How to Gain Control of AI Agents and Non-Human Identities
We hear this a lot: “We’ve got hundreds of service accounts and AI agents running in the background. We didn’t create most of them. We…
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Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID Flaw Enabling Global Admin Impersonation Across Tenants
A critical token validation failure in Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory) could have allowed attackers to impersonate any user, including Global Administrators, across…
DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed leveraging ClickFix-style lures to deliver a…
LastPass Warns of Fake Repositories Infecting macOS with Atomic Infostealer
Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Malware LastPass is warning of an ongoing, widespread information stealer campaign targeting Apple macOS users through fake GitHub repositories…
ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent
Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a zero-click flaw in OpenAI ChatGPT’s Deep Research agent that could allow an…
Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest example known to date of a malware with that bakes in Large Language Model (LLM)…
ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent
Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a zero-click flaw in OpenAI ChatGPT’s Deep Research agent that could allow an…
UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware
An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully infiltrating 34 devices across 11…
Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability
Sep 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Fortra has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software that could…
SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers
Sep 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Network Security A proxy network known as REM Proxy is powered by malware known as SystemBC, offering about 80% of…
17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge
The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) offering known as Lighthouse and Lucid has been linked to more than 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316 brands from 74 countries. “Phishing-as-a-Service…
How To Automate Alert Triage With AI Agents and Confluence SOPs Using Tines
Sep 19, 2025The Hacker NewsAI Automation / Security Operations Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over…