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FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised

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FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised 2026-06-19 at 13:48 By Ionut Arghire The large-scale credential theft campaign hit roughly half of the internet-accessible Fortinet firewalls and VPNs. The post FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak

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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak 2026-06-18 at 15:10 By Zeljka Zorz A Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The data was accidentally exposed by the group on a server, along with other artifacts and tools,

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Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security

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Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security 2026-06-02 at 15:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft has released multiple identity and network access capabilities for Entra, its family of identity and network access products that help organizations implement a zero trust security strategy, over the last 30 days. Features reaching general availability Identity and authentication updates Phishing-resistant

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New infostealer reaches enterprise devices through FortiClient EMS vulnerability

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New infostealer reaches enterprise devices through FortiClient EMS vulnerability 2026-05-29 at 18:31 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are delivering a broad-spectrum infostealer to enterprise computers by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS). “The [malicious] payload was presented as a Fortinet endpoint update and executed through FortiClient-managed VPN scripting workflows,” Arctic Wold

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Deleted Google API keys keep working for up to 23 minutes, researchers warn

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Deleted Google API keys keep working for up to 23 minutes, researchers warn 2026-05-22 at 15:08 By Zeljka Zorz Google API keys are credentials that let applications access Google services, from Maps to the Gemini AI. If a key is leaked, an attacker can use it to make API calls, rack up charges, and, if

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Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability exploitation is the dominant initial access vector

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Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability exploitation is the dominant initial access vector 2026-05-20 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Vulnerability exploitation has overtaken stolen credentials as the most common way attackers gain initial access to target networks, according to the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. This is the first time credential theft has been knocked off the

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Over 70% of organizations hit by identity breaches

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Over 70% of organizations hit by identity breaches 2026-05-14 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers rely on stolen credentials, compromised service accounts, and social engineering attacks targeting employees, according to Sophos’ The State of Identity Security 2026 survey. What do you estimate to be the overall cost to your organization to rectify the identity breach?

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Your coworker might be selling company logins, and thinks it’s fine

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Your coworker might be selling company logins, and thinks it’s fine 2026-05-08 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Employee behavior once considered unacceptable is becoming tolerated across various industries, particularly in IT and telecommunications, and at all levels of seniority, including leadership. Cifas Workplace Fraud Trends research, based on a survey of 2,000 UK employees working

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Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed

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Google brings instant email verification to Android, no OTP needed 2026-04-23 at 15:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has introduced cryptographically verified email credentials for Android through the Credential Manager API. This API aligns with the W3C Digital Credential API standard. It provides a unified way for apps to request and retrieve user credentials for authentication

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29 million leaked secrets in 2025: Why AI agents credentials are out of control

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29 million leaked secrets in 2025: Why AI agents credentials are out of control 2026-04-14 at 08:11 By Help Net Security AI agents need credentials to work. They authenticate with LLM platforms, connect to databases, call SaaS APIs, access cloud resources, and orchestrate across dozens of external services. Every integration point requires an identity. Most

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Mirko Zorz Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. Because cookies often have extended lifetimes, attackers can access accounts without passwords, then bundle and sell the stolen credentials.

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Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything From Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks

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Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything From Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks 2026-03-31 at 18:47 By Kevin Townsend Report shows how industrialized credential theft underpins ransomware, SaaS breaches, and geopolitical attacks, shifting security focus from prevention to detecting misuse of legitimate access. The post Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything From Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks appeared first on

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AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure

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AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure 2026-03-27 at 20:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise

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LeakBase cybercrime forum with 142,000 users taken down in global operation

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LeakBase cybercrime forum with 142,000 users taken down in global operation 2026-03-05 at 11:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec LeakBase, an open-web cybercrime forum facilitating the trade of leaked databases and “stealer logs” containing stolen credentials, has been taken down in an international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol and involving authorities from 14 countries. Police in

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The Blast Radius Problem: Stolen Credentials are Weaponizing Agentic AI

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The Blast Radius Problem: Stolen Credentials are Weaponizing Agentic AI 2026-02-25 at 18:16 By Kevin Townsend More than half (56%) of the 400,000 vulnerabilities IBM X-Force tracked in 2025 required no authentication before exploitation. The post The Blast Radius Problem: Stolen Credentials are Weaponizing Agentic AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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AI is flooding IAM systems with new identities

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AI is flooding IAM systems with new identities 2026-02-02 at 07:20 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most organizations view AI identities through the same lens used for other non-human identities, such as service accounts, API keys, and chatbots, according to The State of Non-Human Identity and AI Security report by the Cloud Security Alliance. AI identities inherit

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Cybercriminals are scaling phishing attacks with ready-made kits

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Cybercriminals are scaling phishing attacks with ready-made kits 2026-01-08 at 09:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) kits lower the barrier to entry, enabling less-skilled attackers to run large-scale, targeted phishing campaigns that impersonate legitimate services and institutions, according to Barracuda Networks. Phishing kits grow more sophisticated and scalable Barracuda threat analysts found that in 2025

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Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums

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Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums 2025-10-28 at 15:11 By Ionut Arghire The email addresses were pulled from various sources and 16.4 million of them were not present in previous data breaches. The post Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Microsoft blocks risky file previews in Windows File Explorer

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Microsoft blocks risky file previews in Windows File Explorer 2025-10-24 at 15:38 By Zeljka Zorz Along with fixing many code-based vulnerabilities, the October 2025 Windows updates also change how File Explorer handles files downloaded from the internet. The change affects the file management tool’s Preview Pane, which lets users see the contents of a file

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Akira ransomware: From SonicWall VPN login to encryption in under four hours

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Akira ransomware: From SonicWall VPN login to encryption in under four hours 2025-09-29 at 18:47 By Zeljka Zorz Four hours or less: that’s how long it takes for Akira affiliates to break into organizations and deploy the ransomware on their systems, Arctic Wolf researchers have warned. Armed with SonicWall SSL VPN credentials stolen in earlier

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