VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability that affects multiple products that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. VMware has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its products, including a critical issue that could allow an attacker to access confidential information. A couple of vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-22002 and CVE-2021-22003, impact Workspace […]
BlackMatter gang rapidly evolves, the group has developed a Linux version that allows operators to targets VMware’s ESXi VM platform. The BlackMatter ransomware gang has implemented a Linux encryptor to targets VMware ESXi virtual machine platform. This is the last ransomware in order of time that is able to target VM platforms, some of the […]
An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material shared by the group with its network along with the info about one of the operators. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one […]
The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver. By UPTYCS THREAT RESEARCH Original research by Siddarth Sharma The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining […]
ERG SPA, an Italian energy company, reports a minor impact on its operations after the recent ransomware attack conducted by LockBit 2.0 gang. Recently the Italian energy company ERG was hit by the LockBit 2.0 ransomware gang, now the company reported “only a few minor disruptions” for its ICT infrastructure. The company is active in the production of […]
Cisco fixed critical, high severity pre-auth security vulnerabilities impacting multiple Small Business VPN routers. Cisco addressed critical and high severity pre-auth security vulnerabilities that impact multiple Small Business VPN routers. An attacker could exploit the issues to trigger a denial of service condition or execute commands and arbitrary code on impacted multiple Small Business VPN […]
The American venture capital firm Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) disclosed a ransomware attack, crooks also stole data of some private investors. Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management. The venture capital firm this week disclosed a ransomware attack, threat actors have also stolen the personal information of some […]
US CISA and NSA released new guidance that provides recommendations on how to harden Kubernetes deployments and minimize the risk of hack. US CISA and NSA released new guidance that provides recommendations to harden Kubernetes deployments. Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management. In recent months the number […]
INFRA:HALT is a set of vulnerabilities affecting a popular TCP/IP library commonly OT devices manufactured by more than 200 vendors. Security researchers from security teams at Forescout and JFrog have disclosed today 14 vulnerabilities that impact a popular TCP/IP library named NicheStack commonly used in industrial equipment and Operational Technology (OT) devices manufactured by more […]
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