Tag: theft
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Copyright Complaint Lures Linked to New PureLog Stealer Credential Theft Wave
Threat actors are actively distributing the PureLog Stealer through a sophisticated, multi-stage attack campaign disguised as legal copyright violation notices. This information-stealing malware is engineered to silently harvest sensitive data, including browser credentials, browser extensions, cryptocurrency wallets, and detailed system information. The campaign selectively targets organizations within the healthcare, government, hospitality, and education sectors across…
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…
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Apple Warns Older iPhones Vulnerable to Coruna, DarkSword Exploit Kit Attacks
Apple is urging users who are still running an outdated version of iOS to update their iPhones to secure against web-based attacks carried out via powerful exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword.These attacks employ malicious web content to target out-of-date versions of iOS, triggering an infection chain that leads to the theft of sensitive data.”For…
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Apple Warns Older iPhones Vulnerable to Coruna, DarkSword Exploit Kit Attacks
Apple is urging users who are still running an outdated version of iOS to update their iPhones to secure against web-based attacks carried out via powerful exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword.These attacks employ malicious web content to target out-of-date versions of iOS, triggering an infection chain that leads to the theft of sensitive data.”For…
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, breach, cloud, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, government, identity, malware, monitoring, password, phishing, ransomware, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool67 / sixseven: 140.4Msweet / cookie / candy / cake / pie: 5.7Mchiefs / kansas city chiefs: 5M2025: 4.1Mapple / banana / orange / strawberry / fruit: 2.6MPassword reuse remains widespread, and the report also identified 1.1 million password manager master passwords circulating in underground sources, raising concerns about vault-level compromise when master credentials are…
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, breach, cloud, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, government, identity, malware, monitoring, password, phishing, ransomware, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool67 / sixseven: 140.4Msweet / cookie / candy / cake / pie: 5.7Mchiefs / kansas city chiefs: 5M2025: 4.1Mapple / banana / orange / strawberry / fruit: 2.6MPassword reuse remains widespread, and the report also identified 1.1 million password manager master passwords circulating in underground sources, raising concerns about vault-level compromise when master credentials are…
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Worker Benefits Administrator Notifying 2.7M of Hack
Navia Benefit Solutions Says Potential Data Theft Took Place Over 3-Week Period. A Washington-state based employee benefits administrator is notifying nearly 2.7 million individuals that their information, including health plan and personal details such as Social Security numbers, was potentially stolen in a hacking incident discovered in January. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Worker Benefits Administrator Notifying 2.7M of Hack
Navia Benefit Solutions Says Potential Data Theft Took Place Over 3-Week Period. A Washington-state based employee benefits administrator is notifying nearly 2.7 million individuals that their information, including health plan and personal details such as Social Security numbers, was potentially stolen in a hacking incident discovered in January. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Austin, TX, USA, 19th March 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/spyclouds-2026-identity-exposure-report-reveals-explosion-of-non-human-identity-theft/
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Austin, TX, USA, 19th March 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/spyclouds-2026-identity-exposure-report-reveals-explosion-of-non-human-identity-theft/
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Austin, TX, USA, 19th March 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/spyclouds-2026-identity-exposure-report-reveals-explosion-of-non-human-identity-theft/
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SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
Austin, TX, USA, 19th March 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/spyclouds-2026-identity-exposure-report-reveals-explosion-of-non-human-identity-theft/
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Everyday tools, extraordinary crimes: the ransomware exfiltration playbook
Attackers use trusted tools for data theft, making traditional detection unreliable. The Exfiltration Framework enables defenders to spot exfiltration by focusing on behavioral signals across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments rather than static tool indicators. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/everyday-tools-extraordinary-crimes-the-ransomware-exfiltration-playbook/
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Your MFA isn’t broken, it’s being bypassed, and your employees can’t tell the difference
Three failures that keep showing up: Through my research into adversary-in-the-middle attacks and reviewing industry incident reports, I have identified three consistent failures that make these attacks successful. 1. We trained our people for the wrong threat Most security awareness programs still teach the same things: Look for misspellings, check the sender address, hover over…
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Your MFA isn’t broken, it’s being bypassed, and your employees can’t tell the difference
Three failures that keep showing up: Through my research into adversary-in-the-middle attacks and reviewing industry incident reports, I have identified three consistent failures that make these attacks successful. 1. We trained our people for the wrong threat Most security awareness programs still teach the same things: Look for misspellings, check the sender address, hover over…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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C2 Implant ‘SnappyClient’ Targets Crypto Wallets
In addition to enabling remote access, the malware supports a wide range of capabilities including data theft and spying. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/new-c2-implant-snappyclient-targets-crypto-wallets
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Claudy Day Forecast: Chat Data Theft
Researchers Detail Prompt Injection, API and Redirect Flaws. Oasis Security researchers found three bugs in Claude that attackers can chain to steal user chat data without malware or phishing. The Claudy Day attack links hidden prompt injection, Anthropic’s Files API and an open redirect. Anthropic has fixed the core flaw. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Technical Analysis of SnappyClient
Tags: access, antivirus, api, attack, browser, chrome, cloud, communications, computer, control, credentials, crypto, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, github, infection, injection, jobs, login, malicious, malware, network, password, software, startup, theft, threat, update, windowsIntroductionIn December 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified a new command-and-control (C2) framework implant that we track as SnappyClient, which was delivered using HijackLoader. SnappyClient has an extended list of capabilities including taking screenshots, keylogging, a remote terminal, and data theft from browsers, extensions, and other applications. In this blog post, ThreatLabz provides a technical analysis of SnappyClient, including…
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“Claudy Day” Flaws Allow Data Theft via Fake Claude AI Ads, Report
Researchers detail “Claudy Day” flaws in Claude AI that could enable data theft using fake Google Ads, hidden… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/claudy-day-flaws-data-theft-fake-claude-ai-ads/
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‘Claudy Day’ Trio of Flaws Exposes Claude Users to Data Theft
A prompt injection vulnerability paired with other flaws can turn a Google search into a full attack chain that could threaten enterprise networks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/claudy-day-trio-flaws-claude-users-data-theft
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prompted: Key Insights from the AI Security Practitioners Conference FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, conference, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, google, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, malware, monitoring, openai, risk, strategy, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMar 17, 2026 – Jeremy Snyder – The State of AI Security: Moving Beyond TheoryThe biggest shift evident at the [un]prompted AI Security Practitioners Conference was the move from purely theoretical discussions about “what could go wrong” to concrete, battle-tested methodologies for “what is going wrong and how we fix it.” It’s clear that AI…
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prompted: Key Insights from the AI Security Practitioners Conference FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, conference, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, google, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, malware, monitoring, openai, risk, strategy, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMar 17, 2026 – Jeremy Snyder – The State of AI Security: Moving Beyond TheoryThe biggest shift evident at the [un]prompted AI Security Practitioners Conference was the move from purely theoretical discussions about “what could go wrong” to concrete, battle-tested methodologies for “what is going wrong and how we fix it.” It’s clear that AI…
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More Attackers Are Logging In, Not Breaking In
Credential theft soared in the second half of 2025, thanks in part to the industrialization of infostealer malware and AI-enabled social engineering. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/more-attackers-logging-in-not-breaking-in
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Less Lucrative Ransomware Market Makes Attackers Alter Methods
Ransomware actors are ditching Cobalt Strike in favor of native Windows tools, as payment rates hit record lows and data theft surges. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/less-lucrative-ransomware-market-makes-attackers-alter-methods