode, we discuss how these scams work and what steps you can take to stay protected. Special thanks to Guardsquare for sponsoring this episode!……
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FBI Links Cybercriminals to Sharp Surge in Cargo Theft Attacks
What happened The FBI issued a public service announcement on April 30, 2026, warning the US transportation and logistics industry of a sharp rise in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with estimated losses in the United States and Canada reaching nearly $725 million in 2025. That represents a 60% increase over the prior year. Confirmed cargo theft…The…
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A Detailed Guide on Local Port Forwarding
In the contemporary digital world, penetration testing and red team engagements, direct access to target systems from the attacker’s machine is uncommon. Many services are First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/a-detailed-guide-on-local-port-forwarding/
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RBI Cybersecurity Compliance Checklist for Fintech Organizations
Tags: compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, fintech, framework, india, resilience, service, threatThe financial services ecosystem in India is undergoing rapid digital transformation, and fintech organizations sit at the center of this evolution. With increasing cyber threats targeting digital payments, lending platforms, and financial data, regulatory oversight has intensified. The Reserve Bank of India mandates a strong RBI cybersecurity framework that fintechs must follow to ensure resilience,……
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Global Cyber Threat Brief: Identity Breaches, Supply Chain Attacks, and the Rise of Organized Cybercrime
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, data, exploit, identity, organized, ransomware, service, supply-chain, threatIn the past week, the global cyber threat landscape has once again demonstrated how rapidly attackers are evolving shifting from isolated intrusions to coordinated, multi-stage campaigns targeting identities, supply chains, and service providers. From large-scale identity data exposure to sophisticated token abuse and ransomware-driven disruptions, these incidents highlight a critical reality: attackers are increasingly exploiting…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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Canonical Hit by Sustained DDoS Attack, Disrupting Ubuntu Services Worldwide
A DDoS attack on Canonical has disrupted key Ubuntu services and patching workflows. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/canonical-hit-by-sustained-ddos-attack-disrupting-ubuntu-services-worldwide/
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Digital attacks drive a new wave of cargo theft, FBI says
The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers. Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft. The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with hackers increasingly targeting brokers and carriers. This trend confirms earlier findings from Proofpoint and alerts…
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Vulnerability remediation: Match CVEs to asset owners in seconds with Tenable Hexa AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, ciso, compliance, control, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, framework, group, identity, Internet, login, nist, okta, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementDetecting a vulnerability is easy. Finding the person responsible for fixing it is where remediation programs often break down. See how Tenable Hexa AI uses MCP to connect your exposure data to your identity provider, automating the hunt for asset owners in seconds. Key takeaways The accountability gap is the real bottleneck. Finding a vulnerability…
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A Guide to Agentic Sprawl: How to Govern Your Program
Key Takeaways Agent user identities now outnumber human identities at an astounding rate. Each new autonomous agent introduces a new identity, a new credential path, and a new surface area for attackers to exploit. Agent sprawl compounds classic identity security failures: over-provisioned OAuth scopes, reused service accounts, and long-lived tokens. Traditional IAM tooling was never……