Tag: unauthorized
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AI Browsers Vulnerable to Data Theft, Malware
Tags: access, ai, awareness, corporate, data, intelligence, malware, theft, unauthorized, vulnerabilityAI Actions Bypass Security Tools. Artificial intelligence-powered browsers could expose enterprises to data theft, malware distribution and unauthorized access to corporate apps, new research shows. AI browsers built to complete tasks autonomously lack the security awareness to verify whether an instruction is safe. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-browsers-vulnerable-to-data-theft-malware-a-29702
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Fortra Confirms ‘Unauthorized Activity’ Hit GoAnywhere MFT
Medusa Ransomware Group Tied to Exploits of Now-Patched Zero-Day Vulnerability. Recent attacks targeting Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer software exploited a limited number of customers who set their on-premises installations to have an administrative console publicly exposed to the internet, which the vendor recommends customers never do. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/fortra-confirms-unauthorized-activity-hit-goanywhere-mft-a-29701
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What is CAA? Understanding Certificate Authority Authorization
Tags: unauthorizedLearn what a CAA record is, how it protects your domain from unauthorized SSL certificate issuance, and how to set it up for stronger website security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/what-is-caa-understanding-certificate-authority-authorization/
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SquareX Shows AI Browsers Fall Prey to OAuth Attacks, Malware Downloads and Malicious Link Distribution
Palo Alto, California, October 9th, 2025, CyberNewsWire As AI Browsers rapidly gain adoption across enterprises, SquareX has released critical security research exposing major vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to exploit AI Browsers to exfiltrate sensitive data, distribute malware and gain unauthorized access to enterprise SaaS apps. The timing of this disclosure is particularly significant as…
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Hackers Access SonicWall Cloud Firewall Backups, Spark Urgent Security Checks
SonicWall on Wednesday disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed firewall configuration backup files for all customers who have used the cloud backup service.”The files contain encrypted credentials and configuration data; while encryption remains in place, possession of these files could increase the risk of targeted attacks,” the company said.It also noted that it’s working to…
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Critical Exploit Lets Hackers Bypass Authentication in WordPress Service Finder Theme
Tags: access, authentication, control, cve, exploit, flaw, hacker, service, threat, unauthorized, vulnerability, wordpressThreat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting the Service Finder WordPress theme that makes it possible to gain unauthorized access to any account, including administrators, and take control of susceptible sites.The authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5947 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects the Service Finder Bookings, a WordPress plugin bundled with the First…
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Purdue 2.0? : Rising to the Challenge to secure OT with Zero Trust Connectivity
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, extortion, firewall, firmware, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, malicious, malware, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, organized, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, software, spear-phishing, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustOur connected world is getting dangerously messy. Demands on the effective protection of OT environments has never been greater than it is today. This is only growing. Cybercrime is becoming more organized with RaaS and the internal threat is enhanced by huge payouts of initial access brokers. Additionally, Nation States are posturing for cyber war…
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Purdue 2.0? : Rising to the Challenge to secure OT with Zero Trust Connectivity
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, extortion, firewall, firmware, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, malicious, malware, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, organized, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, software, spear-phishing, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustOur connected world is getting dangerously messy. Demands on the effective protection of OT environments has never been greater than it is today. This is only growing. Cybercrime is becoming more organized with RaaS and the internal threat is enhanced by huge payouts of initial access brokers. Additionally, Nation States are posturing for cyber war…
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AI Chatbot Exploited as a Backdoor to Access Sensitive Data and Infrastructure
The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI), especially large language model (LLM) chatbots, has revolutionized customer engagement by delivering unparalleled efficiency and personalization. Yet, with this transformative power comes an equally formidable risk: adversaries are increasingly weaponizing AI applications to gain unauthorized access to critical systems. A compromised chatbot can morph from a helpful assistant…
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AI Chatbot Exploited as a Backdoor to Access Sensitive Data and Infrastructure
The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI), especially large language model (LLM) chatbots, has revolutionized customer engagement by delivering unparalleled efficiency and personalization. Yet, with this transformative power comes an equally formidable risk: adversaries are increasingly weaponizing AI applications to gain unauthorized access to critical systems. A compromised chatbot can morph from a helpful assistant…
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Nagios Vulnerability Allows Users to Retrieve Cleartext Administrative API Keys
Security researchers have identified two significant vulnerabilities in Nagios Log Server that expose critical system information and allow unauthorized service manipulation. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-44823 and CVE-2025-44824, affect versions prior to 2024R1.3.2 and pose serious risks to enterprise monitoring infrastructure. CVE ID Affected Product CVSS Score Severity Impact CVE-2025-44823 Nagios Log Server 9.9 CRITICAL…
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Top 10 Best Account Takeover Protection Tools in 2025
Tags: access, attack, banking, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, phishing, risk, saas, tool, unauthorizedIn 2025, account takeover (ATO) attacks remain one of the most critical cybersecurity risks facing businesses, especially in industries like e-commerce, banking, SaaS, and healthcare. Hackers continuously launch credential stuffing, phishing, and brute-force attacks, targeting user information to steal funds, gain unauthorized access, or cause reputational damage. Organizations cannot afford to overlook the importance of…
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Top 10 Best Account Takeover Protection Tools in 2025
Tags: access, attack, banking, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, phishing, risk, saas, tool, unauthorizedIn 2025, account takeover (ATO) attacks remain one of the most critical cybersecurity risks facing businesses, especially in industries like e-commerce, banking, SaaS, and healthcare. Hackers continuously launch credential stuffing, phishing, and brute-force attacks, targeting user information to steal funds, gain unauthorized access, or cause reputational damage. Organizations cannot afford to overlook the importance of…
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Top 10 Best Account Takeover Protection Tools in 2025
Tags: access, attack, banking, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, phishing, risk, saas, tool, unauthorizedIn 2025, account takeover (ATO) attacks remain one of the most critical cybersecurity risks facing businesses, especially in industries like e-commerce, banking, SaaS, and healthcare. Hackers continuously launch credential stuffing, phishing, and brute-force attacks, targeting user information to steal funds, gain unauthorized access, or cause reputational damage. Organizations cannot afford to overlook the importance of…
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BK Technologies Data Breach, IT Systems Compromised, Data Stolen
Tags: access, breach, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, unauthorizedBK Technologies Corporation, a Florida-based communications equipment manufacturer, disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident that compromised its IT systems and potentially exposed employee data. The company filed an SEC Form 8-K on October 6, 2025, revealing that attackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive information in late September. Timeline and Discovery of the Breach The cyberattack was…
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BK Technologies Data Breach, IT Systems Compromised, Data Stolen
Tags: access, breach, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, unauthorizedBK Technologies Corporation, a Florida-based communications equipment manufacturer, disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident that compromised its IT systems and potentially exposed employee data. The company filed an SEC Form 8-K on October 6, 2025, revealing that attackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive information in late September. Timeline and Discovery of the Breach The cyberattack was…
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BK Technologies Data Breach, IT Systems Compromised, Data Stolen
Tags: access, breach, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, unauthorizedBK Technologies Corporation, a Florida-based communications equipment manufacturer, disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident that compromised its IT systems and potentially exposed employee data. The company filed an SEC Form 8-K on October 6, 2025, revealing that attackers gained unauthorized access to sensitive information in late September. Timeline and Discovery of the Breach The cyberattack was…
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AVX ONE SSH: Comprehensive SSH Key Lifecycle Management for Enterprise Security
Every unmanaged SSH key is a potential backdoor for unauthorized access. In most enterprises, there are thousands”, and sometimes millions”, of keys no one is actively tracking. That’s why AppViewX is announcing the general availability of AVX ONE SSH, a purpose-built product that closes one of security’s most overlooked gaps: SSH key sprawl and lifecycle…
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Hackers Exploit WordPress Sites by Silently Injecting Malicious PHP Code
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, hacker, injection, malicious, unauthorized, wordpressCybercriminals have ramped up attacks on WordPress websites by stealthily modifying theme files to serve unauthorized third-party scripts. This campaign leverages subtle PHP injections in the active theme’s functions.php to fetch external code, effectively turning compromised sites into silent distributors of malicious ads and malware. The breach came to light when the site owner noticed…
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Critical Splunk Vulnerabilities Expose Platforms to Remote JavaScript Injection and More
Splunk has disclosed six critical security vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of both Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. These Splunk vulnerabilities, collectively highlighting serious weaknesses in Splunk’s web components, could allow attackers to execute unauthorized JavaScript code remotely, access sensitive information, and perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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Splunk Enterprise Flaws Allow Attackers to Run Unauthorized JavaScript Code
Splunk released security advisories addressing multiple vulnerabilities affecting various versions of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. The flaws range from cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities to access control bypasses, with CVSS scores ranging from 4.6 to 7.5. Critical Vulnerabilities Identified The security advisories reveal six distinct vulnerabilities that primarily affect Splunk Web components. Two cross-site…
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Splunk Enterprise Flaws Allow Attackers to Run Unauthorized JavaScript Code
Splunk released security advisories addressing multiple vulnerabilities affecting various versions of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. The flaws range from cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities to access control bypasses, with CVSS scores ranging from 4.6 to 7.5. Critical Vulnerabilities Identified The security advisories reveal six distinct vulnerabilities that primarily affect Splunk Web components. Two cross-site…
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Nursing Home Fined $182K for Posting Patient Photos Online
‘Success Stories’ Social Media Program Impermissibly Disclosed PHI of 150 Patients. A Success Stories marketing campaign by a Delaware nursing home that involved posting photos and names of patients on social media resulted in a $182,000 federal fine. Regulators say the company violated HIPAA rules through the unauthorized disclosure of patients’ protected health information. First…
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Cisco Firewall and VPN Zero Day Attacks: CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backdoor, best-practice, breach, china, cisa, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, endpoint, espionage, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, group, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, login, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, password, phishing, PurpleTeam, radius, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, technology, theft, threat, training, unauthorized, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustIntroductionOn September 25, 2025, Cisco released a security advisory to patch three security flaws impacting the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software, which have been exploited in the wild. These three vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-20333, CVE-2025-20362, and CVE-2025-20363. The sophisticated state-sponsored campaign has been…
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Postal Thief Arrested in Oregon
The case caught my eye with the headline in the Oregon Live trumpeting: “Mail theft suspect in Portland made daring 13th-floor balcony escape, later arrested” and saying that the suspect’s apartment contained ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POSTAL KEYS! But Michael John Peters is not the type of mail thief that I am accustomed to seeing in…
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Apache Airflow Vulnerability Lets Read-Only Users Access Sensitive Data
Apache Airflow maintainers have disclosed a serious security issue, tracked as CVE-2025-54831, that allows users holding only read permissions to view sensitive connection details via both the Airflow API and web interface. The vulnerability, present in Airflow version 3.0.3, undermines the platform’s intended “write-only” treatment of secrets in Connections and could lead to unauthorized exposure…
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CVE-2025-20333, CVE-2025-20362: Frequently Asked Questions About Zero-Day Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Vulnerabilities
Cisco published advisories and a supplemental post about three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild by an advanced threat actor associated with the ArcaneDoor campaign. Update September 25: This FAQ blog has been updated to include a reference to an NCSC report on associated malware linked to this campaign. View Change…
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CVE-2025-20333, CVE-2025-20362: Frequently Asked Questions About Zero-Day Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Vulnerabilities
Cisco published advisories and a supplemental post about three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild by an advanced threat actor associated with the ArcaneDoor campaign. Update September 25: This FAQ blog has been updated to include a reference to an NCSC report on associated malware linked to this campaign. View Change…
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Boyd Gaming Reports Cybersecurity Breach with Limited Operational Impact
Boyd Gaming Corporation has confirmed it was the target of a cybersecurity breach, disclosing that an unauthorized third party gained access to its internal IT systems and extracted sensitive data belonging to employees and a small number of other individuals. The Boyd Gaming data breach was formally reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
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Volvo Group Reports Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack on HR Vendor
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, data, data-breach, group, ransomware, risk, software, unauthorizedVolvo Grouphas disclosed that a recent ransomware attack on its human resources software provider,Miljödata, may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information belonging to its North American workforce. The incident underscores growing concerns about third-party risk and the importance of robust vendor security practices. Ransomware Incident and Discovery On August 20, 2025, Miljödata, which…