Breaking News

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2025
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm and actor over federal agency breach tied to Salt Typhoon

The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm and a Shanghai cyber actor for ties to Salt Typhoon and a federal agency breach. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., LTD., for its involvement in the activities of the Salt Typhoon APT group, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2025
EU privacy non-profit group filed complaints against TikTok, SHEIN, AliExpress, and other Chinese companies

noyb files complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, and other Chinese companies for illegal EU user data transfers to China, violating data protection laws. Austrian privacy non-profit group None of Your Business (noyb) has filed complaints accusing companies like TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi of violating data protection regulations in the European Union by unlawfully […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical Aviatrix Controllers OS Command Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50603 (CVSS score of 10) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw impacts Aviatrix Controller pre-7.1.4191 and 7.2.x […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2025
ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems

Researchers detailed a now-patched vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in UEFI systems. ESET disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7344 (CVSS score: 6.7), that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in UEFI systems. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines a software interface […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2025
Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts

The Russian group Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts in a new spear-phishing campaign, shifting tactics to avoid detection. In November 2024, Microsoft researchers observed the Russia-linked APT group Star Blizzard targeting WhatsApp accounts via spear-phishing, shifting tactics to avoid detection. The Star Blizzard group, aka “Callisto“, “Seaborgium“, “ColdRiver”, and “TA446,” targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2025
Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP is a prominent U.S.-based law firm that specializes in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2025
Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens of claims, disputed breaches

The Clop ransomware gang claims dozens of victims from a Cleo file transfer vulnerability, though several companies dispute the breaches. The Clop ransomware group added 59 new companies to its leak site, the gain claims to have breached them by exploiting a vulnerability ​​in Cleo file transfer products.  “We have data of many companies who […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2025
MikroTik botnet relies on DNS misconfiguration to spread malware

Researchers discovered a 13,000-device MikroTik botnet exploiting DNS flaws to spoof 20,000 domains and deliver malware. Infoblox researchers discovered a botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices that exploits DNS misconfigurations to bypass email protections, spoof approximately 20,000 domains, and deliver malware. In late November, the experts spotted a malspam campaign impersonating DHL which used emails about […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2025
Threat actor leaked config files and VPN passwords for over Fortinet Fortigate devices

A previously unknown threat actor released config files and VPN passwords for Fortinet FortiGate devices on a popular cybercrime forum. A previously unknown threat actor named Belsen Group published configuration files and VPN passwords for over 15,000 Fortinet FortiGate appliances. “2025 will be a fortunate year for the world. At the beginning of the year, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2025
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2025 fixed three actively exploited flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2025 addressed 161 vulnerabilities, including three actively exploited issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2025 addressed 161 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Hyper-V, SharePoint Server, .NET and Visual Studio, Azure, BitLocker, Remote Desktop Services, and Windows Virtual Trusted Platform Module. 11 […]