Tag: theft
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BadSuccessor After Patch: Using dMSAs for Credential Theft and Lateral Movement in AD
Akamai researchers evaluated Microsoft’s patch for the BadSuccessor vulnerability (CVE-2025-53779) to determine its scope and limitations. While the update effectively blocks the original direct escalation path, the core mechanics of BadSuccessor remain exploitable under specific conditions. In this article, we examine how attackers can continue to leverage delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) for credential theft…
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UNC6395 targets Salesloft in Drift OAuth token theft campaign
Hackers breached Salesloft to steal OAuth/refresh tokens for Drift AI chat; GTIG and Mandiant link the campaign to threat actor UNC6395. Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant researchers investigate a large-scale data theft campaign carried out to hack the sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat…
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KnowBe4 Report Reveals Global Financial Sector Faces Unprecedented Cyber Threat Surge
Tags: ai, attack, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, risk, risk-management, supply-chain, theft, threat, vulnerabilityKnowBe4, the human risk management cybersecurity platform, has released its latest research paper >>Financial Sector Threats Report,
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Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud
Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and extortion. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/storm-0501-hackers-shift-to-ransomware-attacks-in-the-cloud/
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Salesforce Attacks Stemmed From Third-Party App
A group tracked as UNC6395 engaged in widespread data theft via compromised OAuth tokens from a third-party app called Salesloft Drift. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/google-salesforce-attacks-third-party-app
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Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025.”The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services, and government, and religious institutions,” the company said. “ First seen on…
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Google Reveals UNC6395’s OAuth Token Theft in Salesforce Breach
A new advisory from Google and Mandiant reveals a widespread data breach in Salesforce. Learn how UNC6395 bypassed… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/google-unc639s-oauth-token-theft-salesforce-breach/
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Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data
A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat agent.The activity, assessed to be opportunistic in nature, has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant, tracked as UNC6395.”Beginning as…
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New Data Theft Campaign Targets Salesforce via Salesloft App
Google is warning of a new credential theft campaign targeting Salesforce customers via Salesloft Drift First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/data-theft-campaign-salesforce/
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Hackers Abuse Compromised OAuth Tokens to Access and Steal Salesforce Corporate Data
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has issued an advisory concerning a broad data theft operation targeting corporate Salesforce instances via the Drift integration. Beginning as early as August 8, 2025, UNC6395 leveraged valid access and refresh tokens associated with the Salesloft Drift app to connect as an authenticated connected app user, executing large-scale SOQL queries…
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Facility Laundry and Dining Vendor Hack in 2024 Hits 624,500
Crime Gang ‘Underground’ Claimed Data Theft From Healthcare Services Group. A publicly traded Pennsylvania-based firm that provides dining, housekeeping and laundry services to long-term care and skilled nursing facilities is notifying nearly 624,500 people of a 2024 hacking incident that took nearly nine months for the company to investigate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Salesloft breached to steal OAuth tokens for Salesforce data-theft attacks
Hackers breached sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens from its Drift chat agent integration with Salesforce to pivot to customer environments and exfiltrate data. The ShinyHunters extortion group claims responsibility for these additional Salesforce attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/salesloft-breached-to-steal-oauth-tokens-for-salesforce-data-theft-attacks/
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Execs worry about unknown identity-security weaknesses
Credential theft attacks prove that companies need to do better, but business leaders cited many reasons for slow progress. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/identity-security-concerns-survey-duo/758572/
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Auchan discloses data breach: data of hundreds of thousands of customers exposed
French retailer Auchan suffered a data breach impacting hundreds of thousands of customers, with personal information stolen. French retailer Auchan suffered a data breach that impacted hundreds of thousands of customers, resulting in the theft of personal information. The company has already notified the impacted customers. Threat actors stole customers’ personal data linked to their…
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French Retailer Auchan Hit by Cyberattack, Customer Data Compromised
French retail giant Auchan announced on August 21 that it fell victim to acyberattackthat resulted in the theft of loyalty account information belonging toseveral hundred thousandcustomers. The company revealed in an official statement that attackers accessed personal data such as names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and loyalty card numbers. Crucially, financial data”, including…
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French Retailer Auchan Hit by Cyberattack, Customer Data Compromised
French retail giant Auchan announced on August 21 that it fell victim to acyberattackthat resulted in the theft of loyalty account information belonging toseveral hundred thousandcustomers. The company revealed in an official statement that attackers accessed personal data such as names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and loyalty card numbers. Crucially, financial data”, including…
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New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images
Researchers have developed a novel attack that steals user data by injecting malicious prompts in images processed by AI systems before delivering them to a large language model. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ai-attack-hides-data-theft-prompts-in-downscaled-images/
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New macOS Installer Boasts Lightning-Fast Data Theft, Marketed on Dark Web
A novel macOS infostealer malware, designated as Mac.c, has emerged as a formidable contender in the underground malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem. Developed openly by a threat actor operating under the pseudonym >>mentalpositive,
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Pakistan-linked APT36 abuses Linux .desktop files to drop custom malware in new campaign
APT36 uses Linux .desktop files in new attacks on Indian gov & defense, aiming for data theft and persistent espionage access. Transparent Tribe (aka APT36, Operation C-Major, and Mythic Leopard), a Pakistan-linked threat actor, is using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India. The APT group…
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Android.Backdoor.916.origin malware targets Russian business executives
New Android spyware Android.Backdoor.916.origin is disguised as an antivirus linked to Russia’s intelligence agency FSB, and targets business executives. Doctor Web researchers observed a multifunctional backdoor Android.Backdoor.916.origin targeting Android devices belonging to representatives of Russian businesses. The malware executes attacker commands, enabling surveillance, keylogging, and theft of chats, browser data, and even live camera/audio streams.…
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Fake CoinMarketCap Journalists Targeting Crypto Executives in Spear-Phishing Campaign
Fake CoinMarketCap journalist profiles used in spear-phishing target crypto execs via Zoom interviews, risking malware, data theft, and… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-coinmarketcap-journalists-crypto-executives-spear-phishing/
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Rural Health System in Michigan Notifying 140,000 of Hack
Threat Actors Accessed, Stole Data for About 2 Months; BianLian Claims Credit. A health system in rural Michigan is notifying nearly 140,000 people that their information was potentially compromised in a data theft incident occurring between November 2024 and January 2025. Cybercriminal gang BianLian lists Aspire Rural Health System as a victim on its dark…
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Kidney dialysis giant DaVita tells 2.4M people they were snared in ransomware data theft nightmare
Health details, tax ID numbers, even images of checks were stolen, reportedly by the Interlock gang First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/davita_ransomware_infection/
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Disgruntled developer gets four-year sentence for revenge attack on employer’s network
Lone wolves: It’s the attack every enterprise fears even more than hackers or a data breach: an insider with skills and knowledge who decides to go rogue.While such attacks remain exceptions, the ones that come to public attention in court cases always make for stressful reading. The challenge is that developers and admins must have…
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AI Models Resize Photos and Open Door to Hacking
Researchers Show How AI Image Downscaling Can be an Attack Vector. Researchers discovered a method to embed invisible prompt injections that are activated during AI’s processing of an image. When the model scales down these images, the hidden malicious instructions allow theft of data from popular image production systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Anatsa Malware Escalates: Android Under Siege as Hackers Harvest Credentials and Track Keystrokes
The Zscaler ThreatLabz team has uncovered significant advancements in the Anatsa malware, also known as TeaBot, an Android banking trojan that has been active since 2020. Originally designed for credential theft, keylogging, and facilitating fraudulent transactions, Anatsa has evolved into a more sophisticated threat, now targeting over 831 financial institutions worldwide. This expansion includes new…
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Colt Confirms Ransomware Attack Resulted in Customer Data Theft
Tags: attack, business, cyber, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, ransomware, technology, theft, threatIndustrial technology company Colt has confirmed that a recent ransomware attack on its business support systems resulted in the theft of customer data, marking the latest in a series of high-profile cybersecurity incidents affecting critical infrastructure providers. The company disclosed that threat actors successfully accessed files containing customer-related information, prompting immediate containment measures and ongoing…
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What is the cost of a data breach?
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, finance, fraud, healthcare, ibm, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, metric, privacy, programming, ransom, ransomware, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCanada ($4.84 million) and the UK ($4.14million) remain in the top 10 hardest hit, with ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations ($3.67 million), Australia ($2.55 million), and India ($2.51 million) among the top 15. Breaches by industry: Healthcare remains the industry hit with the highest costs per breach by far, at $7.42 million despite…
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Warlock Ransomware Exploits SharePoint Flaws for Initial Access and Credential Theft
Tags: access, credentials, cyber, exploit, flaw, group, microsoft, network, ransomware, remote-code-execution, theft, vulnerabilityThe Warlock ransomware group has intensified its operations by targeting unpatched on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, leveraging critical vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution and initial network access. This campaign, observed in mid-2025, involves sending crafted HTTP POST requests to upload web shells, facilitating reconnaissance, privilege escalation, and credential theft. Initial Exploitation Attackers exploit flaws like…