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North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft Attacks
2024-12-03 09:51

The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately...

VPN vulnerabilities, weak credentials fuel ransomware attacks
2024-11-28 05:00

Attackers leveraging virtual private network (VPN) vulnerabilities and weak passwords for initial access contributed to nearly 30% of ransomware attacks, according to Corvus Insurance. According...

Google's New Restore Credentials Tool Simplifies App Login After Android Migration
2024-11-25 14:22

Google has introduced a new feature called Restore Credentials to help users restore their account access to third-party apps securely after migrating to a new Android device. Part of Android's...

Preventing credential theft in the age of AI
2024-11-21 04:30

In this Help Net Security video, Tina Srivastava, MIT Lecturer and CEO of Badge, discusses a 20-year cryptography problem – using biometrics for authentication without storing a face/finger/voice...

China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer
2024-11-19 23:02

No word on when or if the issue will be fixed Chinese government-linked snoops are exploiting a zero-day bug in Fortinet's Windows VPN client to steal credentials and other information, according...

Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
2024-11-18 21:20

Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named 'DeepData' to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Windows VPN client that steal credentials. [...]

The Problem of Permissions and Non-Human Identities - Why Remediating Credentials Takes Longer Than You Think
2024-11-18 14:00

According to research from GitGuardian and CyberArk, 79% of IT decision-makers reported having experienced a secrets leak, up from 75% in the previous year's report. At the same time, the number...

The Problem of Permissions and Non-Human Identities - Why Remediating Credentials Takes Longer Than You Think
2024-11-18 13:50

According to research from GitGuardian and CyberArk, 79% of IT decision-makers reported having experienced a secrets leak, up from 75% in the previous year's report. At the same time, the number...

Warning: DEEPDATA Malware Exploiting Unpatched Fortinet Flaw to Steal VPN Credentials
2024-11-16 06:25

A threat actor known as BrazenBamboo has exploited an unresolved security flaw in Fortinet's FortiClient for Windows to extract VPN credentials as part of a modular framework called DEEPDATA....

GoIssue phishing tool targets GitHub developer credentials
2024-11-13 13:36

Researchers discovered GoIssue, a new phishing tool targeting GitHub users, designed to extract email addresses from public profiles and launch mass email attacks. Marketed on a cybercrime forum,...