Okta warns approximately 5,000 employees that their personal information was compromised due to a third-party vendor data breach. Cloud identity and access management solutions provider Okta warns nearly 5,000 employees that their personal information was exposed due to a data…
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Suspected exploitation of Apache ActiveMQ flaw CVE-2023-46604 to install HelloKitty ransomware
Rapid7 researchers warn of the suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw (CVE-2023-46604) in the Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 are warning of the suspected exploitation of the recently disclosed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-46604 in the Apache ActiveMQ.…
Boeing confirmed its services division suffered a cyberattack
Boeing confirmed it is facing a cyber incident that hit its global services division, the company pointed out that flight safety isn’t affected. The Boeing Company, commonly known as Boeing, is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors.…
Resecurity: Insecurity of 3rd-parties leads to Aadhaar data leaks in India
Data leaks containing Aadhaar IDs in India was caused by the insecurity of 3rd parties while aggregating such information for KYC. According to Resecurity, a global cybersecurity provider protecting Fortune 500 companies and governments globally, one of the key issues…
Who is behind the Mozi Botnet kill switch?
Researchers speculate that the recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet was the response of its authors to the pressure from Chinese law enforcement. ESET researchers speculate that the recent shutdown of the Mozi botnet was the result of its operators’…
Threat actors actively exploit F5 BIG-IP flaws CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748
Experts warn that threat actors started exploiting the critical flaw CVE-2023-46747 in F5 BIG-IP installs less than five days after PoC exploit disclosure. F5 this week warned customers about a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-46747 (CVSS 9.8), that impacts…
CISA adds two F5 BIG-IP flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
US CISA added two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748, in BIG-IP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748 in BIG-IP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA has the two…
Pro-Hamas hacktivist group targets Israel with BiBi-Linux wiper
A pro-Hamas hacker group is targeting Israeli entities using a new Linux-based wiper malware dubbed BiBi-Linux Wiper. During a forensics investigation, Security Joes Incident Response team discovered a new Linux Wiper malware they tracked as BiBi-Linux Wiper. Pro-Hamas hacktivist group used…
British Library suffers major outage due to cyberattack
Last weekend, the British Library suffered a cyberattack that caused a major IT outage, impacting many of its services. The British Library is facing a major outage that impacts the website and many of its services following a cyber attack…
Critical Atlassian Confluence flaw can lead to significant data loss
Atlassian warned of a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22518, in the Confluence Data Center and Server. Atlassian is warning of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Server.…
WiHD leak exposes details of all torrent users
World-in-HD (WiHD), a French private video torrent community, left an open instance exposing the emails and passwords of all of its users and administrators. WiHD, a popular torrent tracker specializing in HD movies, inadvertently exposed tens of thousands of its…
Experts released PoC exploit code for Cisco IOS XE flaw CVE-2023-20198
Researchers publicly released the exploit code for the critical Cisco IOS XE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20198. Researchers from Researchers at Horizon3.ai publicly released the exploit code for the critical Cisco IOS XE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20198. Cisco recently warned customers of a…
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government-issued mobile devices
Canada banned the Chinese messaging app WeChat and Kaspersky antivirus on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The Government of Canada announced a ban on the use of the WeChat and Kaspersky applications on government-issued mobile devices…
Florida man sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to theft of $1M in cryptocurrency
A man from Orlando was sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to the theft of approximately $1M in cryptocurrency. Jordan Dave Persad (20), from Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy,…
Wiki-Slack attack allows redirecting business professionals to malicious websites
eSentire researchers devised a new attack technique, named Wiki-Slack attack, that can be used to redirect business professionals to malicious websites. eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU) security researchers discovered a new attack technique, named Wiki-Slack attack, that can be used to redirect…
HackerOne awarded over $300 million bug hunters
HackerOne announced that it has awarded over $300 million bug hunters as part of its bug bounty programs since the launch of its platform. HackerOne announced that it has surpassed $300 million in total all-time rewards on the HackerOne platform.…
StripedFly, a complex malware that infected one million devices without being noticed
A sophisticated malware tracked as StripedFly remained undetected for five years and infected approximately one million devices. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a sophisticated malware, dubbed StripedFly, that remained under the radar for five years masquerading as a cryptocurrency miner. In…
IT Army of Ukraine disrupted internet providers in territories occupied by Russia
IT Army of Ukraine hacktivists have temporarily disrupted internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by Russia. Ukrainian hacktivists belonging to the IT Army of Ukraine group have temporarily disabled internet services in some of the territories…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 443 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. Bug…
Bug hunters earned $1,038,250 for 58 unique 0-days at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023
The Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 hacking competition is over, bug hunters earned $1,038,500 for 58 zero-day exploits. The Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 hacking competition is over, the organizers awarded $1,038,250 for 58 unique 0-days. The Team Viettel (@vcslab) won the Master of…