Tag: unauthorized
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cisco IOS/XE Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Access to Confidential Data
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, cisco, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, unauthorized, vulnerabilityCisco released an advisory describing a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-20160) in its IOS and IOS XE platforms. The flaw stems from improper validation of the TACACS+ shared secret configuration. When TACACS+ is enabled but no secret is set, remote attackers or machine-in-the-middle adversaries can intercept or manipulate authentication messages. Successful exploitation grants unauthorized access to confidential…
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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…
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Hackers Exploit Hikvision Camera Flaw to Steal Sensitive Data
Security researchers have observed renewed exploit campaigns targeting an eight-year-old backdoor in Hikvision cameras to harvest configuration files, user lists, and snapshots. Attackers automate scans across IP ranges, appending a base64-encoded “auth” parameter to management URLs. When decoded, the string commonly reveals “admin:11,” enabling unauthorized access. Organizations relying on older camera firmware are at heightened…
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Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Firms as Trade Tensions Rise
A Coordinated Breach Comes to Light CNN reported that Chinese state-linked hackers infiltrated several U.S. legal and technology firms in a campaign that stretched for months, if not longer. According to U.S. officials, the attackers gained unauthorized access to internal systems and siphoned sensitive data, much of it tied to trade negotiations and ongoing commercial……
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Vegas Gambling Giant Hit by Cyber Incident, Employee Data Exposed
Boyd Gaming Corporation has disclosed that an unauthorized actor removed data from its systems, including information about employees and other individuals First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vegas-gambling-cyber-incident/
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Apple’s New Memory Integrity Enforcement
Tags: apple, computer, data, iphone, programming, software, spyware, tool, unauthorized, vulnerabilityApple has introduced a new hardware/software security feature in the iPhone 17: “Memory Integrity Enforcement,” targeting the memory safety vulnerabilities that spyware products like Pegasus tend to use to get unauthorized system access. From Wired: In recent years, a movement has been steadily growing across the global tech industry to address a ubiquitous and insidious…