Security News

Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web
2024-08-16 14:25

A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a...

Russian who sold 300,000 stolen credentials gets 40 months in prison
2024-08-14 23:11

​Georgy Kavzharadze, a 27-year-old Russian national, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for selling login credentials for over 300,000 accounts on Slilpp, the largest online marketplace of...

Russian cyber snoops linked to massive credential-stealing campaign
2024-08-14 18:45

Citizen Lab also spots a COLDWASTREL swimming in the Rivers of Phish Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) cyberspies, joined by a new digital snooping crew, have been conducting a massive...

Point of entry: Why hackers target stolen credentials for initial access
2024-08-06 14:01

Criminals increasingly deploy stolen credentials to gain initial access to user accounts, bringing new demands for security. Credentials can also be guessed through approaches like brute force attacks, where cybercriminals deploy tools that test password combinations continuously until they discover the right one.

Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials
2024-07-27 05:47

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users' Google Cloud credentials from a narrow pool of victims. The package, named "Lr-utils-lib," attracted a total of 59 downloads before it was taken down.

Google fixes Chrome Password Manager bug that hides credentials
2024-07-26 19:04

Google has fixed a bug in Chrome's Password Manager that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily for more than 18 hours. In a Google Workspace incident report, the company says the issue affected approximately 2% of all Windows users who had already upgraded to Chrome 127, the browser's latest version.

Critical ServiceNow RCE flaws actively exploited to steal credentials
2024-07-25 20:58

Threat actors are chaining together ServiceNow flaws using publicly available exploits to breach government agencies and private firms in data theft attacks. On July 10, 2024, ServiceNow made hotfixes available for CVE-2024-4879, a critical input validation flaw enabling unauthenticated users to perform remote code execution on multiple versions of the Now Platform.

PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing
2024-07-22 12:26

A Latin America-based financially motivated actor codenamed FLUXROOT has been observed leveraging Google Cloud serverless projects to orchestrate credential phishing activity, highlighting the abuse of the cloud computing model for malicious purposes. The campaign involved the use of Google Cloud container URLs to host credential phishing pages with the aim of harvesting login information associated with Mercado Pago, an online payments platform popular in the LATAM region.

Police allege 'evil twin' of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger's credentials
2024-07-01 05:45

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Guide to mitigating credential stuffing attacks
2024-06-25 02:45

We have a collective unaddressed weakness when it comes to basic cybersecurity. Out of the many reports circulating in the news today, many statistics revolve around the number of detected breaches.