Apple rolled out urgent security updates to address code execution vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, and macOS. Apple released urgent security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, macOS. The company also warns of a vulnerability patched in March that…
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City of Helsinki suffered a data breach
The City of Helsinki suffered a data breach that impacted tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel. The Police of Finland is investigating a data breach suffered by the City of Helsinki, the security breach occurred during the night…
Russian hackers defaced local British news sites
A group of hackers that defines itself as “first-class Russian hackers” claims the defacement of hundreds of local and regional British newspaper websites. A group claiming to be “first-class Russian hackers” defaced numerous local and regional British newspaper websites owned…
Australian Firstmac Limited disclosed a data breach after cyber attack
Firstmac Limited disclosed a data breach after the new Embargo extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. Firstmac Limited, one of the largest non-bank lenders in Australia, disclosed a data breach. Firstmac Limited is an Australian…
Pro-Russia hackers targeted Kosovo’s government websites
Pro-Russia hackers targeted government websites in Kosovo in retaliation for the government’s support to Ukraine with military equipment. Pro-Russia hackers targeted Kosovo government websites, including the websites of the president and prime minister, with DDoS attacks. The attacks are a…
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As of May 2024, Black Basta ransomware affiliates hacked over 500 organizations worldwide
Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. The FBI, CISA, HHS, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) regarding the Black Basta ransomware activity as part…
Ohio Lottery data breach impacted over 538,000 individuals
The cyber attack on the Ohio Lottery on Christmas Eve exposed the personal data of over 538,000 individuals. On Christmas Eve, a cyberattack targeting the Ohio Lottery resulted in the exposure of personal data belonging to 538,959 individuals. The organization…
Notorius threat actor IntelBroker claims the hack of the Europol
Notorius threat actor IntelBroker claims that Europol has suffered a data breach that exposed FOUO and other classified data. The threat actor IntelBroker announced on the cybercrime forum Breach the hack of the European law enforcement agency Europol. The hacker…
A cyberattack hit the US healthcare giant Ascension
A cyberattack hit the US Healthcare giant Ascension and is causing disruption of the systems at hospitals in the country. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of…
Russia-linked APT28 targets government Polish institutions
CERT Polska warns of a large-scale malware campaign against Polish government institutions conducted by Russia-linked APT28. CERT Polska and CSIRT MON teams issued a warning about a large-scale malware campaign targeting Polish government institutions, allegedly orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT28…
Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year
Since the start of the year, Google released an update to fix the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser. Google this week released security updates to address a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-467, in Chrome browser. The…
Citrix warns customers to update PuTTY version installed on their XenCenter system manually
Citrix urges customers to manually address a PuTTY SSH client flaw that could allow attackers to steal a XenCenter admin’s private SSH key. Versions of XenCenter for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR used PuTTY, a third-party component, for SSH connections…
Dell discloses data breach impacting millions of customers
Dell disclosed a security breach that exposed millions of customers’ names and physical mailing addresses. IT giant Dell suffered a data breach exposing customers’ names and physical addresses, the company notified impacted individuals. The company launched an investigation into the…
Mirai botnet also spreads through the exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure bugs
Threat actors exploit recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) vulnerabilities to deploy the Mirai botnet. Researchers from Juniper Threat Labs reported that threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 to drop the payload…
Zscaler is investigating data breach claims
Cybersecurity firm Zscaler is investigating claims of a data breach after hackers offered access to its network. Cybersecurity firm Zscaler is investigating allegations of a data breach following reports that threat actors are offering for sale access to its network.…
Experts warn of two BIG-IP Next Central Manager flaws that allow device takeover
Two high-severity vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next Central Manager can be exploited to gain admin control and create hidden accounts on any managed assets. F5 has addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-26026 and CVE-2024-21793, in BIG-IP Next Central Manager…
LockBit gang claimed responsibility for the attack on City of Wichita
The LockBit ransomware group has added the City of Wichita to its Tor leak site and threatened to publish stolen data. Last week, the City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network…
New TunnelVision technique can bypass the VPN encapsulation
TunnelVision is a new VPN bypass technique that enables threat actors to spy on users’ traffic bypassing the VPN encapsulation. Leviathan Security researchers recently identified a novel attack technique, dubbed TunnelVision, to bypass VPN encapsulation. A threat actor can use…
LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin actively exploited in the wild
Threat actors are exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress to take over web sites. WPScan researchers reported that threat actors are exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress. LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress…
Most Tinyproxy Instances are potentially vulnerable to flaw CVE-2023-49606
A critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the Tinyproxy service potentially impacted 50,000 Internet-Exposing hosts. Researchers from Cisco Talos reported a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing of Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. The issue is tracked as CVE-2023-49606…
UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a third-party data breach exposing military personnel data
The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach at a third-party payroll system that exposed data of armed forces personnel and veterans. The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data…
Law enforcement agencies identified LockBit ransomware admin and sanctioned him
The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol revealed the identity of the admin of the LockBit operation and sanctioned him. The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unmasked the identity of the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, aka…
MITRE attributes the recent attack to China-linked UNC5221
MITRE published more details on the recent security breach, including a timeline of the attack and attribution evidence. MITRE has shared more details on the recent hack, including the new malware involved in the attack and a timeline of the…
Alexander Vinnik, the operator of BTC-e exchange, pleaded guilty to money laundering
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian operator of virtual currency exchange BTC-e pleaded guilty to participating in a money laundering scheme. Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange…
City of Wichita hit by a ransomware attack
The City of Wichita in Kansas was forced to shut down its computer systems after a ransomware attack. The City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network to contain the threat. The…
El Salvador suffered a massive leak of biometric data
Resecurity found a massive leak involving the exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) of over five million citizens of El Salvador on the Dark Web. Resecurity identified a massive leak of the personally identifiable information (PII) of over five million…
Finland authorities warn of Android malware campaign targeting bank users
Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) warned about an ongoing Android malware campaign targeting bank accounts. Traficom, Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency, issued a warning regarding a current Android malware campaign aimed at bank accounts. Traficom reported that clients of…
Ransomware drama: Law enforcement seized Lockbit group’s website again
Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again and announced they will reveal more identities of its operators Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again. The authorities resumed the Lockbit seized leak site and mocked its administrators.…
NATO and the EU formally condemned Russia-linked APT28 cyber espionage
NATO and the European Union formally condemned cyber espionage operations carried out by the Russia-linked APT28 against European countries. NATO and the European Union condemned cyber espionage operations carried out by the Russia-linked threat actor APT28 (aka “Forest Blizzard”, “Fancybear”…
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Blackbasta gang claimed responsibility for Synlab Italia attack
The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack.…
LockBit published data stolen from Simone Veil hospital in Cannes
LockBit ransomware operators have published sensitive data allegedly stolen from the Simone Veil hospital in Cannes. In April, a cyber attack hit the Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV), impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper. Non-urgent…
Russia-linked APT28 and crooks are still using the Moobot botnet
The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter botnet is still used by Russia-linked group APT28 and cybercriminals organizations. Trend Micro researchers reported that the EdgeRouter botnet, called Moobot, used by the APT28 group is still active and is also used by cyber criminal organizations. In…
Dirty stream attack poses billions of Android installs at risk
Microsoft devised an attack technique, dubbed ‘Dirty Stream,’ impacting widely used Android applications, billions of installations are at risk. Microsoft is warning Android users about a new attack technique, named Dirty Stream, that can allow threat actors to take control of…
ZLoader Malware adds Zeus’s anti-analysis feature
Zloader continues to evolve, its authors added an anti-analysis feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan. Zloader (aka Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night) is a modular trojan based on the leaked ZeuS source code. After a hiatus…
Ukrainian REvil gang member sentenced to 13 years in prison
A Ukrainian national, a member of the REvil group, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in extortion activities. The Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi (24), aka Rabotnik, has been sentenced to more than 13…
Pro-Russia hackers target critical infrastructure in North America and Europe
Government agencies from the US, Canada and the UK warn of Russian threat actors targeting critical infrastructure in North America and Europe The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection…
HPE Aruba Networking addressed four critical ArubaOS RCE flaws
HPE Aruba Networking addressed four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting its ArubaOS network operating system. HPE Aruba Networking released April 2024 security updates that addressed four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of the network operating…
Threat actors hacked the Dropbox Sign production environment
Threat actors breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer email addresses and hashed passwords Cloud storage provider DropBox revealed that threat actors have breached the production infrastructure of the DropBox Sign eSignature service and gained access to customer…
CISA adds GitLab flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA adds GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions improper access control vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions improper access control vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…
Panda Restaurant Group disclosed a data breach
Panda Restaurant Group disclosed a data breach that occurred in March, resulting in the theft of associates’ personal information. Panda Restaurant Group disclosed a data breach that occurred in March, resulting in the theft of personal information belonging to its…
Ex-NSA employee sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia
A former U.S. NSA employee has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to sell classified documents to Russia. Jareh Sebastian Dalke (32), of Colorado Springs, is a former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)…
Cuttlefish malware targets enterprise-grade SOHO routers
A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware family, named Cuttlefish, which targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO)…
Ex-NSA employee sentenced to 262 months for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia
A former U.S. NSA employee has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to sell classified documents to Russia. Jareh Sebastian Dalke (32), of Colorado Springs, is a former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)…
A flaw in the R programming language could allow code execution
A flaw in the R programming language enables the execution of arbitrary code when parsing specially crafted RDS and RDX files. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-27322 (CVSS v3: 8.8), in the R programming language could allow arbitrary code execution upon deserializing specially crafted R…
Muddling Meerkat, a mysterious DNS Operation involving China’s Great Firewall
The China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat are manipulating DNS to probe networks globally since 2019. Infoblox researchers observed China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat using sophisticated DNS activities since 2019 to bypass traditional security measures and probe networks worldwide. The experts noticed a…
Notorious Finnish Hacker sentenced to more than six years in prison
Finnish hacker was sentenced to more than six years in prison for hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic and attempted extortion. A popular 26-year-old Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki was sentenced to more than six years in prison for hacking into…
CISA guidelines to protect critical infrastructure against AI-based threats
The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA published a series of guidelines to protect critical infrastructure against AI-based attacks. CISA collaborated with Sector Risk Management Agencies (SRMAs) and regulatory agencies to conduct sector-specific assessments of AI risks to U.S. critical infrastructure,…
NCSC: New UK law bans default passwords on smart devices
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) orders smart device manufacturers to ban default passwords starting from April 29, 2024. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that bans…
The FCC imposes $200 million in fines on four US carriers for unlawfully sharing user location data
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers $200 million for sharing customers’ real-time location data without consent. The FCC has fined four major U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for unlawfully selling access to real-time location data of their…
Google prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play in 2023
Google announced they have prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published in the official Google Play. Google announced that in 2023, they have prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play. This amazing result was possible…
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach impacted 2M individuals
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) suffered a data breach that exposed information 2 million individuals. Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) disclosed a data breach that may have impacted 1,955,385 individuals. FBCS, a third-party debt collection…
Cyber-Partisans hacktivists claim to have breached Belarus KGB
A Belarusian group of activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB agency. The Belarusian hacktivist group Cyber-Partisans claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency. The hackers had access…
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services reported a data breach that exposed thousands of patients’ personal and health information. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach that impacted thousands of patients. Patients’ personal…
Multiple Brocade SANnav SAN Management SW flaws allow device compromise
Multiple flaws in Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application can allow to compromise impacted appliances. Multiple vulnerabilities found in the Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application could potentially compromise affected appliances. The following vulnerabilities, discovered by…
ICICI Bank exposed credit card data of 17000 customers
ICICI Bank, a major private bank in India, mistakenly exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to unintended recipients. ICICI Bank, one of the leading private banks in India, accidentally exposed data of thousands of new credit…
Okta warns of unprecedented scale in credential stuffing attacks on online services
Identity and access management services provider Okta warned of a spike in credential stuffing attacks aimed at online services. In recent weeks, Okta observed a surge in credential stuffing attacks against online services, aided by the widespread availability of residential…
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Targeted operation against Ukraine exploited 7-year-old MS Office bug
A hacking campaign targeted Ukraine exploiting a seven-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike. Security experts at Deep Instinct Threat Lab have uncovered a targeted campaign against Ukraine, exploiting a Microsoft Office vulnerability dating back almost seven years…
Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform
Threat actors accessed more than 19,000 online accounts on a California state platform for welfare programs. Threat actors breached over 19,000 online accounts on a California state platform dedicated to welfare programs. Officials reported that the security breach occurred on…
Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities
ThreatFabric researchers identified a new Android malware called Brokewell, which implements a wide range of device takeover capabilities. ThreatFabric researchers uncovered a new mobile malware named Brokewell, which is equipped with sophisticated device takeover features. The experts pointed out that…
Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin
A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites WordPress security scanner WPScan warns that threat actors are exploiting a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the plugin WordPress Automatic to…
Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling
As cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has also been growing concern about cybercrime involvement in this sector Cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the financial world, offering new investment opportunities and decentralized transactions. However, as cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has…
Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted 13.4 million patients
Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a security breach that may impact 13.4 million individuals in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is an American integrated managed care consortium, it is made up of three distinct but interdependent groups of entities: the Kaiser…
Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers vulnerable to CVE-2024-4040 bug
Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks exploiting recently disclosed CVE-2024-4040 vulnerability. Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks targeting the critical severity vulnerability CVE-2024-4040. CVE-2024-4040 is a CrushFTP VFS sandbox escape vulnerability. CrushFTP is a file transfer server…
Sweden’s liquor supply severely impacted by ransomware attack on logistics company
A ransomware attack on a Swedish logistics company Skanlog severely impacted the country’s liquor supply. Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages…
CISA adds Cisco ASA and FTD and CrushFTP VFS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA adds Cisco ASA and FTD and CrushFTP VFS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Cisco Talos this week warned that…
CISA adds Microsoft Windows Print Spooler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA added the Windows Print Spooler flaw CVE-2022-38028 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2022-38028 Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Privilege Escalation vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Cisa added…
DOJ arrested the founders of crypto mixer Samourai for facilitating $2 Billion in illegal transactions
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer Samourai. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has arrested two co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai and seized the service. The allegations include claims of…
Google fixed critical Chrome vulnerability CVE-2024-4058
Google addressed a critical Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4058, that resides in the ANGLE graphics layer engine. Google addressed four vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4058. The vulnerability CVE-2024-4058 is a Type Confusion…
Nation-state actors exploited two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls to breach government networks
Nation-state actor UAT4356 has been exploiting two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks. Cisco Talos warned that the nation-state actor UAT4356 (aka STORM-1849) has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance…
Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign
A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Avast researchers discovered and analyzed a malware campaign that exploited the update mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and…
The street lights in Leicester City cannot be turned off due to a cyber attack
A cyber attack on Leicester City Council resulted in certain street lights remaining illuminated all day and severely impacted the council’s operations The Leicester City Council suffered a cyber attack that severely impacted the authority’s services in March and led to the leak…
US offers a $10 million reward for information on four Iranian nationals
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their role in cyberattacks against the U.S.. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on four Iranian nationals for their involvement…
North Korea-linked APT groups target South Korean defense contractors
The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities. The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities to steal defense technology…
U.S. Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity
The U.S. Department of State imposed visa restrictions on 13 individuals allegedly linked to the commercial spyware business. The US Department of State is imposing visa restrictions on 13 individuals involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or…
A cyber attack paralyzed operations at Synlab Italia
A cyber attack has been disrupting operations at Synlab Italia, a leading provider of medical diagnosis services, since April 18. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber…
Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw
Russia-linked APT28 group used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit Windows Print Spooler service flaw. Microsoft reported that the Russia-linked APT28 group (aka “Forest Blizzard”, “Fancybear” or “Strontium” used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit the…
Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities
A financially motivated group named GhostR claims the theft of a sensitive database from World-Check and threatens to publish it. World-Check is a global database utilized by various organizations, including financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, for assessing…
Windows DOS-to-NT flaws exploited to achieve unprivileged rootkit-like capabilities
Researcher demonstrated how to exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows DOS-to-NT path conversion process to achieve rootkit-like capabilities. SafeBreach researcher Or Yair devised a technique, exploiting vulnerabilities in the DOS-to-NT path conversion process, to achieve rootkit-like capabilities on Windows. When a…
A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites
Japan’s CERT warns of a vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. Japan’s CERT warned that the WordPress plugin Forminator, developed by WPMU DEV, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a flaw that allows…
Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims
Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. A joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, Europol, and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) revealed that since…
DuneQuixote campaign targets the Middle East with a complex backdoor
Threat actors target government entities in the Middle East with a new backdoor dubbed CR4T as part of an operation tracked as DuneQuixote. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered the DuneQuixote campaign in February 2024, but they believe the activity may have…
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Critical CrushFTP zero-day exploited in attacks in the wild
Threat actors exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise in targeted attacks, Crowdstrike experts warn. CrushFTP is a file transfer server software that enables secure and efficient file transfer capabilities. It supports various features such as FTP, SFTP,…
A French hospital was forced to reschedule procedures after cyberattack
A French hospital was forced to return to pen and paper and postpone medical treatments after a cyber attack. A cyber attack hit Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) on Tuesday, impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper.…
MITRE revealed that nation-state actors breached its systems via Ivanti zero-days
The MITRE Corporation revealed that a nation-state actor compromised its systems in January 2024 by exploiting Ivanti VPN zero-days. In April 2024, MITRE disclosed a security breach in one of its research and prototyping networks. The security team at the…
FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure
China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure warned FBI Director Christopher Wray. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. critical infrastructure, Reuters reported. According to the…
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigates data breach
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated an investigation into an alleged ransomware attack and the subsequent theft of data. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating an alleged ransomware attack that resulted in data theft. The United Nations…
FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker with phishing attacks
BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign.…
FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker phishing attacks
BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign.…
Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost
An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service…
Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT
Russia-linked APT Sandworm employed a previously undocumented backdoor called Kapeka in attacks against Eastern Europe since 2022. WithSecure researchers identified a new backdoor named Kapeka that has been used in attacks targeting victims in Eastern Europe since at least mid-2022. The…
Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. PoC publicly available
Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for which publicly available exploit code exists. Cisco has addressed a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability and is aware of a public exploit code for this issue.…
Linux variant of Cerber ransomware targets Atlassian servers
Threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2023-22518 flaw in Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. At the end of October 2023, Atlassian warned of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence…
Ivanti fixed two critical flaws in its Avalanche MDM
Ivanti addressed two critical vulnerabilities in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, that can lead to remote command execution. Ivanti addressed multiple flaws in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, including two critical flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-24996 and…
Researchers released exploit code for actively exploited Palo Alto PAN-OS bug
Researchers released an exploit code for the actively exploited vulnerability CVE-2024-3400 in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS. Researchers at watchTowr Labs have released a technical analysis of the vulnerability CVE-2024-3400 in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS and a proof-of-concept exploit that can be…
Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN and SSH services
Cisco Talos warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. Cisco Talos researchers warn of large-scale credential brute-force attacks targeting multiple targets, including Virtual Private Network (VPN)…
PuTTY SSH Client flaw allows of private keys recovery
The PuTTY Secure Shell (SSH) and Telnet client are impacted by a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to recover private keys. PuTTY tools from 0.68 to 0.80 inclusive are affected by a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-31497, that resides in…