Tag: service
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Qilin Cybercrime Ring Claims Credit for Lee Newspaper Breach
The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) cybercrime group intends to leak the stolen information in just two days, it claims; but oddly, it doesn’t seek a ransom payment from its victim. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-cyber-gang-credit-lee-newspaper-breach
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Darktrace Threat Report 2024: Malware-as-a-Service eine zunehmende Bedrohung
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/darktrace-threat-report-2024-malware-as-a-service-zunahmen-bedrohung
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Channel Brief: ClearScale, Matilda Cloud Offer VMware Migration Services
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/channel-brief-clearscale-matilda-cloud-offer-vmware-migration-services
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Hackers Exploit AWS Misconfigurations to Launch Phishing Attacks via SES and WorkMail
Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity cluster under the name TGR-UNK-0011 (short for a threat group with unknown motivation), which it said overlaps with a group known as JavaGhost.…
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Several local governments struggling with cyberattacks limiting services
Government services offered by one of the largest counties in Maryland are still being limited more than a week after it was targeted by a cyberattack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/local-govs-cyberattacks-limiting-services
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Online crime-as-a-service skyrockets with 24,000 users selling attack tools
The growth of AI-based technology has introduced new challenges, making remote identity verification systems more vulnerable to attacks, according to iProov. Innovative and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/03/03/remote-identity-verification-attacks/
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Forscher entdecken LLM-Sicherheitsrisiko
Forscher haben Anmeldeinformationen in den Trainingsdaten von Large Language Models entdeckt.Beliebte LLMs wie DeepSeek werden mit Common Crawl trainiert, einem riesigen Datensatz mit Website-Informationen. Forscher von Truffle Security haben kürzlich einen Datensatz des Webarchives analysiert, der über 250 Milliarden Seiten umfasst und Daten von 47,5 Millionen Hosts enthält. Dabei stellten sie fest, dass rund 12.000…
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Microsoft Busts Hackers Selling Illegal Azure AI Access
LLMjacking operation leveraged illicit access GenAI services to produce explicit celebrity images and other harmful content, Microsoft’s digital crimes unit says. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/microsoft-openai-hackers-selling-illicit-access-azure-llm-services
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U.K. ICO Investigates TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur Over Children’s Data Protection Practices
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between the ages of 13 and 17 in the country.To that end, the watchdog said it’s probing how the ByteDance-owned video-sharing service uses the personal data of children…
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Top Data Breaches of February 2025
February 2025 saw a series of high-impact data breaches affecting industries ranging from healthcare and finance to cloud services and government agencies. These incidents exposed sensitive data, disrupted operations, and… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/top-data-breaches-of-february-2025/
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Google Launches Shielded Email to Keep Your Address Hidden from Apps
Google is rolling out a new privacy-focused feature calledShielded Email, designed to prevent apps and services from accessing users’ primary email addresses during sign-ups. The feature, first discovered in a Google Play Services APK teardown by Android Authority months ago, will generate unique email aliases for each app or website, shielding users’ real addresses from potential data…
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JavaGhost: Exploiting Amazon IAM Permissions for Phishing Attacks
Unit 42 researchers have observed a threat actor group known as JavaGhost exploiting misconfigurations in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to conduct sophisticated phishing campaigns. Active for over five years, JavaGhost has pivoted from website defacement to leveraging compromised cloud infrastructure for financial gain. The group’s attacks stem from exposed long-term AWS access keys, which…
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Njrat Exploits Microsoft Dev Tunnels for C2 Communication
A new campaign involving the notorious remote access trojan (RAT) Njrat has been uncovered, leveraging Microsoft’s Dev Tunnels service for command-and-control (C2) communication. This service, intended to help developers securely expose local services to the internet for testing and debugging, is being exploited by attackers to establish covert connections with their C2 servers. The abuse…
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Paragon Partition Manager Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Escalate Privileges and Trigger DoS Attacks
Security researchers have uncovered five significant vulnerabilities in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver, affecting versions prior to 2.0.0. These flaws, identified as CVE-2025-0285, CVE-2025-0286, CVE-2025-0287, CVE-2025-0288, and CVE-2025-0289, pose serious security risks, enabling attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level and potentially cause denial-of-service (DoS) scenarios. Multiple Critical Flaws Discovered in BioNTdrv.sys Driver The vulnerabilities,…
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Ransomware access playbook: What Black Basta’s leaked logs reveal
Tags: access, breach, credentials, cybercrime, dark-web, data, data-breach, extortion, group, login, malware, password, ransomware, service, software, theft, threat, toolFrom infostealer to ransomware: Infostealers are malware programs designed to scrape login information stored inside browser password stores and other applications. These threats are increasingly being offered as a service on cybercriminal forums, and according to a recent study, their prevalence has increased three-fold over the past year. The information stolen by such tools, known…
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Why cyber attackers are targeting your solar energy systems, and how to stop them
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, backup, best-practice, china, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firmware, framework, group, infrastructure, iot, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, regulation, risk, russia, service, software, technology, threat, update, vulnerabilitySmart inverter vulnerabilities threaten the electric grid: The biggest risk occurs during high-demand times. If enough solar DERs suddenly go offline during a critical period, there might not be adequate alternative energy sources that can come online immediately, or the available alternatives are much more expensive to operate. Attackers can produce similar results merely by…
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Die besten XDR-Tools
Tags: attack, business, cloud, computing, container, crowdstrike, cyberattack, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, google, Hardware, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, mail, malware, marketplace, microsoft, ml, network, office, okta, risk, security-incident, service, siem, soar, software, tool, vulnerabilityLesen Sie, worauf Sie in Sachen XDR achten sollten und welche Lösungen sich in diesem Bereich empfehlen.Manuelles, siloartiges Management ist in der modernen IT-Welt unangebracht. Erst recht im Bereich der IT-Sicherheit: Der Umfang von modernem Enterprise Computing und State-of-the-Art-Application-Stack-Architekturen erfordern Sicherheits-Tools, die:Einblicke in den Sicherheitsstatus von IT-Komponenten ermöglichen,Bedrohungen in Echtzeit erkennen, undAspekte der Bedrohungsabwehr automatisieren.Diese…
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Cyberangriff auf IT-Dienstleister in Russland
Russia warns financial sector of major IT service provider hack First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-warns-financial-sector-of-major-it-service-provider-hack/
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Sectigo Rolls Out Automated Certificate Management Service
Tags: serviceFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/sectigo-rolls-out-automated-certificate-management-service
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Certain About Your Data Privacy Measures?
Are You Confident in Your Data Privacy Measures? Professionals in financial services in healthcare, travel, DevOps, and SOC teams that managing securitization processes in the cloud; do you feel confident about your data privacy measures? Where marked by increasing cybersecurity threats, the assurance of robust data privacy is no longer a luxury but a necessity….…
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Tarlogic Discovers Security Flaw Allowing Eavesdropping on Private Conversations Via Bluetooth Headset Microphone
The popularity of Bluetooth devices has surged over the years thanks to their convenience and wireless connectivity. The Bluetooth protocol allows and streamlines the setup and discovery of services between a wide range of devices. Bluetooth technology allows users to connect wirelessly to headphones, speakers, smartwatches, keyboards, mice, TVs, cameras, and many other appliances. Despite…
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IT 2025: Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nachhaltigkeit, Sicherheit, KI und Geopolitik
Neben den Themen IT-Security und künstliche Intelligenz (KI) müssen sich Unternehmen in der IT im Jahr 2025 mit den aktuellen geopolitischen Entwicklungen und Nachhaltigkeit auseinandersetzen. Für seinen jährlich erscheinenden Digital Infrastructure Report hat der Netzwerkanbieter Colt Technology Services 1.500 CIOs und IT-Verantwortliche in Europa, Nord- und Südamerika, Asien und dem Nahen Osten befragt. Der… First…
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Microsoft files lawsuit against LLMjacking gang that bypassed AI safeguards
LLMjacking can cost organizations a lot of money: LLMjacking is a continuation of the cybercriminal practice of abusing stolen cloud account credentials for various illegal operations, such as cryptojacking, abusing hacked cloud computing resources to mine cryptocurrency. The difference is that large quantities of API calls to LLMs can quickly rack up huge costs, with…
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Employment screening provider data breach affects 3.3M people
The attack is one of several in recent years targeting the employment services industry.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/DISA-data-breach-affects-33m-people/741112/
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Is your enterprise ‘cyber resilient’? Probably not. Here’s how other boards fixed that
Tags: backup, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, endpoint, finance, framework, governance, incident, metric, monitoring, nist, resilience, risk, service, strategy, supply-chain, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementLockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin introduced its Cyber Resiliency Level (CRL) Framework and corresponding Scoreboard in 2018, illustrating a more formalized approach to measuring cyber resilience during this period. The company’s Cyber Resiliency Scoreboard includes tools like a questionnaire and dashboard for measuring the maturity levels of six categories, including Cyber Hygiene and Architecture.MIT: The Balanced Scorecard for Cyber Resilience (BSCR) provides…
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Chinese Hackers Breach Belgium State Security Service as Investigation Continues
Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE) has suffered what is being described as its most severe security breach to date. For nearly two years, a group of Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway Appliance, a cybersecurity tool used by the VSSE, to access approximately 10% of the agency’s email traffic. The breach,…