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Hundreds of Salesforce customer orgs hit in clever attack with potentially huge blast radius
A threat group Google tracks as UNC6395 has pilfered troves of data from Salesforce corporate instances, in search of credentials that can be used to compromise those …

Why stolen credentials remain cybercriminals’ tool of choice
It’s often the case that the simplest tools have the longest staying power, because they ultimately get the job done. Take duct tape, for example: it’s a sturdy household …

SonicWall SMA devices persistently infected with stealthy OVERSTEP backdoor and rootkit
Unknown intruders are targeting fully patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances and deploying a novel, persistent backdoor / rootkit, …

Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory
Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. …

Researchers unearth keyloggers on Outlook login pages
Unknown threat actors have compromised internet-accessible Microsoft Exchange Servers of government organizations and companies around the world, and have injected the …

AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers
Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet.

What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not
Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. …

Is your email or password among the 240+ million compromised by infostealers?
For the second time since the start of 2025, a huge number of login credentials extracted from infostealer logs has been added to the database powering the HaveIBeenPwned …

6 considerations for 2025 cybersecurity investment decisions
Cybersecurity professionals may be concerned about the constantly shifting threat landscape. From the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) by malicious actors to the …

Over 3 million Fortune 500 employee accounts compromised since 2022
More than three million employee-linked corporate accounts were compromised between 2022 and 2024 across Fortune 500 companies, according to Enzoic. This surge is fueled by …

Balancing usability and security in the fight against identity-based attacks
In this Help Net Security interview, Adam Bateman, CEO of Push Security, talks about the rise in identity-based attacks, how they’re becoming more sophisticated each year, and …

The shocking speed of AWS key exploitation
It’s no secret that developers often inadvertently expose AWS access keys online and we know that these keys are being scraped and misused by attackers before …
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