Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Attackers Exploit Cloud Credential Exposure and 'Over-Permissioning,' Experts WarnAttackers keep hammering cloud-based identities to help them bypass endpoint and network defenses, logging in using inadvertently exposed credentials - or ones harvested through infostealers - then escalating access thanks to over-permissioned accounts, experts warn.

A threat actor named 'Hazy Hawk' has been using DNS CNAME hijacking to hijack abandoned cloud endpoints of domains belonging to trusted organizations and incorporate them in large-scale scam delivery and traffic distribution systems (TDS). [...]

A threat actor known as Hazy Hawk has been observed hijacking abandoned cloud resources of high-profile organizations, including Amazon S3 buckets and Microsoft Azure endpoints, by leveraging misconfigurations in the Domain Name System (DNS) records

In the past year, cross-domain attacks have gained prominence as an emerging tactic among adversaries. These operations exploit weak points across multiple domains – including endpoints, identity systems and cloud environments – so the adversary can infiltrate organizations, move laterally and evade detection. eCrime groups like SCATTERED SPIDER and North Korea-nexus adversaries such as FAMOUS

The Shikitega malware takes over IoT and endpoint devices, exploits vulnerabilities, uses advanced encoding, abuses cloud services for C2, installs a cyptominer, and allows full remote control.