CISA Details Incident Response to Exposed AWS GovCloud Keys
CISA reveals how it responded after sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and internal data were exposed in a public GitHub repository
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CISA reveals how it responded after sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and internal data were exposed in a public GitHub repository
Storm-2949 turned stolen credentials into a cloud-wide breach, moving from identity compromise to large-scale data theft without using malware. This incident shows how threat actors can exploit trusted systems to operate undetected. The post How Storm-2949 turned a compromised identity into a cloud-wide breach appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Malicious npm Package Lets Attackers Capture Refreshed TokensA researcher has mapped a five-step attack on Claude Code that intercepts the credentials giving AI agents access to Jira, GitHub and Confluence, and demonstrated that the standard incident response move, rotating the stolen token, hands the attacker a fresh one.
The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm, Seedworm, and Static Kitten) has been attributed to a ransomware attack in what has been described as a "false flag" operation
Blames outfit called Context.ai, which reckons an agentic OAuth tangle caused the incident Vercel, the company that created the open source Next.js web development framework, has a data leak that led to compromise of some customer credentials, and blamed an outfit called Context.ai for the mess.…
Web infrastructure provider Vercel has disclosed a security breach that allows bad actors to gain unauthorized access to "certain" internal Vercel systems
When talking about credential security, the focus usually lands on breach prevention. This makes sense when IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the average cost of a breach at $4.4 million. Avoiding even one major incident is enough to justify most security investments, but that headline figure obscures the more persistent problems caused by recurring credential
Not every cloud breach starts with malware or a zero-day. In this incident, attackers discovered an exposed Spring Boot Actuator endpoint, harvested credentials from leaked configuration data, then used the OAuth2 Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) flow to authenticate without MFA.
Full scale of infections remains 'unknown' China-linked attackers exploited a maximum-severity hardcoded-credential bug in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines as a zero-day since at least mid-2024. It's all part of a long-running effort to backdoor infected machines for long-term access, according to Google's Mandiant incident response team.…
As in past incidents, ESA says the impact was limited to external systems The European Space Agency has suffered yet another security incident and, in keeping with past practice, says the impact is limited. Meanwhile, miscreants boast that they've made off with a trove of data, including what they claim are confidential documents, credentials, and source code.…
Coupang disclosed a data breach affecting 33.7 million customers after unauthorized access to personal data went undetected for nearly five months. Penta Security explains how the incident highlights insider credential abuse risks and why encrypting customer data beyond legal requirements can reduce exposure and limit damage. [...]
Automation flaw in CI/CD workflow let a bad pull request unleash worm into npm PostHog says the Shai-Hulud 2.0 npm worm compromise was "the largest and most impactful security incident" it's ever experienced after attackers slipped malicious releases into its JavaScript SDKs and tried to auto-loot developer credentials.…
In a recent intrusion, the notorious cybercriminal collective accessed CyberArk vaults and obtained more 1,400 secrets, subverted Azure, VMware, and Snowflake environments, and for the first known time, actively fought back against incident response teams.
Automotive giant Scania confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident where threat actors used compromised credentials to breach its systems and steal insurance claim documents. [...]
Blue Team playbooks are essential—but tools like Wazuh take them to the next level. From credential dumping to web shells and brute-force attacks, see how Wazuh strengthens real-time detection and automated response. [...]
Customer Credentials Possibly Compromised at EHR Vendor Acquired by Oracle in 2022Oracle is dealing with a hacking incident involving legacy patient data of Cerner electronic health record customers. Oracle, which acquired Cerner in 2022, is reportedly telling clients the hack involved compromised credentials for systems scheduled to migrate to the cloud.
Millions of Customers Will Also Be Offered Monitoring of Genetic Data on Dark WebGenetics testing firm 23andMe will offer cash payments to millions of individuals whose sensitive data was compromised in a 2023 credential stuffing incident. Under the proposed $30 million lawsuit settlement, affected customers will also be offered dark web monitoring of their genetic data.
Roku warns that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks after disclosing another incident that compromised 15,000 accounts in early March. [...]
A British Library report found the most likely source of the incident was the compromise of third-party account credentials and no MFA was in place to stop the attackers
Production systems at the remote access company were breached, leading AnyDesk to revoke code signing certificate and reset Web portal credentials as part of its incident response.