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Sumo Logic discloses potential breach via compromised AWS credential
2023-11-08 11:43

Cloud-native big data and security analytics firm Sumo Logic is investigating a potential security incident within their platform, the company revealed on Tuesday. "On Friday, November 3rd, 2023, Sumo Logic discovered evidence of a potential security incident. The activity identified used a compromised credential to access a Sumo Logic AWS account," the company said in its security notice.

Cryptojackers steal AWS credentials from GitHub in 5 minutes
2023-10-30 18:31

Security researchers have uncovered a multi-year cryptojacking campaign they claim autonomously clones GitHub repositories and steals their exposed AWS credentials. Given the name "EleKtra-Leak" by researchers at Palo Alto Networks's Unit 42, the criminals behind the campaign are credited with regularly stealing AWS credentials within five minutes of them being exposed in GitHub repositories.

EleKtra-Leak Cryptojacking Attacks Exploit AWS IAM Credentials Exposed on GitHub
2023-10-30 10:56

A new ongoing campaign dubbed EleKtra-Leak has set its eyes on exposed Amazon Web Service (AWS) identity and access management (IAM) credentials within public GitHub repositories to facilitate...

Okta says its support system was breached using stolen credentials
2023-10-20 18:41

Okta says attackers accessed files containing cookies and session tokens uploaded by customers to its support management system after breaching it using stolen credentials. "The threat actor was able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases," said Okta's Chief Security Officer David Bradbury.

Qubitstrike attacks rootkit Jupyter Linux servers to steal credentials
2023-10-18 10:00

Hackers are scanning for internet-exposed Jupyter Notebooks to breach servers and deploy a cocktail of malware consisting of a Linux rootkit, crypto miners, and password-stealing scripts. In a new campaign called 'Qubitstrike,' the threat actors download malicious payloads to hijack a Linux server for cryptomining and to steal credentials for cloud services, such as AWS and Google Cloud.

Fighting off cyberattacks? Make sure user credentials aren’t compromised
2023-10-17 14:02

We'll explore why password reuse is such a huge problem and discuss the best way to mitigate the risks associated with compromised passwords. The Password Reuse Problem and How to Mitigate It. The problem of reusing passwords is massive and one of the biggest ways cybercriminals can hack into multiple accounts associated with a single user.

Citrix Devices Under Attack: NetScaler Flaw Exploited to Capture User Credentials
2023-10-10 05:52

A recently disclosed critical flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices is being exploited by threat actors to conduct a credential harvesting campaign. IBM X-Force, which uncovered the...

Hackers hijack Citrix NetScaler login pages to steal credentials
2023-10-09 14:45

Hackers are conducting a large-scale campaign to exploit the recent CVE-2023-3519 flaw in Citrix NetScaler Gateways to steal user credentials. The flaw is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution bug discovered as a zero-day in July that impacts Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway.

Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack
2023-10-06 15:48

23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack. Recently, a threat actor leaked samples of data that was allegedly stolen from a genetics firm and, a few days later, offered to sell data packs belonging to 23andMe customers.

Cisco fixes hard-coded root credentials in Emergency Responder
2023-10-04 16:43

Cisco released security updates to fix a Cisco Emergency Responder vulnerability that let attackers log into unpatched systems using hard-coded credentials. "This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development," Cisco explained in an advisory issued today.