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Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID Flaw Enabling Global Admin Impersonation Across Tenants

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

A critical token validation failure in Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory) could have allowed attackers to impersonate any user, including Global Administrators, across any tenant. The vulnerability, tracked…

Cybersecurity

How to Gain Control of AI Agents and Non-Human Identities

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

We hear this a lot: “We’ve got hundreds of service accounts and AI agents running in the background. We didn’t create most of them. We don’t know who owns them.…

Cybersecurity

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, AI Hacking Tools, DDR5 Bit-Flips, npm Worm & More

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

The security landscape now moves at a pace no patch cycle can match. Attackers aren’t waiting for quarterly updates or monthly fixes—they adapt within hours, blending fresh techniques with old,…

Cybersecurity

ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

Organizations in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia have emerged as the target of a phishing campaign undertaken by a previously undocumented hacking group called ComicForm since at least April 2025. The…

Cybersecurity

BadIIS Malware Spreads via SEO Poisoning — Redirects Traffic, Plants Web Shells

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign likely undertaken by a Chinese-speaking threat actor using a malware called BadIIS in attacks targeting East and…

Cybersecurity

GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options “in the near future” in response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the…

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ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets of interest. The ShadowV2 botnet, according to Darktrace,…

Cybersecurity

Lean Teams, Higher Stakes: Why CISOs Must Rethink Incident Remediation

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

Big companies are getting smaller, and their CEOs want everyone to know it. Wells Fargo has cut its workforce by 23% over five years, Bank of America has shed 88,000…

Cybersecurity

SolarWinds Releases Hotfix for Critical CVE-2025-26399 Remote Code Execution Flaw

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

SolarWinds has released hot fixes to address a critical security flaw impacting its Web Help Desk software that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible…

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Congress Pressures FCC Inspector General To Investigate Brendan Carr’s Law Breaking And Wasting Of Taxpayer Money

September 23, 2025 Blogmaster

You might recall that back when Brendan Carr was an ordinary FCC Commissioner, he was super worried about government overreach. He was so worried, that he would attack literally any…

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