Tag: service

12 ways attackers abuse cloud services to hack your enterprise

Mar 11, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, backdoor, backup, business, ceo, china, cloud, communications, control, corporate, credentials, crowdstrike, cyber, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, extortion, firewall, framework, group, hacking, incident, incident response, infrastructure, kubernetes, login, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, openai, phishing, ransomware, russia, service, social-engineering, threat, tool

Hiding command-and-control in trusted APIs: Attackers are also forging malware that routes C2 traffic through trusted services such as OpenAI APIs.For example, the SesameOp backdoor routes traffic through OpenAI’s Assistants API, masking C2 communications as legitimate AI development work.”In cases such as the SesameOp backdoor, traffic looks like normal AI development activity,” says Parthiban Jegatheesan,…
Microsoft Active Directory Flaw Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges

Mar 11, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: cve, cyber, flaw, identity, infrastructure, microsoft, service, threat, update, vulnerability

Microsoft has released a critical security update addressing a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This flaw, patched during the March 10, 2026, Patch Tuesday rollout, poses a significant threat to enterprise identity infrastructure by allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM-level access. Tracked as CVE-2026-25177, this security defect carries a…
Microsoft .NET 0-Day Flaw Opens Doors for Denial of Service Attacks

Mar 11, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: attack, cve, cyber, flaw, framework, microsoft, service, update, vulnerability, zero-day

Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday has addressed a zero-day vulnerability in the .NET framework, officially tracked as CVE-2026-26127. Disclosed publicly before a patch was available, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition against applications running on affected .NET environments. The vulnerability has been categorized as an out-of-bounds read…
Trojanized Red Alert App Targets Israeli Users in SMS Scam to Steal Sensitive Data

Mar 11, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: android, cyber, data, mobile, scam, service, smishing, spyware

A mobile spyware campaign abusing a trojanized version of the Red Alert rocket warning Android app to target Israeli users via SMS smishing messages that impersonate official Home Front Command alerts. The fake app keeps full rocket alert functionality so it looks and behaves like the legitimate service while silently exfiltrating sensitive data in the…
Jack & Jill went up the hill, and an AI tried to hack them

Mar 11, 2026 5:48 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, data, email, endpoint, exploit, hacking, injection, jobs, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tool, vulnerability

get_or_create_company” endpoint that determines from a user’s email domain whether it should create a new company on the platform or associate them with an existing company to auto-join CodeWall’s account. Thanks to the bug that failed to check user roles when onboarding, it then obtained full org admin privileges and was able to access team…
Jack & Jill went up the hill, and an AI tried to hack them

Mar 11, 2026 5:48 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, data, email, endpoint, exploit, hacking, injection, jobs, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tool, vulnerability

get_or_create_company” endpoint that determines from a user’s email domain whether it should create a new company on the platform or associate them with an existing company to auto-join CodeWall’s account. Thanks to the bug that failed to check user roles when onboarding, it then obtained full org admin privileges and was able to access team…
Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 83 CVEs (CVE-2026-21262, CVE-2026-26127)

Mar 10, 2026 10:48 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, cve, cyber, data, dos, exploit, flaw, identity, infrastructure, iot, linux, microsoft, mobile, office, rce, remote-code-execution, service, sql, tool, update, vulnerability, windows

8Critical 75Important 0Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 83 CVEs including two vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed prior to a patch being released. Microsoft patched 83 CVEs in its March 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical and 75 rated as important. Our counts omitted one CVE (CVE-2026-26030) assigned by GitHub. This month’s update includes patches…
Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #13 (H1 2026) Is Out!

Mar 10, 2026 9:48 PM

Tags: access, ai, apt, attack, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, extortion, google, incident response, injection, intelligence, LLM, metric, phishing, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, saas, service, social-engineering, software, theft, threat, vulnerability, zero-day

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Cloud Threat Horizons Report, #13 (full version, no info to enter!) that we just released (the official blog for #1 report, my unofficial blogs for #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 and #12).…
Threat intelligence by ESET is a game changer

Mar 10, 2026 9:48 PM

Tags: ai, business, ciso, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, exploit, identity, india, intelligence, phishing, service, social-engineering, threat, vulnerability, zero-day

The Advent of AI Ransomware detections in India surged by 70% between the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025 as per ESET’s Telemetry. Phishing remains the most prevalent cyberthreat affecting Indian users, underscoring the ongoing need for vigilance and education around social engineering tactics.Attacks are increasing on edge systems and appliances as…
Attackers exploit FortiGate devices to access sensitive network information

Mar 10, 2026 9:48 PM

Tags: access, breach, corporate, credentials, data, exploit, network, service, vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting FortiGate devices to breach networks and steal configuration data containing service account credentials and network details. SentinelOne researchers warn that attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities or weak credentials in FortiGate devices to gain initial access to corporate networks. Once inside, they extract configuration files that may contain service account credentials and information about…
Salesforce Sounds Alarm Over Fresh Data Extortion Campaign

Mar 10, 2026 9:48 PM

Tags: access, cybercrime, data, exploit, extortion, google, ransom, service, tool, vulnerability

CRM-Obsessed ShinyHunters Gang Exploits Misconfigured Customer Experience Portals. A prolific and noisy cybercrime gang with a penchant for stealing Salesforce customers’ data and holding it ransom is taking advantage of misconfigured guest accounts meant to provide public access to services meant to remain private, using a Google scanning tool to identify vulnerable accounts. First seen…
How MSPs Bridge the Gap Between Cloud Potential and Day”‘to”‘Day Reality

Mar 10, 2026 7:49 PM

Tags: cloud, msp, service

<div cla Managed service providers (MSPs) bridge the gap between what the cloud makes possible and what most organizations can realistically run, secure, and scale with their current teams. MSPs turn AWS capabilities into reliable services that drive customer value instead of sitting unused on a roadmap. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/how-msps-bridge-the-gap-between-cloud-potential-and-day%e2%80%91to%e2%80%91day-reality/
Cybercrime isn’t just a cover for Iran’s government goons – it’s a key part of their operations

Mar 10, 2026 7:49 PM

Tags: cybercrime, government, iran, malware, ransomware, service

Ransomware, malware-as-a-service, infostealers benefit MOIS, too First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/10/cybercrime_iran_mois/
FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials

Mar 10, 2026 7:49 PM

Tags: breach, credentials, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, network, service, threat, vulnerability

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks. The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
Iranian MOIS Actors the Cyber Crime Connection

Mar 10, 2026 6:46 PM

Tags: crime, cyber, iran, service, tool

ey Points Iran-linked actors are increasingly engaging with the cyber crime ecosystem. Their activity suggests a growing reliance on criminal tools, services, and operational models in support of state objectives. Iranian actors have long used cyber crime and hacktivism as cover for destructive activity, but the trend now suggests direct engagement with the criminal ecosystem.…
Iranian MOIS Actors the Cyber Crime Connection

Mar 10, 2026 6:46 PM

Tags: crime, cyber, iran, service, tool

ey Points Iran-linked actors are increasingly engaging with the cyber crime ecosystem. Their activity suggests a growing reliance on criminal tools, services, and operational models in support of state objectives. Iranian actors have long used cyber crime and hacktivism as cover for destructive activity, but the trend now suggests direct engagement with the criminal ecosystem.…
Closed Loop Security: Zero Trust, C2C Ransomware Defense

Mar 10, 2026 5:47 PM

Tags: access, cybersecurity, defense, ransomware, service, tool, zero-trust

<div cla In Part 1 of this series, we established the core problem facing cybersecurity today: it still operates as an open-loop system. Tools detect alerts, behaviors, and anomalies, but they do not enforce whether systems remain in a known-good, trusted state. As a result, security teams are perpetually reacting to symptoms rather than preventing…
Huntress Widens Partner Programme to Reach Small Businesses Worldwide

Mar 10, 2026 4:46 PM

Tags: attack, cybersecurity, service

Cybersecurity firm Huntress is expanding its partner programme to include resellers, a move the company says will extend enterprise-grade protection to small and mid-sized businesses that are increasingly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. The expansion builds on a decade of working with managed service providers (MSPs) and comes as attacks on smaller organisations continue to…
Ericsson Breach Exposes Data of 15k Employees and Customers

Mar 10, 2026 4:46 PM

Tags: breach, data, data-breach, service

Ericsson data breach affects 15k employees/customers after third-party service provider compromise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ericsson-breach-exposes-data-15k/
Fighting Fire with Fire: AI-Assisted Microsegmentation to Combat AI-Enabled Hackers

Mar 10, 2026 3:48 PM

Tags: ai, cyberattack, deep-fake, hacker, malware, phishing, service, social-engineering

Thanks to GenAI, cyberattacks are coming faster and harder than ever before. The IC3 consortium at MIT Sloan warns that: “AI is being used regularly in cyberattacks to create malware, phishing campaigns, and deepfake-driven social engineering, such as fake customer service calls. Large language models are being employed to generate code and phishing content. There……
LeakyLooker: Hacking Google Cloud’s Data via Dangerous Looker Studio Vulnerabilities

Mar 10, 2026 2:47 PM

Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, data, data-breach, email, exploit, flaw, google, group, guide, hacking, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, jobs, leak, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, oracle, password, programming, service, sql, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability

Tenable Research revealed “LeakyLooker,” a set of nine novel cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio. These flaws could have let attackers exfiltrate or modify data across Google services like BigQuery and Google Sheets. Google has since remediated all identified issues. We discovered and disclosed nine novel cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio).…
Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT

Mar 10, 2026 1:47 PM

Tags: access, apple, credentials, crypto, data, detection, email, malware, password, rat, service, theft, tool

From password theft to persistence: The second stage malware, internally referred to as “GhostLoader,” is a large JavaScript bundle implementing both an infostealer and a remote access framework. Once launched, GhostLoader installs itself into a hidden directory disguised as an npm telemetry service and sets up persistence mechanisms which include shell configuration hooks that automatically…
The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix

Mar 10, 2026 12:47 PM

Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firewall, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, ISO-27001, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, office, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, stuxnet, supply-chain, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day

Why everyone knows it’s burning, but nobody pulls the fire alarm: When I talk to OT managers, production leads or plant engineers, I rarely hear, “We didn’t know we had a problem.” Far more often, it’s, “We know it’s critical, but we can’t just shut it down.” This gap between awareness and action is the…
Ericsson US confirms breach after third-party provider attack

Mar 10, 2026 11:46 AM

Tags: attack, breach, data, data-breach, service

Ericsson US reports a data breach after attackers hacked a service provider, exposing employee and customer information. Ericsson Inc., the U.S. branch of the Swedish telecom giant, disclosed a data breach after a service provider was hacked. The attack compromised the personal information of an unspecified number of employees and customers. >>On April 28, 2025,…
Why access decisions are becoming the weakest link in identity security

Mar 10, 2026 10:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, ciso, control, credentials, data, finance, governance, group, iam, identity, least-privilege, login, okta, radius, risk, saas, service, technology, tool

The SSO fallacy: Why authentication is not a guarantee: I’m often asked by business and technology leaders, “If we have SSO enabled, why do we still need to worry about granular access controls?” The underlying assumption is that once a user is authenticated through a central, secure portal, the hard work is done.In practice, SSO…
Law enforcement disrupted Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform

Mar 10, 2026 10:47 AM

Tags: 2fa, email, infrastructure, law, microsoft, phishing, service

Authorities disrupted the Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform used to send millions of phishing emails to over 500,000 orgs worldwide. The joint effort, led by Microsoft, Europol, and industry partners, aimed to target the infrastructure of Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for tens of millions of fraudulent emails reaching over 500,000 organizations each month worldwide. By…
I replaced manual pen tests with automation. Here’s what I learned.

Mar 10, 2026 9:48 AM

Tags: access, attack, breach, control, cvss, detection, exploit, infrastructure, intelligence, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, tactics, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-day

The remediation black hole: Perhaps most frustrating was what happened after we received findings. Our teams would work diligently to implement fixes, but we rarely had the budget or opportunity to bring testers back to validate remediation. We were left with uncertainty. This gap between identification and verification created a dangerous blind spot in our…
When AI safety constrains defenders more than attackers

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, chatgpt, ciso, control, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, offense, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, strategy, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability

The attacker advantage: Threat actors operate under no such constraints. They simply use jailbroken models, locally hosted open-source alternatives, or purpose-built malicious tools that have proliferated across underground markets.WormGPT, originally shut down in 2023, has reappeared largely as a recycled brand name for uncensored AI tools. New variants posted on underground marketplace BreachForums between October…
When AI safety constrains defenders more than attackers

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, chatgpt, ciso, control, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, offense, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, phishing, RedTeam, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, strategy, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability

The attacker advantage: Threat actors operate under no such constraints. They simply use jailbroken models, locally hosted open-source alternatives, or purpose-built malicious tools that have proliferated across underground markets.WormGPT, originally shut down in 2023, has reappeared largely as a recycled brand name for uncensored AI tools. New variants posted on underground marketplace BreachForums between October…
Neue Malware-as-a-Service tarnt sich als RMM-Tool – Malware für 300 Dollar im Monat mieten

Mar 10, 2026 8:47 AM

Tags: malware, service, tool

First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/trustconnect-malware-as-a-service-300-dollar-a-7f2c6fa4d2d3ec946877c63c5a5bf01a/