Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Microsoft Sees Cyberespionage Group Lifting API Keys and Credentials for CustomersA prolific cyberespionage group tied to Beijing appears to have increased its targeting of widely used IT tools and service providers. Microsoft said the group's tactics now include stealing API keys and credentials from providers to gain access to providers' downstream customers' infrastructure.

They're good at zero-day exploits, too Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials in ongoing attacks targeting IT companies and state and local government agencies since late 2024, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…

Harvesting API keys and secrets from AWS SES, Microsoft Office 365 and other services