U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds FortiClient EMS, Ivanti EPM CSA, Nice Linear eMerge E3-Series bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
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Iran-Linked APT TA450 embeds malicious links in PDF attachments
In recent campaigns, Iran-linked APT group MuddyWater used a legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solution called Atera. Proofpoint researchers observed the Iran-linked APT group MuddyWater (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, TA450, and Static Kitten) was behind a new phishing campaign in March 2024 that attempted to…
StrelaStealer targeted over 100 organizations across the EU and US
Researchers reported that over 100 organizations in Europe and US were targeted by a wave of large-scale StrelaStealer campaigns Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42 spotted a wave of large-scale StrelaStealer campaigns impacting over 100 organizations across the EU and US. The…
GoFetch side-channel attack against Apple systems allows secret keys extraction
Researchers demonstrated a new side-channel attack, named GoFetch, against Apple CPUs that could allow an attacker to obtain secret keys. A team of researchers from several US universities demonstrated a new microarchitectural side-channel attack named GoFetch that could allow attackers…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Russia-linked…
Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr
During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams. During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions. Middle…
Russia-linked APT29 targeted German political parties with WINELOADER backdoor
Russia-linked threat actors employ the WINELOADER backdoor in recent attacks targeting German political parties. In late February, Mandiant researchers spotted the Russia-linked group APT29 using a new variant of the WINELOADER backdoor to target German political parties with a CDU-themed…
Mozilla fixed Firefox zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024
Mozilla addressed two Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities exploited during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. Mozilla has done an amazing job addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser exploited during the recent Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. The researcher…
Large-scale Sign1 malware campaign already infected 39,000+ WordPress sites
A large-scale malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. Sucurity researchers at Sucuri spotted a malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, which has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six…
German police seized the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market
The German police seized the infrastructure of the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market disrupting its operation. An operation conducted by the Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (BKA) and the Frankfurt cybercrime combating unit (ZIT) led to the seizure of the…
Unsaflok flaws allow to open millions of doors using Dormakaba Saflok electronic locks
A flaw in Dormakaba Saflok electronic locks, dubbed Unsaflok, can allow threat actors to open millions of doors worldwide. Researchers Lennert Wouters, Ian Carroll, rqu, BusesCanFly, Sam Curry, sshell, and Will Caruana discovered a series of vulnerabilities, collectively named Unsaflok, in Dormakaba Saflok electronic RFID locks.…
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024: participants earned $1,132,500 for 29 unique 0-days
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition has ended, and participants earned $1,132,500 for demonstrating 29 unique zero-days. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that participants earned $1,132,500 on the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition for demonstrating 29 unique zero-days. On…
Critical Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS flaw actively exploited in the wild
Researchers released a PoC exploit for a critical flaw in Fortinet’s FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is actively exploited. Security researchers at Horizon3 have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score…
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 Day 1 – team Synacktiv hacked a Tesla
Participants earned $732,500 on the first day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition, a team demonstrated a Tesla hack. Participants earned $732,000 on the first day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition for demonstrating 19 unique zero-days, announced…
Ivanti urges customers to fix critical RCE flaw in Standalone Sentry solution
Ivanti urges customers to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting the Standalone Sentry solution. Ivanti addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-41724 (CVSS score of 9.6), impacting Standalone Sentry solution. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit…
New Loop DoS attack may target 300,000 vulnerable hosts
Boffins devised a new application-layer loop DoS attack based on the UDP protocol that impacts major vendors, including Broadcom, Microsoft and MikroTik. Researchers from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (Germany) devised a new denial-of-service (DoS) attack, called loop…
Critical flaw in Atlassian Bamboo Data Center and Server must be fixed immediately
Atlassian fixed tens of vulnerabilities in Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira products, including a critical flaw that can be very dangerous. Atlassian addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira products. The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1597…
Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware
Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed JetBrains TeamCity flaw CVE-2024-27198 in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro researchers are exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2024-27199 (CVSS score 7.3) security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity to…
BunnyLoader 3.0 surfaces in the threat landscape
Researchers found a new variant of the BunnyLoader malware with a modular structure and new evasion capabilities. In October 2023, Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called BunnyLoader, which was advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023.…
Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords
The Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users. The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. The company…