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Cisco removed the backdoor account from its Unified Communications Manager

Security Affairs

. “A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account, which has default, static credentials that cannot be changed or deleted.”

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Microsoft sets all new accounts passwordless by default

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Microsoft announced that all new accounts will be “passwordless by default” to increase their level of security. Microsoft now makes all new accounts “passwordless by default,” enhancing protection against social engineering attacks, phishing, brute-force, and credential stuffing attacks.

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March Madness Meets Cyber Mayhem: How Cybercriminals Are Playing Offense this Season

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Attackers are mimicking tournament brackets, betting promotions, and registration formstricking users into handing over credentials or linking bank accounts to fraudulent sites. This intersection of sports, money, and digital activity makes for a perfect storm of social engineering attacks. Awareness and vigilance.

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EDR-as-a-Service makes the headlines in the cybercrime landscape

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Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as EDR-as-a-Service, is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape.

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Qantas confirms customer data breach amid Scattered Spider attacks

Security Affairs

The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors. In many cases, threat actors employed methods to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA), by tricking victims’ help desk services to add unauthorized MFA devices to compromised accounts.

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Iran and China-linked actors used ChatGPT for preparing attacks

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Observed ChatGPT behavior mainly involved reconnaissance, threat actors used the OpenAI’s platform to seek info on companies, services, and vulnerabilities, similar to search engine queries. These scripts sometimes leveraged publicly available pentesting tools and security services to programmatically find vulnerable infrastructure.”

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Russia-linked APTs target Signal messenger

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Russia-linked threat actors exploit Signal ‘s “linked devices” feature to hijack accounts, per Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers warn of multiple Russia-linked threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russian intelligence.