Tag: service
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Feb Recap: New AWS Privileged Permissions and Services
As February 2026 comes to a close, the focus of AWS permission expansion has moved from core infrastructure to the Generative AI supply chain. This month’s review of newly released permissions highlights a strategic pivot toward model customization and deep-tier telemetry. While the volume of new privileged actions is lower than in January, the impact……
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: SD-WAN 0-Day, Critical CVEs, Telegram Probe, Smart TV Proxy SDK and More
This week is not about one big event. It shows where things are moving. Network systems, cloud setups, AI tools, and common apps are all being pushed in different ways. Small gaps in access control, exposed keys, and normal features are being used as entry points.The pattern becomes clear only when you see everything together.…
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ProofConcept Released for Windows ALPC Privilege Escalation via Error Reporting
A critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-20817, has been publicly documented following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. Discovered in the Windows Error Reporting (WER) service, the flaw allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level access. Vulnerability Overview Feature Details CVE ID CVE-2026-20817″‹ Severity Score CVSS 7.8…
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GTFire Phishing Campaign Exploits Google Services to Bypass Detection and Harvest Credentials
GTFire is a large-scale phishing scheme that abuses multiple Google services to hide malicious infrastructure, evade security tools, and steal credentials from organizations worldwide. GTFire is a credential-harvesting operation that chains Google Firebase Hosting and Google Translate to deliver phishing pages that look like legitimate brand logins. Attackers host fake login portals on Firebase .web.…
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UK reduces cyberattack fix times from two months to eight days
The UK government has launched a new vulnerability monitoring service (VMS) that promises to reduce the time needed to fix critical cyber weaknesses across the public sector. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/02/uk-vulnerability-monitoring-service-and-cyber-profession/
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A scorecard for cyber and risk culture
Tags: access, automation, awareness, breach, business, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, finance, governance, identity, jobs, metric, mitigation, phishing, risk, service, strategy, tool, trainingWhen someone asks for an exception.When a change goes in late.When an alert fires at 2 a.m.When a junior analyst spots something odd and wonders if it’s worth escalating.When an executive wants speed, and the team wants safety. Ownership means people act like the risk is partly theirs. They don’t outsource judgment to “security.” They…
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How CISOs can build a resilient workforce
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, jobs, monitoring, network, risk, service, skills, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingBurnout leads to job dissatisfaction: Burnout is an ongoing concern for many CISOs and their teams, especially when unpredictable events can trigger workload spikes, burnout can escalate fast. “It’s something that can overwhelm pretty quickly,” Ford says.Industry surveys continue to flash red on persistent burnout that leads to job dissatisfaction. The ISC2 study found almost…
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Middle East AWS Outage Sends Shockwaves Through Cloud Infrastructure Service
A severe infrastructure incident in the Middle East has triggered a massive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, disrupting critical cloud operations across the region. The event, which aggressively impacted the ME-CENTRAL-1 (United Arab Emirates) and ME-SOUTH-1 (Bahrain) regions, left countless organizations unable to access essential compute, networking, and storage resources. Physical Damage Sparks Data Center…
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Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?
In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world’s largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of Kimwolf — who goes by the handle “Dort” — has coordinated a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), doxing and email flooding attacks…
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$4.8M in crypto stolen after Korean tax agency exposes wallet seed
South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally exposed the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet in an official press release, allowing hackers to steal 6.4 billion won ($4.8M) worth in cryptocurrency. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/48m-in-crypto-stolen-after-korean-tax-agency-exposes-wallet-seed/
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External Authentication: Exploring WS-Trust for Authentication
Learn how WS-Trust powers external authentication in hybrid identity environments. Explore the Security Token Service (STS) and legacy bridge protocols. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/external-authentication-exploring-ws-trust-for-authentication/
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How vCISO Services Reduce Cyber Risk Without Increasing Costs?
Smaller organizations are increasingly under attack, with ransomware emerging as the dominant threat. According to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, ransomware was involved in 88% of breaches affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), compared to 39% among large enterprises. Such incidents can disrupt operations, expose sensitive information, and drive up recovery costs. Despite……
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Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement
New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data.The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered nearly 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix “AIza”) embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services…
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Security hole could let hackers take over Juniper Networks PTX core routers
The hole is “especially dangerous, because these devices often sit in the middle of the network, not on the fringes,” said Piyush Sharma, CEO of Tuskira. “If an attacker gains control of a PTX, the impact is bigger than a single device compromise because it can become a traffic vantage point and a control point…
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Why application security must start at the load balancer
Tags: application-security, attack, authentication, breach, business, compliance, control, credentials, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, guide, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, waf, zero-trustInternet traffic hits the load balancerThe load balancer forwards traffic as fast as possibleSecurity happens laterThe problem is simple. If the first system doesn’t enforce trust, everything behind it is already compromised by design. Example 1: Financial services: The team invested heavily in downstream security tools. But the load balancer accepted weak TLS versions and…
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Study Finds 87% of Organizations Exposed to Attacks Due to Known Vulnerabilities
Tags: ai, attack, cyber, data, data-breach, intelligence, metric, service, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerabilityThe 2026 State of DevSecOps report reveals a critical tension between development velocity and security. While organizations rapidly adopt AI-assisted coding, many fail to manage dependencies properly, leaving their software supply chains highly vulnerable to threat actors.”‹ Threat Intelligence Data Threat Vector Key Metric Security Impact Deployed Services 87% of organizations have known vulnerabilities”‹. High…
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UK Vulnerability Monitoring Service Cuts Unresolved Security Flaws by 75%
The UK government says its new Vulnerability Monitoring Service has cut unresolved security flaws by 75% and reduced cyber-attack fix times from nearly two months to just over a week First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-vuln-monitoring-service-cuts/
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Europe’s ManoMano Hit: 38M Customer Records Compromised in Vendor Breach
ManoMano is notifying 38 million customers after a third-party customer service breach exposed personal data, highlighting growing supply chain security risks. The post Europe’s ManoMano Hit: 38M Customer Records Compromised in Vendor Breach appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-manomano-38m-third-party-data-breach/
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ManoMano data breach impacted 38 Million customer accounts
European DIY platform ManoMano suffered a data breach via a third-party provider, exposing personal data of 38 million customers. European DIY e-commerce platform ManoMano disclosed a major data breach affecting 38 million customers. Hackers accessed personal information by compromising a third-party service provider, prompting notifications and potential security measures for impacted users across multiple countries.…
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Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access
Tags: access, application-security, attack, ciso, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, group, identity, intelligence, monitoring, organized, ransomware, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, switch, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability38% drop in encryption over the past 12 months as more cybercriminals turn to silently exfiltrating data for extortion as their main stock in trade.Picus’ suggestion that the volume of ransomware attacks is dropping is disputed by other experts.Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at endpoint security vendor Eset, offered a contrasting perspective.”In the recent Eset…
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Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet
Industrial operators continue to run remote access portals, building automation servers, and other operational technology services on public IP address ranges. Palo Alto … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/27/ot-internet-exposure-cybersecurity-risk/
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North Korean APT37 Unleashes Novel Malware to Target Air-Gapped Systems
North Korean threat group APT37 is using a new multi”‘stage toolset to jump air”‘gaps and conduct deep surveillance by abusing removable media, Ruby, and cloud services in a campaign Zscaler ThreatLabz tracks as “Ruby Jumper.””‹ The campaign’s main goal is to move data and commands between internet”‘connected and air”‘gapped systems while deploying powerful surveillance backdoors.…
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Versa erneut Branchenführer und Outperformer im Bereich SASE
Neuer GigaOm-Report: Versa erzielt Höchstpunktzahl für wichtige SASE-Funktionen und Fünf-Sterne-Bewertungen in zehn Kategorien wie Sovereign SASE und Edge-Computing-Integration. Versa Networks wurde im neuen »GigaOm Radar for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)« als Branchenführer und Outperformer bewertet [1]. Damit zeichnen die Analysten zum zweiten Mal in Folge Versa Secure Unified SASE als herausragende Lösung aus…. First…
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How to Move from Clusters that Mostly Work to Production”‘Ready EKS
<div cla Kubernetes on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is powerful, but it is not simple. Many teams I talk to are stuck somewhere between “we are only 2 versions behind” and “I’m terrified to touch anything.” The Fairwinds Amazon EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment exists to close that gap and give you production”‘ready Kubernetes infrastructure…
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HHS Seeks Sector Input on AI for Fighting Healthcare Fraud
Request for Information Is Part of a Broader Medicare, Medicaid Fraud ‘Crackdown’. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will use advanced AI tools to more quickly detect Medicare and Medicaid fraud before scam claims are paid. As part of the major crackdown on healthcare fraud, HHS is also seeking public input on AI…
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Senate moves one step closer to passing health care cyber reforms
A legislative package that would overhaul cybersecurity practices at the Department of Health and Human Services sailed through committee. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/senate-passes-health-care-cyber-reforms-cassidy/
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Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data
Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/previously-harmless-google-api-keys-now-expose-gemini-ai-data/
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European DYI chain ManoMano data breach impacts 38 million customers
DIY store chain ManoMano is notifying customers of a data breach personal data, which was caused by hackers compromising a third-party service provider. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-dyi-chain-manomano-data-breach-impacts-38-million-customers/
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Securing Digital Governance: Building Cyber Resilience for the Public Sector
Tags: cloud, cyber, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, resilience, service, technology, threatStrengthening Digital Trust in an Era of Expanding Threats Government and public sector organizations are undergoing rapid digital transformation. From citizen service portals and digital identity systems to smart infrastructure and cloud-enabled collaboration, technology now underpins nearly every public function. While this modernization improves efficiency and accessibility, it also expands the cyber threat landscape and…