AWS VDP: Non-Production API Endpoints for the Device Farm Service Fail to Log to CloudTrail Resulting in Silent Permission Enumeration

The Device Farm service was found to have two non-production API endpoints that could be accessed using standard IAM credentials without generating CloudTrail logs. This allowed silent permission enumeration, where an adversary could test the permissions of compromised credentials without...

Hackers Breach Telefonica Network, Leak 2.3 GB of Data Online

Telefónica faces a data breach impacting its internal systems, linked to hackers using compromised credentials. Learn more about this alarming cyber threat...

FortiGuard Labs Links New EC2 Grouper Hackers to AWS Credential Exploits

Researchers at FortiGuard Labs have identified a prolific attacker group known as "EC2 Grouper" who frequently exploits compromised credentials using AWS tools...

'Stargazer Goblin' Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread

A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service DaaS that propagates a variety of information-stealing malware and netting them $100,000 in illicit profits over the past year. The network, which comprises over 3,000...

IR Trends: Ransomware on the rise, while technology becomes most targeted sector

Business email compromise BEC and ransomware were the top threats observed by Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR in the second quarter of 2024, together accounting for 60 percent of engagements. Although there was a decrease in BEC engagements from last quarter, it was still a major threat fo...

Safeguard Personal and Corporate Identities with Identity Intelligence

Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill's threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. In the current...

Ever Wonder How Hackers Really Steal Passwords? Discover Their Tactics in This Webinar

In today's digital age, passwords serve as the keys to our most sensitive information, from social media accounts to banking and business systems. This immense power brings with it significant responsibility—and vulnerability. Most people don't realize their credentials have been compromised unti...

Snowflake Warns: Targeted Credential Theft Campaign Hits Cloud Customers

Cloud computing and analytics company Snowflake said a "limited number" of its customers have been singled out as part of a targeted campaign. "We have not identified evidence suggesting this activity was caused by a vulnerability, misconfiguration, or breach of Snowflake's platform," the company...

Talos IR trends: BEC attacks surge, while weaknesses in MFA persist

Business email compromise BEC was the top threat observed by Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR in the first quarter of 2024, accounting for nearly half of engagements, which is more than double what was observed in the previous quarter. The most observed means of gaining initial access was t...

E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials

A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the U.S. for operating an illicit marketplace called E-Root Marketplace that offered for sale hundreds of thousands of compromised credentials, the Department of Justice DoJ announced. Sandu Boris Diaconu was charged wit...

Report Uncovers Massive Sale of Compromised ChatGPT Credentials

By Deeba Ahmed Group-IB Report Warns of Evolving Cyber Threats Including AI and macOS Vulnerabilities and Ransomware Attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Report Uncovers Massive Sale of Compromised ChatGPT Credentials...

Over 225,000 Compromised ChatGPT Credentials Up for Sale on Dark Web Markets

More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between January and October 2023, new findings from Group-IB show. These credentials were found within information stealer logs associated with LummaC2, Raccoon, and RedLin...

CVE-2023-5719

The Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. If such a password contains the percent % character, invalid values will be included, potentially truncating...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Crimson 3.2 Windows-based configuration tool allows users with administrative access to define new passwords for users and to download the resulting security configuration to a device. If such a password contains the percent % character, invalid values will be included, potentially truncating...

Think Your MFA and PAM Solutions Protect You? Think Again

When you roll out a security product, you assume it will fulfill its purpose. Unfortunately, however, this often turns out not to be the case. A new report, produced by Osterman Research and commissioned by Silverfort, reveals that MFA Multi-Factor Authentication and PAM Privileged Access...

It's a Zero-day? It's Malware? No! It's Username and Password

As cyber threats continue to evolve, adversaries are deploying a range of tools to breach security defenses and compromise sensitive data. Surprisingly, one of the most potent weapons in their arsenal is not malicious code but simply stolen or weak usernames and passwords. This article explores t...

Incident Response trends Q2 2023: Data theft extortion rises, while healthcare is still most-targeted vertical

Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR responded to a growing number of data theft extortion incidents that did not involve encrypting files or deploying ransomware, a 25 percent increase since last quarter and the most-observed threat in the second quarter of 2023. In this type of attack, threat...

Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse

In cloud environments, cryptojacking – a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency – takes the form of cloud compute resource abuse, which involves a threat actor compromising legitimate tenants. Cloud compute resource abuse could result in financial loss to targeted...

Over 100,000 Stolen ChatGPT Account Credentials Sold on Dark Web Marketplaces

Over 101,100 compromised OpenAI ChatGPT account credentials have found their way on illicit dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023, with India alone accounting for 12,632 stolen credentials. The credentials were discovered within information stealer logs made available for sale on t...

GUI-Vil Threat Group Exploits AWS for Crypto Mining

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary GUI-Vil p0-LUCR-1, an Indonesian threat group, conducts unauthorized cryptocurrency mining using personalized infiltration tactics. They exploit AWS, leveraging compromised credentials and vulnerabilitie...