The latest attack from the self-replicating, npm-package poisoning worm can also steal credentials and secrets from AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure.
The latest attack from the self-replicating, npm-package poisoning worm can also steal credentials and secrets from AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure.
The growing ecosystem of agents, chatbots, and machine credentials that outnumber human users by an order of magnitude is creating a poorly understood but potentially major security issue.
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Rust-based information stealer called Myth Stealer that’s being propagated via fraudulent gaming websites. “Upon execution, the malware displays a fake window to appear legitimate while simultaneously decrypting and executing malicious code in the background,” Trellix security researchers Niranjan Hegde, Vasantha Lakshmanan
The China-linked cyber-espionage group UNC5221 is compromising network appliances that cannot run traditional EDR agents to deploy new versions of the “Brickstorm” backdoor.
Companies that understand the motivations of their attackers and position themselves ahead of the competition will be in the best place to protect their business operations, brand reputation, and their bottom line.
As machine identities explode across cloud environments, enterprises report dramatic productivity gains from eliminating static credentials. And only legacy systems remain the weak link. For decades, organizations have relied on static secrets, such as API keys, passwords, and tokens, as unique identifiers for workloads. While this approach provides clear traceability, it creates what security
New research highlights how threat actors abuse legitimate virtual private server offerings in order to spin up infrastructure cheaply, quietly, and fast.