Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a “massive” campaign that targets exposed Git configurations to siphon credentials, clone private repositories, and even extract cloud credentials from the source code.
The activity, codenamed EMERALDWHALE, is estimated to have collected over 10,000 private repositories and stored in an Amazon S3 storage bucket belonging to a prior victim. The bucket,

With so many SaaS applications, a range of configuration options, API capabilities, endless integrations, and app-to-app connections, the SaaS risk possibilities are endless. Critical organizational assets and data are at risk from malicious actors, data breaches, and insider threats, which pose many challenges for security teams.
Misconfigurations are silent killers, leading to major

“See one, teach one, do one” takes a page out of the healthcare playbook to reduce human vulnerabilities where they matter most in cybersecurity.

According to the recently released “State of Scams in Brazil 2024” report from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), in collaboration with ScamAdviser and Whoscall, scams are wreaking havoc on millions of Brazilians. The report revealed losses of approximately BRL 297.7 billion ($54 billion) due to scams in the past 12 months, painting a sobering picture of the prevalence of fraudulent activity targeting citizens.

With average losses of $1000 per victim, the GASA report highlights a surge in sc

A disgruntled former Disney employee is facing charges that he hacked into the company’s restaurant menu systems and wreaked havoc on its digital displays that could have potentially put lives at risk.

Michael Scheuer left his role as a menu production manager at Walt Disney World in June, and is accused of abusing his knowledge of work passwords to log into the menu creation system used by Disney restaurants in Florida.

According to the criminal complaint against him, Scheuer’s firing from Di

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a security advisory warning about a surge in fraud schemes revolving around the political frenzy of the general election.

Authorities have spotted threat actors orchestrating numerous malicious campaigns to exploit the heightened election activity and defraud people of their hard-earned money and personal data.

Threat Actors Exploit the US Election in Scam Surge

“The FBI is warning the public about scammers exploiting the 2024 US General el

Google rolled out updated versions of its popular web browser this week, addressing two significant security vulnerabilities on both desktop and mobile devices.

“The Stable channel has been updated to 130.0.6723.91/.92 for Windows, Mac, and 130.0.6723.91 for Linux, and will roll out over the coming days/weeks,” reads the announcement on the Chrome Releases blog.

Updated versions of Chrome are also available for Android and iOS – versions 130.0.6723.86 and 130.0.6723.90, respectively. Android r

Google’s security researchers have identified a new hybrid espionage and influence operation deployed across Ukraine that used both Windows and Android malware in an effort to reveal the location of Ukrainian military recruiters. 

Russia has been hitting Ukraine with almost a daily dose of cyberattacks, ranging from simple DDoS attacks to complex phishing operations looking to compromise the country’s energy and telecom infrastructure eventually. But other targets in Ukraine warrant attention f

Sophos hat heute den Report „Pacific Rim“ veröffentlicht, der detailliert ein jahrelanges Katz-und-Maus-Spiel aus Angriffs- und Verteidigungsoperationen mit mehreren staatlich unterstützten Cybercrime-Gruppierungen aus China beschreibt. Im Fokus der Attacken standen dabei Cybersicherheits-Perimetergeräte, darunter Sophos Firewalls. Die Angreifer nutzten eine Reihe von Kampagnen mit neuartigen Exploits und maßgeschneiderter Malware, um Tools zur Durchführung von Überwachung, Sabotage […]

We were quite spooked by how good October’s best gadgets, gizmos, and watchamajigs were in the days leading up to Halloween.