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Jingle Thief Exclusive: Costly Cloud Hack Steals Millions
Imagine criminals turning your retailer’s cloud into a holiday ATM—Unit 42 warns the Jingle Thief gang uses phishing and smishing to steal credentials and exploit misconfigured cloud systems to issue and redeem millions in gift cards. Stronger identity controls, logging and vendor oversight are urgent fixes before consumers and merchants are left cleaning up the mess.
NET malware Dangerous: Exclusive Phantom Taurus Threat
A Beijing-linked group dubbed Phantom Taurus is quietly using custom .NET malware to hunt credentials and siphon sensitive files from government web servers across Asia, Africa and the Middle East — a sharp reminder that everyday frameworks can hide serious threats. Defenders should harden .NET apps, tighten logging and MFA, and share indicators fast to turn the tables before secrets slip away.