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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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Ransomware attackers used incorrectly stored recovery codes to disable EDR agents

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Ransomware attackers used incorrectly stored recovery codes to disable EDR agents 2025-09-16 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz All target organizations are different, but ransomware attackers are highly adaptive and appreciate – and will exploit – any mistake you make. The latest Akira ransomware attacks Managed security service providers and external incident responders have had a

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Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in

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Salesloft Drift data breach: Investigation reveals how attackers got in 2025-09-08 at 14:33 By Zeljka Zorz The attack that resulted in the Salesloft Drift data breach started with the compromise of the company’s GitHub account, Salesloft confirmed this weekend. Supply chain compromise On August 26, the company publicly revealed that earlier that month, a threat

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Cloudflare confirms data breach linked to Salesloft Drift supply chain compromise

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Cloudflare confirms data breach linked to Salesloft Drift supply chain compromise 2025-09-03 at 16:13 By Zeljka Zorz Cloudflare has also been affected by the Salesloft Drift breach, the US web infrastructure and security company confirmed on Tuesday, and the attackers got their hands on 104 Cloudflare API tokens. “We have identified no suspicious activity associated

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Hundreds of Salesforce customer orgs hit in clever attack with potentially huge blast radius

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Hundreds of Salesforce customer orgs hit in clever attack with potentially huge blast radius 2025-08-27 at 17:47 By Zeljka Zorz A threat group Google tracks as UNC6395 has pilfered troves of data from Salesforce corporate instances, in search of credentials that can be used to compromise those organizations’ environments. “[Google Threat Intelligence Group] observed UNC6395

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Why stolen credentials remain cybercriminals’ tool of choice

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Why stolen credentials remain cybercriminals’ tool of choice 2025-07-31 at 09:26 By Help Net Security It’s often the case that the simplest tools have the longest staying power, because they ultimately get the job done. Take duct tape, for example: it’s a sturdy household classic that wasn’t invented to be elegant or high tech. It

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SonicWall SMA devices persistently infected with stealthy OVERSTEP backdoor and rootkit

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SonicWall SMA devices persistently infected with stealthy OVERSTEP backdoor and rootkit 2025-07-16 at 20:54 By Zeljka Zorz Unknown intruders are targeting fully patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances and deploying a novel, persistent backdoor / rootkit, analysts with Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have warned. The analysts say UNC6148 – as

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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory

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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory 2025-07-16 at 08:19 By Help Net Security Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. In essence, it serves as an always-on sentinel for AD, preventing users from choosing compromised or weak passwords

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Researchers unearth keyloggers on Outlook login pages

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Researchers unearth keyloggers on Outlook login pages 2025-06-17 at 18:37 By Zeljka Zorz Unknown threat actors have compromised internet-accessible Microsoft Exchange Servers of government organizations and companies around the world, and have injected the organizations’ Outlook on the Web (OWA) login page with browser-based keyloggers, Positive Technologies researchers have warned. The keylogging JavaScript code (Source:

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AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers

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AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers 2025-05-02 at 09:02 By Help Net Security Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet. The post AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers appeared first on Help Net Security.

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What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not

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What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not 2025-04-29 at 09:05 By Mirko Zorz Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. Teams are scattered. Some machines haven’t been rebooted in months. Automation can help. But

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CISA Issues Guidance After Oracle Cloud Hack

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CISA Issues Guidance After Oracle Cloud Hack 2025-04-17 at 14:05 By Eduard Kovacs CISA is making recommendations for organizations and users in light of the recent Oracle legacy cloud environment hack. The post CISA Issues Guidance After Oracle Cloud Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers?

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Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers? 2025-02-26 at 18:00 By Zeljka Zorz For the second time since the start of 2025, a huge number of login credentials extracted from infostealer logs has been added to the database powering the HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP) site and breach notification service. In January 2025,

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6 considerations for 2025 cybersecurity investment decisions

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6 considerations for 2025 cybersecurity investment decisions 2025-02-18 at 18:33 By Help Net Security Cybersecurity professionals may be concerned about the constantly shifting threat landscape. From the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) by malicious actors to the expanding attack surface, cybersecurity risks evolve, and defenders need to mitigate them. Despite a period of cybersecurity

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Over 3 million Fortune 500 employee accounts compromised since 2022

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Over 3 million Fortune 500 employee accounts compromised since 2022 2025-02-13 at 07:03 By Help Net Security More than three million employee-linked corporate accounts were compromised between 2022 and 2024 across Fortune 500 companies, according to Enzoic. This surge is fueled by the widespread use of corporate email addresses for personal accounts and the growing

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