Tag: service
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Researchers uncover AI-powered vishing platform
A vishing-as-a-service platform that helps scammers carry out so-called >>press 1<< scams is misusing text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities provided by AI voice … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/researchers-uncover-ai-powered-vishing-platform/
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Cybercrime-Netzwerk mit Millionen Fake-Accounts enttarnt
Tags: cyberattack, cybercrime, infrastructure, intelligence, okta, phishing, scam, service, threat, toolDie Threat-Intelligence von Okta hat ein weitverzweigtes Cybercrime-Netzwerk mit Sitz in Vietnam identifiziert, das die massenhafte Erstellung gefälschter Online-Konten ermöglicht. Die Accounts werden von Betrügern weltweit für Phishing, SMS-Pumping-Angriffe, Romance-Scams und andere Online-Betrugsformen genutzt. Das Netzwerk arbeitet nach dem Modell Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS): Anbieter verkaufen Infrastruktur, Vorlagen und Tools, mit denen Kriminelle automatisiert Fake-Accounts erstellen oder…
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Iran-linked hackers claim cyberattack on Albania’s parliament email systems
In a statement shared with local media, parliament said its main systems and official website remained operational but confirmed that internal email services used by the parliamentary administration had been temporarily suspended. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/iran-linked-hackers-claim-cyberattack-albania-parliament
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Why zero trust breaks down in IoT and OT environments
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, firewall, firmware, group, identity, infrastructure, iot, network, nist, resilience, risk, service, tool, update, zero-trustThe IoT and OT blind spot: IoT and OT environments consistently exhibit three characteristics that create persistent security blind spots.First, visibility is incomplete by design. Devices are frequently deployed by facilities teams, engineering groups, or third-party integrators rather than security organizations. Asset inventories lag reality. Telemetry is sparse, proprietary, or intermittent. Many devices communicate only…
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A 5-step approach to taming shadow AI
Tags: ai, api, business, communications, compliance, control, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident response, monitoring, network, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, toolthought work happened and how it actually does today.Here’s a five-step approach to put a robust AI-risk management framework in place: Employees often use public model APIs, browser-based prompt tools and unsanctioned or ungoverned internal chatbots to boost productivity without considering the risk of exposing sensitive data.AI usage is not difficult to identify; you just need…
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Instagram Down: Global Outage Prevents Users from Posting and Messaging
A widespread technical outage has struck Instagram, leaving thousands of users globally unable to access the popular social media application. The disruption, which primarily impacted users in the United States, represents a significant service degradation for Meta’s infrastructure. While the company has not yet released an official statement regarding the root cause, the scale of…
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Who Actually Owns This Service Account?
Tags: serviceWhen an NHI is compromised, who do you call? GitGuardian NHI ownership eliminates the guessing game with automatic accountability. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/who-actually-owns-this-service-account/
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Microsoft .NET 0-Day Flaw Opens Doors for Denial of Service Attacks
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…
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Trojanized Red Alert App Targets Israeli Users in SMS Scam to Steal Sensitive Data
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…
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Microsoft Active Directory Flaw Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges
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…
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Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 83 CVEs (CVE-2026-21262, CVE-2026-26127)
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…
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Attackers exploit FortiGate devices to access sensitive network information
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…
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Salesforce Sounds Alarm Over Fresh Data Extortion Campaign
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…
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How MSPs Bridge the Gap Between Cloud Potential and Day”‘to”‘Day Reality
<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/
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Cybercrime isn’t just a cover for Iran’s government goons – it’s a key part of their operations
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/
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FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials
Tags: breach, credentials, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, network, service, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity 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…
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Iranian MOIS Actors the Cyber Crime Connection
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.…
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Iranian MOIS Actors the Cyber Crime Connection
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.…
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Closed Loop Security: Zero Trust, C2C Ransomware Defense
<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…
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Ericsson Breach Exposes Data of 15k Employees and Customers
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/
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Huntress Widens Partner Programme to Reach Small Businesses Worldwide
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…
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Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT
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…
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The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix
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-dayWhy 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…