HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood: Researchers warn of a new HTTP/2 vulnerability that can be exploited to conduct powerful denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. HTTP messages can contain named fields in both header and trailer sections. CERT/CC experts explained that both header and trailer…
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US cancer center City of Hope: data breach impacted 827149 individuals
US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope is a renowned cancer research and treatment center located in Duarte, California, United States. It is recognized…
Ivanti fixed for 4 new issues in Connect Secure and Policy Secure
Ivanti addressed four flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could lead to code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could…
Jackson County, Missouri, discloses a ransomware attack
Jackson County, Missouri, confirmed that a ransomware attack has disrupted several county services. A ransomware attack disrupted several services of the Jackson County, Missouri. The County Executive Frank White, Jr. declared a state of emergency. “Jackson County has confirmed a…
Google addressed another Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own in March
Google fixed another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited during the Pwn2Own hacking competition in March. Google has addressed another zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, tracked as CVE-2024-3159, that was exploited during the Pwn2Own hacking competition in March, 2024. The vulnerability…
The New Version of JsOutProx is Attacking Financial Institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab Abuse
Resecurity researchers warn that a new Version of JsOutProx is targeting financial institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab abuse. Resecurity has detected a new version of JSOutProx, which is targeting financial services and organizations in the APAC and MENA…
Google fixed two actively exploited Pixel vulnerabilities
Google addressed several vulnerabilities in Android and Pixel devices, including two actively exploited flaws. Google addressed 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 flaws in Pixel devices. Two issues fixed by the IT giant, tracked as CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748, are actively…
Highly sensitive files mysteriously disappeared from EUROPOL headquarters
Serious security breach hits EU police agency A batch of highly sensitive files containing the personal information of top Europol executives mysteriously disappeared last summer The website Politico reported that the Europol has suffered a serious security breach, a batch…
XSS flaw in WordPress WP-Members Plugin can lead to script injection
A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XXS) in the WordPress WP-Members Membership plugin can lead to malicious script injection. Researchers from Defiant’s Wordfence research team disclosed a cross-site scripting vulnerability (XXS) in the WordPress WP-Members Membership plugin that can lead to malicious…
Binarly released the free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor
Researchers from the firmware security firm Binarly released a free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor Last week, Microsoft engineer Andres Freund discovered a backdoor issue in the latest versions of the “xz” tools and libraries. The vulnerability was tracked as CVE-2024-3094…
Google agreed to erase billions of browser records to settle a class action lawsuit
Google is going to delete data records related to the ‘Incognito Mode’ browsing activity to settle a class action lawsuit. Google has agreed to delete billions of data records related to users’ browsing activities in ‘Incognito Mode’ to settle a…
PandaBuy data breach allegedly impacted over 1.3 million customers
Threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data belonging to more than 1.3 million customers. At least two threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data of more…
OWASP discloses a data breach
The OWASP Foundation disclosed a data breach that impacted some members due to a misconfiguration of an old Wiki web server. The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach that impacted some of its members. The OWASP (Open Web Application…
New Vultur malware version includes enhanced remote control and evasion capabilities
Researchers detected a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android with enhanced remote control and evasion capabilities. Researchers from NCC Group discovered a new version of the Vultur banking trojan for Android that includes new enhanced remote control…
Pentagon established the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
The US government announced establishing the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. The US Defense Department announced establishing the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (ASD(CP)) as directed in the National Defense…
Info stealer attacks target macOS users
Experts warn of info stealer malware, including Atomic Stealer, targeting Apple macOS users via malicious ads and rogue websites. Jamf Threat Labs researchers analyzed info stealer malware attacks targeting macOS users via malicious ads and rogue websites. One of the…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 465 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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DinodasRAT Linux variant targets users worldwide
A Linux variant of the DinodasRAT backdoor used in attacks against users in China, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, researchers from Kaspersky warn. Researchers from Kaspersky uncovered a Linux version of a multi-platform backdoor DinodasRAT that was employed in attacks targeting China, Taiwan, Turkey, and…
AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million customers
AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million current and former customers after its data were leaked on a cybercrime forum. In March 2024, more than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached forum,…
Expert found a backdoor in XZ tools used many Linux distributions
Red Hat warns of a backdoor in XZ Utils data compression tools and libraries in Fedora development and experimental versions. Red Hat urges users to immediately stop using systems running Fedora development and experimental versions because of a backdoor in the latest…
German BSI warns of 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued an alert about at least 17,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in…
Cisco warns of password-spraying attacks targeting Secure Firewall devices
Cisco warns customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services of Cisco Secure Firewall devices. Cisco is warning customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco Secure Firewall…
American fast-fashion firm Hot Topic hit by credential stuffing attacks
Hot Topic suffered credential stuffing attacks that exposed customers’ personal information and partial payment data. Hot Topic, Inc. is an American fast-fashion company specializing in counterculture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music. The company was the victim of credential stuffing attacks against its website and…
Cisco addressed high-severity flaws in IOS and IOS XE software
Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS and IOS XE software that can be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Cisco this week released patches to address multiple IOS and IOS XE software vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit several…
Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and its subsidiary Mandiant reported that in 2023 97 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in attacks,…
Google addressed 2 Chrome zero-days demonstrated at Pwn2Own 2024
Google addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser that have been demonstrated during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024. Google addressed several vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser this week, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-2886 and CVE-2024-2887, which…
INC Ransom stole 3TB of data from the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland
The INC Ransom extortion group hacked the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland and is threatening to leak three terabytes of alleged stolen data. The INC Ransom extortion gang added the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland to the list of victims…
CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint bug disclosed at Pwn2Own to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability disclosed at the 2023 Pwn2Own to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2023-24955 Microsoft SharePoint Server Code Injection Vulnerability to its…
The DDR Advantage: Real-Time Data Defense
This is the advantage of Data Detection and Response (DDR) for organizations aiming to build a real-time data defense. In cybersecurity, and in life, by the time you find out that something went wrong it is often too late. The…
Finnish police linked APT31 to the 2021 parliament attack
The Finnish Police attributed the attack against the parliament that occurred in March 2021 to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish Police attributed the March 2021 attack on the parliament to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish authorities investigated multiple…
TheMoon bot infected 40,000 devices in January and February
A new variant of TheMoon malware infected thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices worldwide. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies uncovered an updated version of “TheMoon” bot targeting end-of-life (EoL) small…
UK, New Zealand against China-linked cyber operations
UK, Australia and New Zealand are accusing China-linked threat actors of cyber operations against UK institutions and parliamentarians. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre believes that China-linked cyberespionage group APT31 was responsible for cyber attacks against UK parliamentarians’ emails in 2021.…
US Treasury Dep announced sanctions against members of China-linked APT31
The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on two APT31 Chinese hackers linked to attacks against organizations in the US critical infrastructure sector. The US government announced sanctions against a pair of Chinese hackers (Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin), alleged members of the…
CISA adds FortiClient EMS, Ivanti EPM CSA, Nice Linear eMerge E3-Series bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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…
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
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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…
Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts
Ukraine cyber police, along with the national police, arrested three hackers attempting to sell 100 million compromised emails and Instagram accounts. The Ukraine cyber police and the national police have arrested three individuals who are suspected to have hacked over…
New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?
A new variant of the Russia-linked wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, was spotted targeting Linux x86 devices. A new variant of a data wiper AcidRain, tracked as AcidPour, is specifically designed for targeting Linux x86 devices has been detected in…
Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series. Tournament suspended
On Sunday, two competitive esports players were hacked while participating at the Apex Legends Global Series tournament. Electronic Arts postponed the North American (NA) finals of the Apex Legends Global Series tournament after two competitive esports players were hacked during a match.…
Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide
Trend Micro uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by Earth Krahang APT group that breached 70 organizations worldwide. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as Earth Krahang while investigating the activity of China-linked APT…
PoC exploit for critical RCE flaw in Fortra FileCatalyst transfer tool released
Fortra addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting its FileCatalyst file transfer product. Fortra has released updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-25153 (CVSS score 9.8) impacting its FileCatalyst file transfer solution. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit their vulnerability to…
Fujitsu suffered a malware attack and probably a data breach
Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer…
Remove WordPress miniOrange plugins, a critical flaw can allow site takeover
A critical vulnerability in WordPress miniOrange’s Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall plugins can allow site takeover. On March 1st, 2024, WordPress security firm Wordfence received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in miniOrange’s Malware Scanner as part of the…
The Aviation and Aerospace Sectors Face Skyrocketing Cyber Threats
Resecurity reported about the increasing wave of cyber incidents targeting the aerospace and aviation sectors. The experts emphasized the importance of rigorous cybersecurity risk assessments for airports and proactive threat intelligence in the context of the activity of major ransomware…
Email accounts of the International Monetary Fund compromised
Threat actors compromised at least 11 International Monetary Fund (IMF) email accounts earlier this year, the organization revealed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a security breach, threat actors compromsed 11 email accounts earlier this year. The agency discovered the…
Threat actors leaked 70,000,000+ records allegedly stolen from AT&T
Researchers at vx-underground first noticed that more than 70,000,000 records from AT&T were leaked on the Breached hacking forum. More than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached, vx-underground researchers reported. The researchers confirmed that…
“gitgub” malware campaign targets Github users with RisePro info-stealer
Cybersecurity researchers discovered multiple GitHub repositories hosting cracked software that are used to drop the RisePro info-stealer. G-Data researchers found at least 13 such Github repositories hosting cracked software designed to deliver the RisePro info-stealer. The experts noticed that this…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 463 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people
Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security…
Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack
School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists…
Lazarus APT group returned to Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group allegedly using again the mixer platform Tornado Cash to launder $23 million. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group allegedly has reportedly resumed using the mixer platform Tornado Cash to launder $23 million. Blockchain cybersecurity firm Elliptic…
Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case
US DoJ sentenced a Moldovan national (31) to 42 months in federal prison for operating the E-Root cybercrime marketplace. U.S. District Court sentenced the Moldovan national (31) Sandu Boris Diaconu to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit…
UK Defence Secretary jet hit by an electronic warfare attack in Poland
Russian hackers have knocked down the GPS and communications of Defence Secretary Grant Shapps RAF Dassault Falcon 900 jet with electronic warfare attack. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps RAF Dassault Falcon 900 jet flew from Poland, where he visited British troops…
Cisco fixed high-severity elevation of privilege and DoS bugs
Cisco this week addressed high-severity elevation of privilege and denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in IOS RX software. Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS RX software, including three high-severity issues that can be exploited to elevate privileges and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS)…
Recent DarkGate campaign exploited Microsoft Windows zero-day
Researchers recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited Microsoft zero-day vulnerability. Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited the Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2024-21412 using fake software installers.…
Nissan Oceania data breach impacted roughly 100,000 people
The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an…
Researchers found multiple flaws in ChatGPT plugins
Researchers analyzed ChatGPT plugins and discovered several types of vulnerabilities that could lead to data exposure and account takeover. Researchers from Salt Security discovered three types of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins that can be could have led to data exposure…
Fortinet fixes critical bugs in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS
Fortinet released security updates to address critical code execution vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS. Fortinet this week has released security updates to fix critical code execution vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS. The first vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write…
Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack
Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was compromised in an attack targeting a third-party service provider. Acer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational company…
Stanford University announced that 27,000 individuals were impacted in the 2023 ransomware attack
Threat actors behind the ransomware attacks that hit Stanford University in 2023 gained access to 27,000 people. Stanford University confirmed that threat actors behind the September 2023 ransomware attack had access to 27,000 people. The prestigious US university was the…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2024 fixed 59 flaws
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2024 addressed 59 security vulnerabilities in its products, including RCE flaws. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2023 that address 59 security vulnerabilities in its products. The IT giant addressed vulnerabilities…
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) alleges US is plotting to interfere in presidential election
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claims that the US intelligence plans to interfere with its presidential election. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) alleges that the US is plotting to interfere in its upcoming presidential election scheduled this month. According to…
Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself
Threat actors can abuse QR codes to carry out sophisticated scams, as reported by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert. As is well known, QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be read with a smartphone or other…
First-ever South Korean national detained for espionage in Russia
Russian authorities have detained a South Korean national on cyber espionage charges, it is the first time for a Korean citizen. Russian authorities have arrested a South Korean citizen on charges of cyber espionage, marking the first instance involving a…
Massive cyberattacks hit French government agencies
A series of “intense” cyberattacks hit multiple French government agencies, revealed the prime minister’s office. “Several “intense” cyberattacks targeted multiple French government agencies since Sunday night, as disclosed by the prime minister’s office.” The French minister’s office did not provide…
BianLian group exploits JetBrains TeamCity bugs in ransomware attacks
BianLian ransomware group was spotted exploiting vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity software in recent attacks. Researchers from GuidePoint Security noticed, while investigating a recent attack linked to the BianLian ransomware group, that the threat actors gained initial access to the target…
Experts released PoC exploit for critical Progress Software OpenEdge bug
Researchers released technical specifics and a PoC exploit for a recently disclosed flaw in Progress Software OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer. Researchers from Horizon3.ai have published technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the critical security flaw CVE-2024-1403 in…
Magnet Goblin group used a new Linux variant of NerbianRAT malware
The financially motivated hacking group Magnet Goblin uses various 1-day flaws to deploy custom malware on Windows and Linux systems. A financially motivated threat actor named Magnet Goblin made the headlines for rapidly adopting and exploiting 1-day vulnerabilities, CheckPoint warned.…
Hackers exploited WordPress Popup Builder plugin flaw to compromise 3,300 sites
Threat actors are hacking WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-6000, in old versions of the Popup Builder plugin. In January, Sucuri researchers reported that Balada Injector malware infected over 7100 WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of…
Lithuania security services warn of China’s espionage against the country
A report published by Lithuanian security services warned that China has escalated its espionage operations against Lithuania. A report released by Lithuanian security services has cautioned that China has intensified espionage activities targeting Lithuania. Previously, the government of Beijing was…
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Threat actors breached two crucial systems of the US CISA
Threat actors hacked the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by exploiting Ivanti flaws. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) agency was hacked in February, the Recorded Future News first reported. In response to the…
CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS Score 9.8) JetBrains TeamCity authentication bypass vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Critical Fortinet FortiOS bug CVE-2024-21762 potentially impacts 150,000 internet-facing devices
Researchers warn that the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 in Fortinet FortiOS could potentially impact 150,000 exposed devices. In February, Fortinet warned that the critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score 9.6) in FortiOS SSL VPN was actively exploited in attacks in the wild.…
QNAP fixed three flaws in its NAS devices, including an authentication bypass
QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in its NAS products that can be exploited to access devices. QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that can be exploited to access the devices. The three flaws fixed are: The vulnerability…
Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard breached Microsoft systems again
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard recently breached its internal systems and source code repositories. Microsoft published an update on the attack that hit the company on January 12, 2024, the IT giant revealed that the Russia-linked Midnight…
Cisco addressed severe flaws in its Secure Client
Cisco addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client that could lead to code execution and unauthorized remote access VPN sessions. Cisco released security patches to address two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client respectively tracked as CVE-2024-20337 and CVE-2024-20338. Cisco Secure…
Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.
The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware…
2023 FBI Internet Crime Report reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2023 report states that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023. The 2023 Internet Crime Report published the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reveals that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion…
Snake, a new Info Stealer spreads through Facebook messages
Threat actors are using Facebook messages to spread a Python-based information stealer dubbed Snake, researchers warn. Cybereason researchers warn that threat actors are utilizing Facebook messages to spread the Snake malware, a Python-based information stealer. The researchers noticed that the…
National intelligence agency of Moldova warns of Russia attacks ahead of the presidential election
The national intelligence agency of Moldova warns of hybrid attacks from Russia ahead of the upcoming elections. The Moldovan national intelligence agency warns of hybrid attacks from Russia ahead of the upcoming elections. 2024 is a crucial year for Moldova;…
Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers
A new Linux malware campaign campaign is targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. The threat actors behind this…
CISA adds Apple iOS and iPadOS memory corruption bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple iOS and iPadOS memory corruption 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: This week, Apple…