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ShinyHunters claim to be behind SSO-account data theft attacks

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it is behind a wave of ongoing voice phishing attacks targeting single sign-on (SSO) accounts at Okta, Microsoft, and Google, enabling threat actors to breach corporate SaaS platforms and steal company data for extortion. In these attacks, threat actors impersonate IT support and call employees, tricking them into entering their […]

23 Jan

Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Two malicious extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. Both extensions are advertised as AI-based coding assistants that provide the promised functionality. However, they do not disclose the upload activity or ask users for consent to deliver data to a remote server. The VS Code Marketplace is […]

23 Jan

CISA confirms active exploitation of four enterprise software bugs

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. warned of active exploitation of four vulnerabilities impacting enterprise software from Versa and Zimbra, the Vite frontend tooling framework, and the Prettier code formatter. The security issues have been added to CISA’s KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) catalog, indicating that the agency has evidence that hackers are exploiting them […]

23 Jan

US to deport Venezuelans who emptied bank ATMs using malware

South Carolina federal prosecutors announced that two Venezuelan nationals convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. banks in an ATM jackpotting scheme will be deported after serving their sentences. 34-year-old Luz Granados and 40-year-old Johan Gonzalez-Jimenez have previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy and computer crimes for emptying older ATM models throughout the […]

23 Jan

Hackers exploit critical telnetd auth bypass flaw to get root

A coordinated campaign has been observed targeting a recently disclosed critical-severity vulnerability that has been present in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server for 11 years. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-24061 and was reported on January 20. It is trivial to leverage and multiple exploit examples are publicly available. Bug persisted since 2015 Open-source contributor Simon Josefsson […]

22 Jan

Okta SSO accounts targeted in vishing-based data theft attacks

Okta is warning about custom phishing kits built specifically for voice-based social engineering (vishing) attacks. BleepingComputer has learned that these kits are being used in active attacks to steal Okta SSO credentials for data theft. In a new report released today by Okta, researchers explain that the phishing kits are sold as part of an […]

22 Jan

Curl ending bug bounty program after flood of AI slop reports

The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program at the end of this month, after being overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports. The change was first discovered in a pending commit to curl’s BUG-BOUNTY.md documentation, which removes all references to the HackerOne […]

22 Jan

SmarterMail auth bypass flaw now exploited to hijack admin accounts

Hackers began exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail email server and collaboration tool that allows resetting admin passwords. An authentication bypass vulnerability in SmarterTools SmarterMail, which allows unauthenticated attackers to reset the system administrator password and obtain full privileges, is now actively exploited in the wild. The issue resides in the force-reset-password API […]

22 Jan

Microsoft Teams to add brand impersonation warnings to calls

Microsoft will soon add new fraud protection features to Teams calls, warning users about external callers who attempt to impersonate trusted organizations in social engineering attacks. Named “Brand Impersonation Protection,” the new Teams security feature will start rolling out to the targeted release ring in mid-February and will be enabled by default. According to Microsoft, […]

22 Jan

INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs

An operational security failure allowed researchers to recover data that the INC ransomware gang stole from a dozen U.S. organizations. A deep forensic examination of the artifacts left behind uncovered tooling that had not been used in the investigated attack, but exposed attacker infrastructure that stored data exfiltrated from multiple victims. The operation was conducted […]