Tag: unauthorized
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CISA Issues Warning Over Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Enabling Root-Level Access
Tags: access, cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, network, unauthorized, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a newly identified, severe vulnerability within Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Officially tracked as CVE-2026-0300, this critical flaw was aggressively added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on May 6, 2026. Because the vulnerability grants unauthorized users complete system control, federal agencies…
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Trellix Reveals Unauthorized Access to Source Code
Security vendor Trellix has suffered a breach involving unauthorized access First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trellix-reveals-unauthorized/
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MOVEit automation flaws could enable full system compromise
Tags: access, authentication, automation, cve, exploit, flaw, moveIT, software, unauthorized, vulnerabilityProgress fixes critical MOVEit Automation flaws, including an authentication bypass bug that could let attackers gain unauthorized access to systems. Progress Software addressed two vulnerabilities in MOVEit Automation, a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-4670 and a privilege escalation issue tracked as CVE-2026-5174. If exploited, these bugs could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access…
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Security for AI: A strategic framework for closing the AI exposure gap
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, injection, jobs, least-privilege, LLM, malicious, microsoft, risk, risk-analysis, saas, service, software, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerabilityAs AI adoption accelerates, CISOs face a dual challenge: fueling innovation while mitigating the risks of a rapidly expanding attack surface. Tenable’s five-step framework for securing AI offers a systematic approach to reducing AI security risks as your organization races to achieve the productivity benefits of AI. Key takeaways Get a five-step framework to help…
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Security for AI: A strategic framework for closing the AI exposure gap
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, injection, jobs, least-privilege, LLM, malicious, microsoft, risk, risk-analysis, saas, service, software, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerabilityAs AI adoption accelerates, CISOs face a dual challenge: fueling innovation while mitigating the risks of a rapidly expanding attack surface. Tenable’s five-step framework for securing AI offers a systematic approach to reducing AI security risks as your organization races to achieve the productivity benefits of AI. Key takeaways Get a five-step framework to help…
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Ransomware group claims breach of pro-Orbán Hungarian media firm
Mediaworks confirmed the incident on Friday, warning that “a significant amount of illegally obtained data may have come into the possession of unauthorized persons.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-group-claims-breach-of-pro-orban-media-firm
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4th May Threat Intelligence Report
Medtronic, a global medical device maker, has disclosed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems. An unauthorized party accessed data, while the company reported no impact on products, operations, or financial systems. Threat […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/4th-may-threat-intelligence-report/
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DigiCert breached via malicious screensaver file
A targeted social engineering attack against DigiCert’s support channel led to the compromise of internal systems and the unauthorized issuance of EV Code Signing … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/04/digicert-breach-code-signing-certificates-malware/
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Sandhills Medical Foundation Ransomware Breach Draws Class Action Investigation Nearly a Year Later
What happened A ransomware attack on Sandhills Medical Foundation, a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in McBee, South Carolina, is now the subject of a class action investigation, nearly a year after the incident was first discovered. Sandhills Medical discovered the ransomware attack on May 8, 2025. A forensic investigation determined that an unauthorized third…The…
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2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan’s largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his motivation for the hack: he wanted to…
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New Apache MINA Vulnerabilities Open Door to Remote Code Execution Attacks
Tags: apache, attack, cyber, flaw, framework, malicious, network, remote-code-execution, unauthorized, update, vulnerabilityThe Apache MINA project has issued urgent security updates to address two severe vulnerabilities. These security flaws could allow malicious actors to execute unauthorized code remotely. The development team has successfully patched these issues in the newly released Apache MINA versions 2.2.7 and 2.1.12. Apache MINA is a widely used framework for building high-performance network…
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MOVEit Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Sparks Security Concerns
Tags: access, authentication, automation, cyber, data, flaw, moveIT, software, unauthorized, vulnerabilityProgress Software has issued a critical security alert for its MOVEit Automation software. Two severe vulnerabilities have been discovered that could allow attackers to bypass authentication and escalate their privileges. Because of the critical nature of these flaws, administrators are urged to apply the latest security patches immediately to prevent unauthorized access and data exposure.…
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Trellix Source Code Breach Exposes Repository to Unauthorized Access
Leading cybersecurity firm Trellix has announced a security incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its source code repository. The breach highlights a growing trend of threat actors targeting top-tier security vendors to uncover potential software vulnerabilities. The Breach and Immediate Response In a recent public statement, Trellix confirmed that a threat actor had…
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Ameriprise Financial Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 48,000 Customers
What happened Ameriprise Financial has disclosed a data breach affecting nearly 48,000 individuals across the United States, following unauthorized access to stored company data and files that began on March 2, 2026. The company detected the intrusion on March 18, approximately 16 days after it began, and filed a breach notification with the Maine attorney…The…
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Dayton Mayor Demands Accountability After License Plate Reader Data Breach
What happened Dayton, Ohio Mayor Shenise Turner-Sloss and Commissioner Darryl Fairchild issued a public statement on May 2, 2026, demanding accountability after the city’s Automated License Plate Readers were pulled from service following confirmation that data collected through the technology was shared in an unauthorized manner. The statement reveals that the Dayton Police Department may…The…
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Bypassing WDAC and AppLocker Using Ligolo
Modern enterprises rely on AppLocker and Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) to prevent unauthorized binaries from executing. These controls are designed to block: Execution of First seen on hackingarticles.in Jump to article: www.hackingarticles.in/bypassing-wdac-and-applocker-using-ligolo/
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Trellix discloses the breach of a code repository
Trellix disclosed a security breach affecting part of its source code repository, however, the company says there’s no sign of code misuse. Trellix revealed a breach that allowed unauthorized access to part of its source code repository. The company said it quickly launched an investigation with forensic experts and notified law enforcement. While the exact…
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Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access
Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a “portion” of its source code.It said it “recently identified” the compromise of its source code repository and that it began working with “leading forensic experts” to resolve the matter immediately. It also said it has notified law enforcement of…
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Managing OT risk at scale: Why OT cyber decisions are leadership decisions
Tags: access, ai, business, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, framework, governance, group, guide, incident response, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, technology, tool, unauthorizedAt scale, incident outcomes become leadership outcomes: Effective OT oversight shifts from control-by-control discussions to scenario and consequence analysis.Common OT exposure paths include remote access abuse, shared accounts, weak segmentation, infected maintenance media, compromised workstations and poorly governed vendor connectivity. In OT, these exposures have direct operational consequences. A SCADA compromise can reduce visibility across…
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SonicWall patches three SonicOS flaws in Gen 6, 7 and 8 firewalls. Patch them now
SonicWall patches three SonicOS flaws in Gen 6, 7 and 8 firewalls. The company released firmware updates to block bypass attacks and unauthorized access. SonicWall released urgent firmware updates to fix three SonicOS vulnerabilities affecting Gen 6, Gen 7, and Gen 8 firewalls. The flaws could allow attackers to bypass security controls, access restricted services,…
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Malicious PyTorch Lightning Packages Found on PyPI
Tags: attack, best-practice, breach, cloud, control, credentials, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, exploit, github, infrastructure, malicious, malware, network, open-source, pypi, risk, service, supply-chain, threat, tool, unauthorized, update<div cla TL;DR Two malicious versions of the popular PyTorch Lightning package have been uploaded to PyPI following the publisher account’s compromise. Lightning versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 (tracked as sonatype-2026-002817) were published on April 30, 2026, containing embedded malicious code that gathers developer credentials and publishes infected package versions. If downloaded, these malicious versions have likely…
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‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, container, cve, data, exploit, flaw, github, gitlab, Hardware, incident response, iot, korea, kubernetes, linux, malware, monitoring, remote-code-execution, risk, risk-assessment, saas, sans, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, unauthorized, update, vulnerability), which lets users easily obtain root access, there isn’t much CSOs can do, says Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, as long as they have monitoring for privilege escalation already in place.With root access, a threat actor can do anything to a system, from data theft to data erasure.”The CopyFail vulnerability…
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Imperva Customers Protected Against CVE-2026-41940 in cPanel WHM
What is CVE-2026-41940? CVE-2026-41940 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting cPanel & WHM, including DNSOnly, in versions after 11.40. The flaw, discovered by WatchTowr Labs, exists in the login flow and allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the control panel. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 and is……
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Stopping the quiet drift toward excessive agency with re-permissioning
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, ciso, control, data, finance, framework, injection, least-privilege, network, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tool, unauthorized, updateExcessive agency directly proportional to over-permissioning: Organizations are worried about the level of autonomy AI introduces into their operational framework. Nearly three-quarters of organizations say agents often receive more access than necessary. It’s this excessive agency that needs to be reined in.In practice, unchecked autonomy within a particular workflow means the agent can access systems…
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CVE-2026-41940: Critical cPanel Authentication Bypass Exposes Hosting Systems
A newly disclosed security issue, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, has raised significant concerns across the web hosting ecosystem, particularly for systems running cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM). The flaw, described as an authentication bypass security vulnerability, affects multiple authentication pathways and could potentially allow unauthorized users to gain access to sensitive control panel environments. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cpanel-cve-2026-41940-auth-bypass/
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All supported cPanel versions hit by critical auth bug, now patched
cPanel fixed a critical authentication flaw that could let attackers access servers. The issue affects all supported versions. cPanel released security updates to address a critical authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to its control panel. The flaw affects all supported versions, raising serious risks for exposed servers. cPanel is a…
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Securing RAG pipelines in enterprise SaaS
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, encryption, finance, fintech, framework, GDPR, github, google, healthcare, iam, injection, intelligence, leak, LLM, malicious, metric, microsoft, monitoring, privacy, regulation, saas, service, sql, strategy, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-trustZero-Click data exfiltration (Late 2025): The “EchoLeak” vulnerability demonstrated how attackers could use a specially crafted, unclicked email to manipulate Microsoft 365 Copilot’s massive enterprise RAG pipeline. The AI was tricked into retrieving and exfiltrating sensitive corporate data without any employee interaction.Vector database exposures (2024 2025): Several incidents involved exposed API keys for vector databases.…
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Securing RAG pipelines in enterprise SaaS
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, encryption, finance, fintech, framework, GDPR, github, google, healthcare, iam, injection, intelligence, leak, LLM, malicious, metric, microsoft, monitoring, privacy, regulation, saas, service, sql, strategy, threat, tool, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-trustZero-Click data exfiltration (Late 2025): The “EchoLeak” vulnerability demonstrated how attackers could use a specially crafted, unclicked email to manipulate Microsoft 365 Copilot’s massive enterprise RAG pipeline. The AI was tricked into retrieving and exfiltrating sensitive corporate data without any employee interaction.Vector database exposures (2024 2025): Several incidents involved exposed API keys for vector databases.…
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27th April Threat Intelligence Report
Vercel, a frontend cloud platform, has disclosed a security incident linked to a compromise at Context.ai, where stolen OAuth tokens enabled unauthorized access through a connected app. The company reported access to employee […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/27th-april-threat-intelligence-report/
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Itron Discloses Data Breach After Hackers Access Internal Systems
Tags: access, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, hacker, infrastructure, technology, unauthorizedItron, Inc., a leading smart metering and energy infrastructure technology company, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident after an unauthorized third party gained access to certain of its internal systems, according to a Form 8-K filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 13, 2026. Itron was notified on April 13, 2026,…