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Suspected North Korean IT workers reached onboarding at companies with open data

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Suspected North Korean IT workers reached onboarding at companies with open data 2026-11-13 at 09:51 By Mirko Zorz Material Security followed suspected North Korean fake IT workers through the hiring pipelines of organizations it monitors and counted 27 personas that reached onboarding over one year. At one company where a persona got that far in […]

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Self-hosted Claude Managed Agents keeps agent credentials in your environment

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Self-hosted Claude Managed Agents keeps agent credentials in your environment 2026-11-12 at 20:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec Anthropic has released a self-hosted version of Claude Managed Agents. Companies can run the agent harness, sandboxes, credentials, and session history in their cloud or on-premise. The option opened as a private beta on November 12, and customers request […]

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What a security leader should tell the CEO about leaked credentials

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What a security leader should tell the CEO about leaked credentials 2026-11-10 at 09:40 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Eric Fourrier, CEO of GitGuardian, talks about leaked credentials and personal liability for security leaders and boards. He explains how fear of blame pushes mistakes out of sight, and what a security […]

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Over 575 malicious OpenClaw skills delivered malware to Windows and macOS

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Over 575 malicious OpenClaw skills delivered malware to Windows and macOS 2026-11-10 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybercriminals are using AI agents to coordinate attacks, stolen credentials to access linked services, and tools that interfere with intrusion detection and system recovery, according to Acronis TRU Cyber Pulse 2026. One operator coordinates activity across several countries […]

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An average of 8 minutes is all hackers need to log in with stolen credentials

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An average of 8 minutes is all hackers need to log in with stolen credentials 2026-11-09 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers used stolen credentials to log in an average of eight minutes after infection across 27 confirmed infostealer cases, according to a report from Elastic Security Threat Command. Researchers also documented misuse of AI […]

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Google puts new limits on AI agents that hunt threats and fix vulnerabilities

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Google puts new limits on AI agents that hunt threats and fix vulnerabilities 2026-11-05 at 13:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google Cloud is adding new controls to CodeMender, its AI tool for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities, allowing businesses to isolate attack simulations and target code scans more precisely. The updates let businesses verify vulnerabilities and […]

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Anthropic details what stops Claude Duet from going rogue

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Anthropic details what stops Claude Duet from going rogue 2026-10-26 at 12:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec Anthropic has outlined the security and privacy protections behind Claude Duet, its proactive AI agent that can monitor connected accounts and complete tasks while users are away. The safeguards include approval requirements, checks for sensitive information and infrastructure that keeps […]

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Forgotten AI agents may still access sensitive company data

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Forgotten AI agents may still access sensitive company data 2026-10-26 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI agents that have not run recently retain credentials and connections to company systems, according to Arrakis Security’s 2026 Autonomous Agents Threat Report. About 76% of enabled agents examined had not run in 60 days, leaving access available through inactive […]

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Why security tools lose sight of the credential

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Why security tools lose sight of the credential 2026-10-21 at 10:02 By Help Net Security Security teams have tools for code, endpoints, cloud infrastructure, identity, and secrets management. Credentials cut across all of them. A developer finds an AWS key in a repository. The first step is obvious: remove it. But that does not answer […]

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Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking users into running malware on their own devices

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Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking users into running malware on their own devices 2026-10-15 at 16:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec Fake CAPTCHA checks are being used to do more than hide phishing pages. Attackers are turning the familiar “prove you’re human” step into a gateway for malware downloads, malicious browser notifications, and commands that victims are tricked […]

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GitHub adopts cheaper AI model to catch secrets developers leave in code

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GitHub adopts cheaper AI model to catch secrets developers leave in code 2026-10-14 at 12:26 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub has trained a credential classifier to improve generic secret detection and reduce false alerts. The new pipeline cut median post-push scan execution time by 86% and model serving costs by more than 98% compared with its […]

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GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push

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GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push 2026-10-08 at 12:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. The ModernBERT-based classifier will expand GitHub’s push protection, which checks code for secrets and can […]

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NIS2 compliance: 7 low-cost steps to secure credentials

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NIS2 compliance: 7 low-cost steps to secure credentials 2026-10-06 at 08:00 By Help Net Security Security budgets rarely stretch to cover a full NIS2 programme in one pass. Credential controls are where a constrained team can start, because they make access visible, revocable, and reviewable without new infrastructure. NIS2 compliance rests on risk-management measures that […]

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done

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AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done 2026-10-02 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec IT teams responsible for identity security are concerned about AI agents’ ongoing access to company systems and the actions they take on users’ behalf, according to a Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report: The AI Enforcement Gap. “Written […]

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Hardcoded MCP credentials found in public GitHub files

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Hardcoded MCP credentials found in public GitHub files 2026-09-18 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Hardcoded API keys, access tokens and other credentials used by AI coding tools have been found in publicly accessible MCP configuration files on GitHub, according to research from Hush Security’s The State of MCP Configuration: The Identity Security Gaps report. The […]

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98% of fraudulent hires have company credentials by the time they’re caught

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98% of fraudulent hires have company credentials by the time they’re caught 2026-09-18 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec A 90-day period between hiring and onboarding is creating a blind spot in enterprise identity security, according to HYPR’s State of HR Identity Fraud Detection report. “Adversaries no longer need to breach a network when they can […]

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Product showcase: mSecure makes one vault do more than remember passwords

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Product showcase: mSecure makes one vault do more than remember passwords 2026-09-15 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec mSecure is a password manager and data vault for storing credentials and other sensitive information. It is available for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, with data synchronization across supported devices. The app uses AES-256 encryption and a zero-knowledge […]

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Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens

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Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens 2026-09-10 at 08:30 By Help Net Security Credential harvesting on developer machines has widened. Earlier infostealers worked from a short list of known targets, mostly browser stores and a few cloud credential paths. The families active now cast a much wider net. Shai-Hulud, for instance, […]

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This Key Will Self-Destruct: An Open Standard for Revocable API Keys

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This Key Will Self-Destruct: An Open Standard for Revocable API Keys 2026-09-09 at 13:00 By Matt Honea Every leaked credential should be dead, or dying, within sixty seconds of being found. Here’s a proposal to make that the default. The post This Key Will Self-Destruct: An Open Standard for Revocable API Keys appeared first on […]

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