Tag: service
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Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi in New CaptiveCrunch Espionage Campaign
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered CaptiveCrunch, a cyber espionage campaign linked to Storm-2945, a subgroup of Midnight Blizzard, the Russian state-linked threat actor associated with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/captivecrunch-midnight-blizzard/
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Critical N-able N-central Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation as Hotfix Lands
N-able has confirmed that a critical vulnerability in N-central, its flagship remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform, is being actively exploited in the wild, prompting an emergency hotfix and urgent calls for managed service providers (MSPs) to patch immediately. The flaw, disclosed by N-able on 12 August, affects all currently supported versions of N-central, including…
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Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft
Buying TikTok followers, likes, or views could do more than inflate engagement metrics. According to Malwarebytes, many services selling social media growth operate through … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/malwarebytes-tiktok-followers-scam-risks-report/
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SabPaisa Partners with AccuKnox for Zero Trust AI-Powered Cloud Security to Secure Its Payments Platform
CALIFORNIA, USA, August 2nd, 2026, CyberNewswire AccuKnox, a leading Zero Trust Security platform, today announced that SabPaisa, an RBI-authorised digital payments company, has selected its AI-powered cloud security platform to ensure robust security of its payments platform. SabPaisa joins a growing roster of financial services leaders using AccuKnox to meet stringent compliance requirements while defending…
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CISA Urges Utilities to Remove Internet-Exposed PLCs After Minnesota Attacks
After attacks hit 30+ Minnesota water systems, CISA urged utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs and strengthen OT security. Between Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27, a coordinated cyberattack hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across the state, according to Minnesota IT Services (MNIT). “A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology…
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Acronis pushes MSPs toward autonomous IT with AI service desk and cloud infrastructure
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/acronis-pushes-msps-toward-autonomous-it-with-ai-service-desk-and-cloud-infrastructure
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CRQ Platform Comparison for Financial Services – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/crq-platform-comparison-for-financial-services-kovrr/
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The Best Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) Providers, Compared and Priced (2026)
Firewall-asa-service moved from experiment to default: inspection, IPS, and policy delivered from the cloud, priced per user or per site instead of per appliance. The value answer up front: Cloudflare offers the most accessible entry economics, Cato Networks the best converged price-for-simplicity in the mid-market, and Prisma Access the deepest (and priciest) inspection stack, […]…
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The Best Cloud Firewall Solutions, Compared and Priced (2026)
Cloud firewalls bill three ways, usage-metered native services, licensed virtual appliances, and managed platform subscriptions, and picking the wrong shape costs more than picking the wrong brand. The value verdict up front: AWS Network Firewall and Azure Firewall win usage-priced single-cloud economics, Fortinet delivers the best licensed price-performance across every cloud, and Palo […] The…
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Amgen says cloud data breach exposed patient health, proprietary info
Pharmaceutical company Amgen says it suffered a data breach after threat actors stole corporate data and patient information stored in multiple cloud systems operated by third-party service providers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amgen-says-cloud-data-breach-exposed-patient-health-proprietary-info/
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South Korea Warns of State-Backed Watering Hole Attacks
South Korea warned that nation-state actors are using phishing and compromised websites to silently infect citizens and businesses. South Korea agencies (The National Intelligence Service, the National Police Agency, the Korea Internet & Security Agency, and the Financial Security Institute) jointly published an advisory warning that a state-backed hacking group is actively targeting South Korean…
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Researchers Report 84 Flaws in 4G and 5G Cores, Including a Session Hijacking Flaw
An academic study has disclosed a “widespread class” of security vulnerabilities impacting 4G and 5G core networks that, if successfully exploited, could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and even session hijacking, allowing an attacker to seize control of a user’s network session.The findings have been released by a group of researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University…
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Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand
Cybercrime has become a commercialized ecosystem where criminals can buy or rent nearly every capability needed to launch sophisticated attacks. These services provide … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/31/infoblox-domain-abuse-campaigns-report/
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Phishing-Kit Logokit baut Anmeldeseiten in Echtzeit nach
Die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform Logokit erstellt inzwischen für jedes Opfer individuell nachgebildete Anmeldeseiten in Echtzeit. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/phishing-kit-logokit
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PHP Patches 3 Security Flaws Enabling SQL Injection, Memory Corruption and DoS Attacks
PHP maintainers have released security updates to address three vulnerabilities affecting the PostgreSQL, BCMath, and Phar extensions. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to SQL injection attacks, out-of-bounds memory writes, and denial-of-service attacks in vulnerable applications. The issues impact several actively maintained PHP release branches and have been resolved in versions PHP 8.2.338.2, 8.3.338.3, 8.4.248.4, and…
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CosmosEscape Vulnerability Enables Full Takeover of Azure Cosmos DB Databases
A critical vulnerability chain in Azure Cosmos DB, named CosmosEscape, allowed attackers to gain full read and write access to every Cosmos DB database, including potentially those managed internally by Microsoft. The issue specifically affected the service’s Gremlin API. It exposed a cross-tenant attack path that could bypass customer network isolation controls. CosmosEscape Vulnerability According…
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Free DMARC Tools: Checkers, Generators Monitoring (2026)
Every genuinely free DMARC tool worth knowing, from instant checkers and generators to free-tier monitoring services – what each one actually includes, and where the free limits kick in. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/07/free-dmarc-tools-checkers-generators-monitoring-2026/
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Researchers Expose Flying Eagle Criminal Ecosystem Behind Fake Chinese Police App
Researchers linked the Flying Eagle Android RAT to fake police apps, uncovering 170 servers in a growing cybercrime ecosystem. Hunt.io researchers and independent journalist NetAskari started with a fraudulent Android app impersonating a Chinese Provincial Public Security Bureau service and ended up mapping a sprawling criminal ecosystem built around a leaked Android RAT framework called…
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Rogue OpenAI Agent Hit More Than One Target, New Disclosures Show
OpenAI disclosed that the rogue AI agent behind the Hugging Face breach also accessed four additional public services during the same cybersecurity incident. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/openai-rogue-ai-agent-accessed-four-additional-services/
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Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process
A new Mirai-derived botnet called Tengu can use a compromised Linux device’s hardware watchdog to trigger a reboot when defenders kill its main process.If that happens, Tengu’s other persistence mechanisms get another chance to relaunch it. Nozomi Networks Labs observed the dropper reaching its honeypots through Telnet credential brute force.Tengu supports 25 distributed denial-of-service (…
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Crest introduces AI security standards for service providers
Industry organisation reacts to the growing need for independently verified standards surrounding artificial intelligence security First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366646333/Crest-introduces-AI-security-standards-for-service-providers
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Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
OpenWrt has shipped version 24.10.8 to close a critical DHCPv6 stack overflow and a wider set of remotely triggerable flaws in network services enabled by default.The critical issue, tracked as CVE-2026-53921 and rated 9.8 on CVSS 3.1 in OpenWrt’s GitHub advisory, lets an unauthenticated attacker able to reach the DHCPv6 server overwrite a stack buffer…
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Dismantled Kratos Phishing Kit Becomes Blueprint for Attacks on Microsoft 365 Users
The takedown of the Kratos phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform in July 2026 has done little to slow the broader threat landscape. As security researchers warn that its leaked techniques and infrastructure patterns are already being repurposed in ongoing campaigns targeting Microsoft 365 environments. Despite being disrupted under Operation Olympus Blade, which led to the seizure of…
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New Crypter-as-a-Service Cruciferra Fuels Stealthy Malware Attacks Worldwide
Proofpoint uncovered Cruciferra, a crypter-as-a-service that helps hackers evade antivirus and deliver malware in multiple campaigns. Proofpoint’s research team traced a wave of income-tax-themed lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams back to a crypter service called Cruciferra, and the tool turns out to be shared infrastructure used across multiple unrelated criminal…
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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027
AWS Shield Advanced, a managed service that protects applications from external threats, is adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group, designed for application-layer (L7) DDoS … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/28/aws-waf-anti-ddos-rule-group/
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Data breach at medical billing firm MCBS affects 1.26 million people
Healthcare billing company Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has disclosed that a 2025 network breach exposed the sensitive information of more than 1.2 million people. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-medical-billing-firm-mcbs-affects-126-million-people/
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Tengu Mirai Botnet Uses Watchdog Reboots and Binary Bricking to Resist Removal
Tengu, a newly observed Mirai-derived botnet, is demonstrating how modern IoT malware is rapidly evolving beyond traditional distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations by integrating persistence, evasion, and multi-functional attack capabilities. Unlike legacy Mirai variants, Tengu employs a hybrid C2 model that blends plaintext and encrypted communications. Initial registration and heartbeat messages are transmitted in cleartext, while…
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New CREST AI Standards to Deliver AI-Enabled Pentesting Accreditation
CREST’s new AI standards are optional add-on requirements for cybersecurity service providers wishing to demonstrate responsible AI usage First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/crest-ai-pentesting-accreditation/
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Dysphoria IoT Botnet Uses Blockchain Domains and 200,000 Devices for DDoS Attacks
A rapidly evolving IoT botnet dubbed “Dysphoria” has emerged as a significant global threat, leveraging blockchain-based domain resolution and a hybrid command-and-control (C2) architecture to sustain large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations. Dysphoria’s evolution has been unusually aggressive, transitioning from early jackskid-derived variants to more sophisticated fbot-based implementations within weeks. Initial samples observed in March 2026…