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Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024
CISA adds Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

CISA adds Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and Linux Kernel flaws 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: The vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 is a Quantum Gateway information disclosure issue. Threat actors exploited the flaw to gain remote firewall access […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024
Experts found a macOS version of the sophisticated LightSpy spyware

Researchers spotted a macOS version of the LightSpy surveillance framework that has been active in the wild since at least January 2024. Researchers from ThreatFabric discovered a macOS version of the LightSpy spyware that has been active in the wild since at least January 2024. ThreatFabric observed threat actors using two publicly available exploits (CVE-2018-4233, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024
Operation Endgame, the largest law enforcement operation ever against botnets

An international law enforcement operation, called Operation Endgame targeted multiple botnets and their operators. Between 27 and 29 May 2024, an international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol, codenamed Operation Endgame, targeted malware droppers like IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader, Bumblebee, and Trickbot. The joint actions were carried out by authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, France, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024
Law enforcement operation dismantled 911 S5 botnet

An international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. DoJ disrupted the 911 S5 botnet and led to the arrest of its administrator. The U.S. Justice Department led an international law enforcement operation that dismantled the 911 S5 proxy botnet. The law enforcement also arrested its administrator, the 35-year-old Chinese national YunHe Wang, in Singapore. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2024
Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting its Cross-Origin Authentication feature

Identity and access management firm Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting the Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) feature. Okta warns of credential stuffing attacks targeting its Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) feature since April. A credential stuffing attack is a type of cyber attack where hackers use large sets of username and password combinations, typically obtained from previous […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2024
Check Point released hotfix for actively exploited VPN zero-day

Check Point released hotfixes for a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Check Point released hotfixes to address a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919, which is actively being exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 is a Quantum Gateway information disclosure issue. Threat actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2024
BreachForums resurrected after FBI seizure

The cybercrime forum BreachForums has been resurrected two weeks after a law enforcement operation that seized its infrastructure. The cybercrime forum BreachForums is online again, recently a US law enforcement operation seized its infrastructure and took down the platform. The platform is now reachable at breachforums[.]st, which was one of the domains used in the past […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2024
ABN Amro discloses data breach following an attack on a third-party provider

Dutch bank ABN Amro discloses data breach following a ransomware attack hit the third-party services provider AddComm. Dutch bank ABN Amro disclosed a data breach after third-party services provider AddComm suffered a ransomware attack. AddComm distributes documents and tokens physically and digitally to clients and employees. The ransomware attack occurred last week and unauthorized parties […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2024
Christie disclosed a data breach after a RansomHub attack

Auction house Christie disclosed a data breach following a RansomHub cyber attack that occurred this month. Auction house Christie’s disclosed a data breach after the ransomware group RansomHub threatened to leak stolen data. The security breach occurred earlier this month. The website of the auction house was unreachable after the attack. According to BBC, Christie had problems […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2024
Experts released PoC exploit code for RCE in Fortinet SIEM

Researchers released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for remote code execution flaw CVE-2024-23108 in Fortinet SIEM solution. Security researchers at Horizon3’s Attack Team released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a remote code execution issue, tracked as CVE-2024-23108, in Fortinet’s SIEM solution. The PoC exploit allows executing commands as root on Internet-facing FortiSIEM appliances. In February, cybersecurity […]