WebTPA, a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services, disclosed a data breach. WebTPA is a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services. The US company disclosed a data breach that impacted almost 2.5 million people.…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 472 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. North…
North Korea-linked Kimsuky used a new Linux backdoor in recent attacks
Symantec warns of a new Linux backdoor used by the North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT in a recent campaign against organizations in South Korea. Symantec researchers observed the North Korea-linked group Kimsuky using a new Linux backdoor dubbed Gomir. The malware…
North Korea-linked IT workers infiltrated hundreds of US firms
The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals, including a U.S. woman, for aiding North Korea-linked IT workers to infiltrate 300 firms. The Justice Department unsealed charges against an Arizona woman, a Ukrainian man, and three unidentified foreign nationals accused of…
Turla APT used two new backdoors to infiltrate a European ministry of foreign affairs
Russia-linked Turla APT allegedly used two new backdoors, named Lunar malware and LunarMail, to target European government agencies. ESET researchers discovered two previously unknown backdoors named LunarWeb and LunarMail that were exploited to breach European ministry of foreign affairs. The…
City of Wichita disclosed a data breach after the recent ransomware attack
The City of Wichita disclosed a data breach after the ransomware attack that hit the Kansas’s city earlier this month. On May 5th, 2024, the City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its…
CISA adds D-Link DIR router flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA adds two D-Link DIR-600 and DIR-605 router vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following D-Link router vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing…
CISA adds Google Chrome zero-days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA adds two Chrome zero-day vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added [1,2] the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2024-4761 Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an unspecified out-of-bounds memory…
North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT attack targets victims via Messenger
North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT group employs rogue Facebook accounts to target victims via Messenger and deliver malware. Researchers at Genius Security Center (GSC) identified a new attack strategy by the North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT group and collaborated with the Korea Internet &…
Electronic prescription provider MediSecure impacted by a ransomware attack
Electronic prescription provider MediSecure in Australia suffered a ransomware attack likely originate from a third-party vendor. MediSecure is a company that provides digital health solutions, particularly focusing on secure electronic prescription delivery services in Australia. The company was forced to…
Google fixes seventh actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year, the third in a week
Google released security updates to address a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day vulnerability, the third in a week. Google has released a new emergency security update to address a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4947, in the Chrome browser, it is…
Santander: a data breach at a third-party provider impacted customers and employees
The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The Spanish financial institution Santander revealed a data breach involving a third-party provider that affected customers in Chile, Spain, and…
FBI seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum
An international law enforcement operation coordinated by the FBI led to the seizure of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum. BreachForums is a cybercrime forum used by threat actors to purchase, sell, and exchange stolen data, including credentials, and personal and…
A Tornado Cash developer has been sentenced to 64 months in prison
One of the developers of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 64 months in prison. Alexey Pertsev (29), one of the main developers of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 64 months in prison…
Adobe fixed multiple critical flaws in Acrobat and Reader
Adobe addressed multiple code execution vulnerabilities in several products, including Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Adobe addressed multiple code execution vulnerabilities in its products, including Adobe Acrobat and Reader software The software giant released its Patch Tuesday updates to fix 35…
Ransomware attack on Singing River Health System impacted 895,000 people
The Singing River Health System revealed that the ransomware attack that hit the organization in August 2023 impacted 895,204 people. At the end of August 2023, the systems at three hospitals and other medical facilities operated by Singing River Health…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2024 fixes 2 actively exploited zero-days
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2024 fixed 59 flaws across various products including an actively exploited zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2024 addressed 59 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; .NET…
MITRE released EMB3D Threat Model for embedded devices
The non-profit technology organization MITRE released the EMB3D threat model for embedded devices used in critical infrastructure. MITRE announced the public release of its EMB3D threat model for embedded devices used in various industries (i.e. Automotive, healthcare, and manufacturing), including…
VMware fixed zero-day flaws demonstrated at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024
VMware fixed four flaws in its Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, including three zero-days exploited at the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 VMware addressed four vulnerabilities in its Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, including three zero-day flaws demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Vancouver…
Google fixes sixth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year
Google released emergency security updates to address an actively exploited Chrome zero-day vulnerability. Google has released emergency security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4761, in the Chrome browser. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue…