Apple removed several virtual private network (VPN) apps from its App Store in Russia following a request from the Russian Government. Russia is tightening its citizens’ control over Internet access and forced Apple to remove several virtual private network (VPN)…
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CISA adds Cisco NX-OS Command Injection bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco NX-OS Command Injection bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco NX-OS Command Injection Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399, to its Known Exploited…
Apache fixed a source code disclosure flaw in Apache HTTP Server
The Apache Foundation addressed a critical source code disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39884, in the HTTP Server. The Apache Software Foundation has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its popular Apache HTTP Server. The vulnerabilities include denial-of-service (DoS), remote code execution, and unauthorized…
Security Affairs Malware Newsletter – Round 1
Today marks the launch of the Security Affairs newsletter, specializing in Malware. This newsletter complements the weekly one you already receive. Each week, it will feature a collection of the best articles and research on malware. CapraTube Remix | Transparent…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 479 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 in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. GootLoader is still…
Alabama State Department of Education suffered a data breach following a blocked attack
Alabama’s education superintendent disclosed a data breach following a hacking attempt on the Alabama State Department of Education. The Alabama State Department of Education announced it had thwarted a ransomware attack on June 17, however, threat actors accessed some data…
GootLoader is still active and efficient
Researchers warn that the malware GootLoader is still active and threat actors are still using it in their campaigns. Threat actors continue to use GootLoader malware in their campaigns, Cybereason researchers warn. The malware has evolved, resulting in several versions, with…
Hackers stole OpenAI secrets in a 2023 security breach
The New York Times revealed that OpenAI suffered a security breach in 2023, but the company says source code and customer data were not compromised. OpenAI suffered a security breach in 2023, the New York Times reported. The American newspaper…
Hackers leak 170k Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour Barcodes
The threat actor Sp1d3rHunters leaked valid Taylor Swift ’s ERAS Tour barcodes threatening to leak more data and blackmailing Ticketmaster. A threat actor that goes online with the moniker Sp1d3rHunters leaked 170,000 valid barcodes for Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour for…
Polyfill.io Supply Chain Attack: 384,773 hosts still embedding a polyfill JS script linking to the malicious domain
Cybersecurity company Censys has identified over 380,000 hosts that are still referencing the malicious polyfill.io domain. Censys reported that over 380,000 internet-exposed hosts are still referencing the malicious polyfill.io domain. The polyfill.io domain was suspended last week following multiple reports…
New Golang-based Zergeca Botnet appeared in the threat landscape
Researchers uncovered a new Golang-based botnet called Zergeca that can carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Researchers at the QiAnXin XLab team uncovered a new Golang-based botnet called Zergeca that can carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. On May, 2024,…
Microsoft discloses 2 flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus
Microsoft discovered two flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus that remote, unauthenticated attackers could exploit. Microsoft responsibly disclosed two vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus that remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit to perform remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS).…
Hackers compromised Ethereum mailing list and launched a crypto draining attack
Hackers compromised Ethereum ‘s mailing list provider and sent phishing messages to the members attempting to drain their crypto funds. Hackers compromised Ethereum’s mailing list provider and on the night of June 23, they sent an email to the 35,794…
OVHcloud mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack in April 2024
OVHcloud successfully mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack in April, which reached 840 million packets per second (Mpps). The cloud services provider OVHcloud announced it has mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this year. The attack reached…
Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach
Healthcare firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach caused by a partner’s compromised account that exposed protected health information. Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach after a partner’s compromised account was used to access its systems. The intruders have…
Brazil data protection authority bans Meta from training AI models with data originating in the country
Brazil’s data protection authority temporarily banned Meta from using data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Brazil’s data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has imposed a temporary ban on Meta from processing users’…
Splunk fixed tens of flaws in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform
Technology company Splunk released security updates to address 16 vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform. Technology company Splunk addressed 16 vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform, including four high-severity flaws. The vulnerability CVE-2024-36985 is a Remote Code Execution…
Hackers obtained user data from Twilio-owned 2FA authentication app Authy
Twilio states that threat actors have identified the phone numbers of users of its two-factor authentication app, Authy, TechCrunch reported. Last week, the notorious hacker ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from Twilio. This week the messaging…
Operation Morpheus took down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by threat actors
An international law enforcement operation code-named Operation Morpheus led to the takedown of 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by crooks. An international law enforcement operation, code-named Operation Morpheus, aimed at combatting the criminal abuse of an older, unlicensed version of…
LockBit group claims the hack of the Fairfield Memorial Hospital in the US
The LockBit ransomware group breached another hospital in the United States, the victim is the Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Illinois. It has happened again, another US healthcare organization suffered a security breach, this time the victim is the Fairfield Memorial…