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Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2024
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 (RCE) through an external lookup due to “copybuckets.py“ script in the “splunk_archiver“ application in Splunk […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2024
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 firm told TechCrunch that “threat actors” identified data of Authy users, a two-factor authentication app […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2024
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 the Cobalt Strike red teaming tool. The Cobalt Strike platform was developed for Adversary Simulations […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2024
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 Hospital in Illinois. Fairfield Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit critical access hospital located in Fairfield, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2024
American Patelco Credit Union suffered a ransomware attack

The American credit union Patelco Credit Union shut down several of its banking systems to contain a ransomware attack. Patelco Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit credit union that serves Northern California, particularly the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1936, it is one of the oldest and largest credit unions in the country. With more […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2024
Polish government investigates Russia-linked cyberattack on state news agency

The Polish government is investigating a potential connection between Russia and a cyberattack on the country’s state news agency. The Polish government is investigating a suspected link between Russia and the cyberattack on the country’s state news agency Polish Press Agency (PAP). “The Polish Press Agency (PAP) has been hit by a cyberattack; all pertinent […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2024
Evolve Bank data breach impacted fintech firms Wise and Affirm

Fintech firms Wise and Affirm confirmed they were both impacted by the recent data breach suffered by Evolve Bank. Fintech companies Wise and Affirm have confirmed that they were both affected by the recent data breach at Evolve Bank. At the end of June, the LockBit gang announced that it had breached the systems of the Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2024
Prudential Financial data breach impacted over 2.5 million individuals

Prudential Financial confirmed that more than 2.5 million individuals were affected by the data breach it suffered in February 2024. The insurance company Prudential Financial confirmed that the data breach it suffered in February 2024 affected over 2.5 million individuals. The incident occurred on February 4, 2024, and was discovered on February 5, 2024. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2024
Australian man charged for Evil Twin Wi-Fi attacks on domestic flights

An Australian man has been charged with carrying out ‘Evil Twin’ Wi-Fi attack during a domestic flight to steal user credentials and data. An Evil Twin Wi-Fi attack is a type of cyberattack where a threat actor sets up a rogue wireless access point that mimics a legitimate one. The goal is to trick users […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2024
China-linked APT exploited Cisco NX-OS zero-day to deploy custom malware

Cisco fixed an actively exploited NX-OS zero-day, the flaw was exploited to install previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. Cisco addressed an NX-OS zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score of 6.0), that the China-linked group Velvet Ant exploited to deploy previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. The flaw resides in the […]