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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several significant threats and trends. An attacker leveraged 4,837 hijacked GitHub accounts to deploy a secret stealer in over 1,800 repositories, underscoring the risks associated with compromised credentials. Poland's national e-government platform was taken offline following a cyberattack, disrupting public services. A critical vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's HTTP/2 module could allow remote code execution, emphasizing the need for prompt patching. Additionally, threat actors exploited stolen AI credentials to generate $740,000 in free compute resources, indicating the increasing value of AI tokens in cybercrime. Finally, unauthorized access incidents linked to ScreenConnect affected 288 endpoints across 48 organizations, prompting security measures from ConnectWise.
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hôpital public régional indépendant a été victime d'une cyberattaque samedi soir. Le système informatique a été infecté et certaines données ont été chiffrées par les criminels, bloquant l'accès à celles-ci. L'établissement a été contraint de basculer vers des opérations manuelles sur papier. Les pr...
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The Developer's Practical Guide to Passwordless Authentication in 2026
The post The Developer’s Practical Guide to Passwordless Authentication in 2026 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The post Why Small and Mid-Size Businesses Need CIAM in 2026 (And Why the Cost Objection No Longer Holds) appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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