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New Windows Backdoor Stays Completely Silent Until Hackers Send a Secret Trigger

SLEEPWALKER is a newly identified Windows backdoor built to wait rather than call home. Once placed on a compromised device, it can sit inactive for an extended period, only responding when an operator sends a carefully formed network packet. That...

Hackers Use Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA to Deploy Reverse Tunnel Into Corporate Networks

Hackers are using a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA to turn a routine web check into a doorway into corporate networks. The campaign, called TerminalFix, begins on compromised websites and persuades visitors to paste a supposed verification command into Windows Terminal...

From Chef to Staff Engineer, Paola Estefania de Campos De Franco Took the Long Way Into AI Security

The self-taught engineer from Uruguay built a career across food, education, pandemic health software, financial-grade identity, and now the emerging field of AI agent authentication. Before Paola Estefania de Campos De Franco began building identity systems for AI agents, she...

Hackers Exploit ownCloud and WordPress Flaws to Steal Philippine Nuclear and Naval Data

A suspected Chinese-speaking operator exploited known ownCloud and WordPress weaknesses to collect sensitive information from a Philippine nuclear research body and a marine engineering company that serves the Philippine Navy. The intrusion shows how unpatched internet-facing systems can expose...

Iran-Linked Hackers Expand Attacks With New Backdoor and Reverse SSH Tunnels

Iran-linked hackers have expanded an espionage effort with a Windows backdoor and reverse SSH tunnelling utility. The activity is tied to Tortoiseshell, also tracked as Mirage Kitten, UNC1549 and Nimbus Manticore. The campaign gives operators more ways to retain access...

Hackers Use Fake Claude Desktop App to Disable Defender and Install Remote Access Malware

Cybercriminals are using a counterfeit Claude desktop application to compromise Windows systems, disable key security checks, and install remote-access malware. The campaign turns a familiar AI software search into a route for credential theft and long-term access. It also...

New Malware-as-a-service Leveraging Adobe-themed Domain to Attack Windows Users Using .bat File

A criminal service is hiding behind a website that appears to offer Adobe Acrobat Reader. The site, acrobatreaderonline.com, is not a document service. Instead, it appears to expose an operator panel for building and managing attacks against Windows users. The...

Hackers Use Fake Google Gemini Installer to Deploy Vidar Stealer and Steal Browser Credentials

Cybercriminals are abusing interest in generative AI to trick users into downloading malware. In a newly documented incident, a file posing as a Google Gemini installer delivered the Vidar information stealer, putting saved browser passwords and other sensitive data...

China-Linked Spy Campaign Uses Five New Malware Families Against Central Asian Governments

Central Asian government bodies have been targeted in a cyberespionage operation using a compact but varied set of remote access tools. The activity, tracked as SilkParasite, relied on convincing government-themed documents and trusted Windows programs to quietly place malware...

Identity lifecycle management process: key phases

The identity lifecycle management process governs how access is provisioned, maintained, reviewed, and revoked for employees, contractors, service accounts, API keys, machine credentials, OAuth tokens, and autonomous agents. It is part of identity and access management because identity state...

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