CVE-2026-46331 Patched, but Agent Security Remains a Concern

**Unprecedented Security Breach: N-able N-central Bypass Exploited** In a recent development, N-able confirmed that an authentication bypass in its N-central platform became the gateway for attackers to seize administrator accounts and establish persistence on managed endpoints. With the exploitation of the Take Control feature and integration of Cloudflare tunnels as services, attackers caused significant disruptions. As per Huntress, a staggering 55.6% of N-central cloud servers remained unpatched at the time of publishing, implying a vast risk zone. Addressing the issue immediately, N-able dispatched build 2026.3.1.7 on August 2, underlining that all earlier builds are vulnerable to CVE-2026-18577. Be forewarned - upgrading the N-central server does not necessarily eradicate tunnel services already embedded on managed machines. #Cybersecurity #EndpointSecurity #CloudSecurity How are you ensuring the security of your managed endpoints in light of these recent breaches?

Your scanner can only test what you point it at. Attackers do not have that limitation. They build their own map of you from the outside: certificate transparency logs, DNS, public code, leaked credentials. The forgotten staging box, the subdomain pointing at a dead service, the S3 bucket left public "just for the migration", the AWS key sitting in a two-year-old commit that nobody rotated. None of it is in your asset inventory, and none of it is in scope for your scan. Insomnia closes that gap by looking at your org the way an adversary does. In one recon run against a target: 47 subdomains discovered, 9 of them not in the inventory, an exposed staging host with no auth, and a still-valid AWS key recovered from an old commit. External attack surface mapped in 96 seconds. The gap between what you think you own and what is actually reachable is where a huge share of breaches start. Better to see it first. Security that never sleeps. See it live: https://lnkd.in/dDAdCxC8 #cybersecurity #osint #pentesting #attacksurface #infosec

Security controls rarely fail because they're missing. They fail because they operate in isolation. Endpoint protection may identify suspicious encryption. Network monitoring may catch lateral movement. Cloud analytics may recognize abnormal behavior. Individually, each signal has value. Together, they create context that allows defenders to respond before disruption spreads. Modern ransomware doesn't respect organizational boundaries. Detection strategies shouldn't either. Where have you seen the biggest visibility gap between individual security tools and coordinated incident response? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/egurPNJC #CyberResilience #SecurityLeadership #ThreatDetection #InformationSecurity #IncidentResponse

The noise around enterprise security just got significantly louder. A major technology consulting firm confirmed a security incident this week after threat actors claimed to have exfiltrated 35 gigabytes of data from their systems. What caught my attention wasn't the data volume; it was the specific contents. The attackers allegedly walked away with RSA keys, SSH keys, and Azure Personal Access Tokens. We talk constantly about perimeter defense, but this is a stark reminder of what happens when the literal keys to your cloud infrastructure are exposed. When you navigate a messy regional M&A, these are exactly the types of forgotten integration tokens that keep you up at night. A stolen Azure access token doesn't need a sophisticated exploit to cause damage. It acts as a trusted, independent user that can completely bypass your standard login portals. We are actively reviewing this incident and updating our own access control audits to match the current threat landscape. Don't just focus on patching your servers this week. Get into your cloud environments, force a rotation on your SSH keys, and kill any personal access tokens that haven't been strictly audited this quarter. Keep your infrastructure clean and stay grounded out there. #ITLeadership #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure #Operations #CIOInsights

CVE-2026-63077 is a CRITICAL authentication bypass in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises, impacting all versions. Attackers with HTTPS access can execute OS commands with server-level privileges, potentially exposing sensitive data and compromising CI/CD pipelines. JetBrains has released fixes in versions 2025.11.7 and 2026.1.3, plus a security patch plugin for 2017.1+. Immediate patching is strongly advised. TeamCity Cloud is not impacted. For enhanced security, restrict internet-facing TeamCity servers using VPN or similar controls. Details: https://lnkd.in/e82awtj8 #OffSeq #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability #TeamCity #RCE

24,650 servers just handed out their own password hashes to anyone who asked. No login attempt, no failed auth, nothing your SIEM would ever flag. The flaw is 22 years old, buried in IPMI and admins can remotely power-cycle a server without touching the OS. Ask the right question over UDP port 623 and the BMC hands back a crackable hash before you've proven who you are. What that actually looks like: - Nearly 25,000 internet-facing servers exposed, most still running factory-sticker default passwords - Researchers cracked a third of the captured hashes in about a day - None of it generates a login event, a failed auth, or anything resembling an alert So how do you manage? We've spent years building visibility into identities, endpoints, cloud logins yet almost nobody's watching the hardware layer quietly managing all of it. This is exactly the kind of gap the next generation of SOC tooling needs to close, not just faster triage on the alerts we already see. If an attacker doesn't need to log in to get your password, what is your detection stack actually watching for? #SOC #CyberSecurity #ThreatDetection #InfrastructureSecurity #SecurityOperations

🔐 Your smart contract is audited. But is your infrastructure? Most Web3 projects invest heavily in smart contract audits and launch with confidence. Then they get hacked through an unprotected API, a misconfigured cloud bucket, or an admin panel with no 2FA. The smart contract was clean. The infrastructure was not. These are the attack vectors that penetration testing is designed to find: 🔴 API Endpoints. Unprotected admin routes that expose your backend to anyone who knows where to look. 🔴 Private Keys. Credentials stored in environment variables, accessible after a single breach. 🔴 Admin Panels. Weak authentication and no multi-factor protection on your most sensitive access points. 🟡 Cloud Storage. Misconfigured buckets that expose user data, backups, or internal documentation. 🟡 CI/CD Pipelines. Supply chain attack vectors that let adversaries inject code before it ever reaches production. 🔴 Internal Networks. Lateral movement paths that turn a single compromised endpoint into a full infrastructure breach. An audit secures your code. A penetration test secures everything else. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e5TR864J #Cyberscope #PenetrationTesting #Web3Security #BlockchainSecurity #DeFi #Web3 #CyberSecurity #Infosec

Reverse Proxy vs. Forward Proxy You may think "proxy" is one thing. It's actually two, and mixing them up costs you credibility fast. A Forward proxy sits in front of your users, facing out. It's what controls and shields internal clients as they reach the internet, content filtering, DNS-layer security, outbound traffic control. A Reverse proxy sits in front of your servers, facing in. It's what the outside world hits first, hiding your actual server infrastructure, handling SSL termination, routing requests to the right backend. Same idea, opposite direction: one protects your users headed out, the other protects your servers taking requests in. I made sure I could explain both clearly before I ever needed to, in an interview or anywhere else. #DataCenter #ReverseProxy #ForwardProxy #Cybersecurity #Networking

🚨 Cloudflare Cloudflare just leveled up enterprise DNS. Internal DNS is now Generally Available, bringing Public DNS + Private DNS together on a single platform. 🔹 Identity-aware DNS resolution 🔹 Zero Trust integration 🔹 Split-horizon DNS 🔹 Global Anycast performance 🔹 Centralized management for hybrid & multi-cloud environments This is a major step toward simplifying secure internal name resolution while reducing infrastructure complexity. Would your organization consider replacing traditional internal DNS with Cloudflare? 👇 #Cloudflare #InternalDNS #ZeroTrust #CyberSecurity #CyberWithVishal

ccenture confirmed a breach this week. Source code, Azure access tokens, RSA keys, SSH keys — roughly 35GB, allegedly stolen in early July. Their statement: "isolated matter," remediated, no operational impact. That framing should concern every IT and security leader more than the breach itself. Here's why: when source code and access keys leave a firm that size, the downstream risk doesn't stay inside their perimeter. It follows the integrations, the shared environments, the APIs connecting their systems to their clients'. This isn't Accenture's first incident either. Misconfigured AWS buckets in 2017. LockBit in 2021. "888" again in 2026. The pattern isn't bad luck. If your organization uses a major integrator or systems partner, this is a supply chain question, not just a vendor security question. Do you know what access tokens that partner holds in your environment? Do you know which of your systems connect to theirs? Most firms don't audit that until after the call comes in. #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #SupplyChainSecurity #IAM #InfoSec