Tag: unauthorized
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Chinese cyberspies target VMware vSphere for long-term persistence
/etc/sysconfig/ directory. Designed to work in virtualized environments: The CISA, NSA, and Canadian Cyber Center analysts note that some of the BRICKSTORM samples are virtualization-aware and they create a virtual socket (VSOCK) interface that enables inter-VM communication and data exfiltration.The malware also checks the environment upon execution to ensure it’s running as a child process…
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Avoiding the next technical debt: Building AI governance before it breaks
Tags: access, ai, authentication, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, framework, governance, least-privilege, monitoring, network, nist, penetration-testing, privacy, RedTeam, risk, strategy, technology, tool, training, unauthorizedBorrow what already works: The good news is companies don’t have to start from scratch with AI governance. Guidelines for secure and compliant technology already exist in cybersecurity, cloud and privacy programs.What’s needed is to apply traditional controls to this new context:Classification and ownership. Every model should have a clear owner, with limits on who…
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Avoiding the next technical debt: Building AI governance before it breaks
Tags: access, ai, authentication, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, framework, governance, least-privilege, monitoring, network, nist, penetration-testing, privacy, RedTeam, risk, strategy, technology, tool, training, unauthorizedBorrow what already works: The good news is companies don’t have to start from scratch with AI governance. Guidelines for secure and compliant technology already exist in cybersecurity, cloud and privacy programs.What’s needed is to apply traditional controls to this new context:Classification and ownership. Every model should have a clear owner, with limits on who…
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Active Exploitation of Command Injection Flaw Confirmed in Array AG Gateways
The Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) has confirmed that a command injection vulnerability affecting Array Networks AG Series secure access gateways has been actively exploited in Japan since August 2025. The advisory, updated on December 5, 2025, states that attackers have leveraged the flaw to implant web shells and gain unauthorized access to internal networks. First…
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Former Student Charged in Western Sydney University Cyberattacks
A former student has been charged over an extended series of security breaches linked to the Western Sydney University cyberattack that has affected the institution since 2021. According to police, the university endured repeated unauthorized access, data exfiltration, system compromises, and the misuse of its infrastructure, activities that also involved threats to release student information…
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‘Korea’s Amazon’ Coupang discloses a data breach impacting 34M customers
Coupang disclosed a five-month data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 34 million South Korean customers. South Korean e-commerce giant disclosed a data breach affecting nearly 34 million customers, exposing personal information over a period of more than five months. >>According to the investigation so far, it is believed that unauthorized access to…
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What are zero-day attacks and why do they work?
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, breach, bug-bounty, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mobile, network, phishing, risk, service, software, spear-phishing, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-day, zero-trustNo available patch: These exploits are unknown to both vendors and defenders, meaning they have not been identified and patched yet, leaving the door open for attackers.High-value targets: These attacks are often used in cyber espionage, ransomware campaigns, and advanced persistent threats (APTs) to target high-value assets with sensitive data.Difficult to detect: These exploits often are missed by traditional detection tools, especially…
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What are zero-day attacks and why do they work?
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, breach, bug-bounty, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mobile, network, phishing, risk, service, software, spear-phishing, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-day, zero-trustNo available patch: These exploits are unknown to both vendors and defenders, meaning they have not been identified and patched yet, leaving the door open for attackers.High-value targets: These attacks are often used in cyber espionage, ransomware campaigns, and advanced persistent threats (APTs) to target high-value assets with sensitive data.Difficult to detect: These exploits often are missed by traditional detection tools, especially…
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Hackers Launch 2,000+ Fake Holiday Shops in Massive Payment Theft Scheme
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, finance, hacker, infrastructure, network, phishing, tactics, theft, unauthorizedCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive network of over 2,000 fraudulent online storefronts deliberately activated during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season to harvest consumer payment information and execute unauthorized financial transactions. The discovery reveals two distinct but potentially coordinated phishing clusters that leverage shared infrastructure, automated templates, and brand impersonation tactics to…
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Hackers Launch 2,000+ Fake Holiday Shops in Massive Payment Theft Scheme
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, finance, hacker, infrastructure, network, phishing, tactics, theft, unauthorizedCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive network of over 2,000 fraudulent online storefronts deliberately activated during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season to harvest consumer payment information and execute unauthorized financial transactions. The discovery reveals two distinct but potentially coordinated phishing clusters that leverage shared infrastructure, automated templates, and brand impersonation tactics to…
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Poland Arrests Suspected Russian Hacker Targeting Local Organizations’ Networks
Tags: attack, cyber, cybercrime, hacker, infrastructure, international, network, russia, unauthorizedPolish authorities have made a significant move in their cybercrime enforcement efforts by detaining a Russian national suspected of conducting unauthorized cyber attacks against local organizations. The arrest, made on November 16, 2025, marks a significant development in international cybercrime investigations and highlights Poland’s commitment to protecting critical infrastructure and businesses from digital threats. The…
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Microsoft Blocks External Scripts in Entra ID Logins to Boost Security
Microsoft has announced a significant security change to the Microsoft Entra ID sign-in experience that will block external scripts from running during user logins. The update is designed to stop unauthorized or injected code from executing on the login page. It is part of Microsoft’s broader Secure Future Initiative to harden its cloud identity platform.…
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Microsoft to Block Unauthorized Scripts in Entra ID Logins with 2026 CSP Update
Microsoft has announced plans to improve the security of Entra ID authentication by blocking unauthorized script injection attacks starting a year from now.The update to its Content Security Policy (CSP) aims to enhance the Entra ID sign-in experience at “login.microsoftonline[.]com” by only letting scripts from trusted Microsoft domains run.”This update strengthens security and adds an…
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CSPM buyer’s guide: How to choose the best cloud security posture management tools
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, crowdstrike, cybercrime, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, google, governance, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, leak, LLM, microsoft, monitoring, network, programming, risk, risk-assessment, saas, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerabilitycloud security posture management (CSPM) enterprise buyer’s guide today! ] In this buyer’s guide Cloud security posture management (CSPM) explainedWhat to look for in cloud security posture management (CSPM) toolsLeading vendors for cloud security posture management (CSPM)What to ask your cloud security posture management (CSPM) providerEssential readingThat’s where CSPM tools can help. These tools continuously…
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Delta Dental of Virginia Breach Exposes Data of 145,000 Customers
A major data breach at Delta Dental of Virginia has exposed the personal information of more than 145,900 customers. The nonprofit insurer confirmed that unauthorized access to an external system went undetected for more than five months. “Delta Dental of Virginia has no evidence of misuse, or attempted misuse, of any potentially impacted information,” the…
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Would Your Business Survive a Black Friday Cyberattack?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, identity, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, password, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, soar, software, strategy, threat, training, unauthorizedWould Your Business Survive a Black Friday Cyberattack? madhav Tue, 11/25/2025 – 13:54 Black Friday and Cyber Monday can make or break the year for retailers. Sales soar, carts fill, and data pours in. However, the same things that drive growth for retailers also draw in malefactors. For them, it’s open season. Cyber War Cloud…
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Would Your Business Survive a Black Friday Cyberattack?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, fraud, identity, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, password, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, soar, software, strategy, threat, training, unauthorizedWould Your Business Survive a Black Friday Cyberattack? madhav Tue, 11/25/2025 – 13:54 Black Friday and Cyber Monday can make or break the year for retailers. Sales soar, carts fill, and data pours in. However, the same things that drive growth for retailers also draw in malefactors. For them, it’s open season. Cyber War Cloud…
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Retail Finance Giant SitusAMC Hit by Breach Exposing Confidential Files
Tags: access, breach, corporate, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, security-incident, service, unauthorizedSitusAMC, a major player in the real estate and finance services sector, disclosed a significant data breach on November 12, 2025, that compromised sensitive corporate information. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to client accounting records, legal agreements, and potentially customer data, marking a serious security incident for the financial services provider. Investigation and Containment…
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Retail Finance Giant SitusAMC Hit by Breach Exposing Confidential Files
Tags: access, breach, corporate, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, security-incident, service, unauthorizedSitusAMC, a major player in the real estate and finance services sector, disclosed a significant data breach on November 12, 2025, that compromised sensitive corporate information. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to client accounting records, legal agreements, and potentially customer data, marking a serious security incident for the financial services provider. Investigation and Containment…
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CISA Warns of Commercial Spyware Targeting Signal and WhatsApp Users
Tags: access, advisory, attack, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, mobile, spyware, threat, unauthorizedThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert warning that multiple cyber threat actors are actively exploiting commercial spyware to target users of popular mobile messaging applications, including Signal and WhatsApp. The advisory, published on November 24, 2025, highlights sophisticated attack techniques aimed at compromising victim accounts and gaining unauthorized access…
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Retail Finance Giant SitusAMC Hit by Breach Exposing Confidential Files
Tags: access, breach, corporate, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, security-incident, service, unauthorizedSitusAMC, a major player in the real estate and finance services sector, disclosed a significant data breach on November 12, 2025, that compromised sensitive corporate information. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to client accounting records, legal agreements, and potentially customer data, marking a serious security incident for the financial services provider. Investigation and Containment…
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CISA Warns of Commercial Spyware Targeting Signal and WhatsApp Users
Tags: access, advisory, attack, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, mobile, spyware, threat, unauthorizedThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert warning that multiple cyber threat actors are actively exploiting commercial spyware to target users of popular mobile messaging applications, including Signal and WhatsApp. The advisory, published on November 24, 2025, highlights sophisticated attack techniques aimed at compromising victim accounts and gaining unauthorized access…
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CISA Warns of Commercial Spyware Targeting Signal and WhatsApp Users
Tags: access, advisory, attack, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, mobile, spyware, threat, unauthorizedThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert warning that multiple cyber threat actors are actively exploiting commercial spyware to target users of popular mobile messaging applications, including Signal and WhatsApp. The advisory, published on November 24, 2025, highlights sophisticated attack techniques aimed at compromising victim accounts and gaining unauthorized access…
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Retail Finance Giant SitusAMC Hit by Breach Exposing Confidential Files
Tags: access, breach, corporate, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, security-incident, service, unauthorizedSitusAMC, a major player in the real estate and finance services sector, disclosed a significant data breach on November 12, 2025, that compromised sensitive corporate information. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to client accounting records, legal agreements, and potentially customer data, marking a serious security incident for the financial services provider. Investigation and Containment…
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CISA Warns of Active Spyware Campaigns Hijacking High-Value Signal and WhatsApp Users
Tags: access, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, mobile, social-engineering, spyware, unauthorizedThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday issued an alert warning of bad actors actively leveraging commercial spyware and remote access trojans (RATs) to target users of mobile messaging applications.”These cyber actors use sophisticated targeting and social engineering techniques to deliver spyware and gain unauthorized access to a victim’s messaging app, First…
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New Shai-Hulud worm spreading through npm, GitHub
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dns, github, identity, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, resilience, sans, software, supply-chain, threat, unauthorized, worma thousand new GitHub repositories containing harvested victim data were being added every 30 minutes. And researchers at JFrog identified 181 compromised packages.The current campaign introduces a new variant, which Wiz researchers dub Shai-Hulud 2.0, that executes malicious code during the preinstall phase, “significantly increasing potential exposure in build and runtime environments.”The threat leverages…
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Iberia Airlines Hit by Data Breach Exposing Customer Personal Details
Iberia LÃneas Aéreas de España has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to systems operated by an external service provider. The breach has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to the airline’s customers, including names, email addresses, and Iberia Club loyalty program identification numbers. According to the airline’s official notification, the unauthorized access occurred…
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Iberia Airlines Hit by Data Breach Exposing Customer Personal Details
Iberia LÃneas Aéreas de España has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to systems operated by an external service provider. The breach has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to the airline’s customers, including names, email addresses, and Iberia Club loyalty program identification numbers. According to the airline’s official notification, the unauthorized access occurred…
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Iberia Airlines Hit by Data Breach Exposing Customer Personal Details
Iberia LÃneas Aéreas de España has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to systems operated by an external service provider. The breach has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to the airline’s customers, including names, email addresses, and Iberia Club loyalty program identification numbers. According to the airline’s official notification, the unauthorized access occurred…
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Hackers Use Salesforce Gainsight Breach to Access Data from More Than 200 Companies
Tags: access, breach, cyber, data, data-breach, exploit, group, hacker, security-incident, threat, unauthorizedSalesforce has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to customer data through compromised Gainsight-published applications. The breach, detected in mid-November 2025, potentially exposed sensitive information from over 200 organizations that use the customer success platform integrated with Salesforce. Threat actors linked to the notorious ShinyHunters group exploited OAuth tokens to gain unauthorized access…