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The recent mass-theft of authentication tokens from Salesloft, whose AI chatbot is used by a broad swath of corporate America to convert customer interaction into Salesforce leads, has left many companies racing to invalidate the stolen credentials before hackers can exploit them. Now Google warns the breach goes far beyond access to Salesforce data, noting the hackers responsible also stole valid authentication tokens for hundreds of online services that customers can integrate with Salesloft, including Slack, Google Workspace, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, and OpenAI.

Cybersecurity today is less about single attacks and more about chains of small weaknesses that connect into big risks. One overlooked update, one misused account, or one hidden tool in the wrong hands can be enough to open the door. The news this week shows how attackers are mixing methods—combining stolen access, unpatched software, and clever tricks to move from small entry points to large

Amazon has disrupted a Russian APT29 watering hole campaign that used compromised sites to target Microsoft authentication with…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft (aka APT37) to deliver a malware known as RokRAT. The activity has been codenamed Operation HanKook Phantom by Seqrite Labs, stating the attacks appear to target individuals associated with the National Intelligence Research Association, including academic figures

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring and digital forensic tool called Velociraptor, illustrating ongoing abuse of legitimate software for malicious purposes. "In this incident, the threat actor used the tool to download and execute Visual Studio Code with the likely intention of creating a

Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used "compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious infrastructure designed to trick users into authorizing attacker-controlled devices through Microsoft's device code

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 139.0.3405.125 8/28/2025 139.0.7258.154/.155

Microsoft is rolling out a feature that defaults to saving your documents to the cloud. Consumers are divided.

The next chapter of the Microsoft Security Response Center’s (MSRC) BlueHat security conference is fast approaching. BlueHat Asia 2025 will take place in Bengaluru, India, on November 5 – 6, 2025 and the Call for Papers is now open. Submissions will be accepted through September 14, 2025. Now in its third decade, BlueHat is more than a conference, it’s a community.

The next chapter of the Microsoft Security Response Center’s (MSRC) BlueHat security conference is fast approaching. BlueHat Asia 2025 will take place in Bengaluru, India, on November 5 – 6, 2025 and the Call for Papers is now open. Submissions will be accepted through September 5, 2025. Now in its third decade, BlueHat is more than a conference, it’s a community.