Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Acclaim Systems USAHERDS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Acclaim Systems USAHERDS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Acclaim Systems USAHERDS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44207 (CVSS score: 8.1) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. USAHERDS, developed by Acclaim Systems, is a web-based application designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2024
U.S. Court rules against NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware Lawsuit

A U.S. court ruled in favor of WhatsApp against NSO Group, holding the spyware vendor liable for exploiting a flaw to deliver Pegasus spyware. WhatsApp won a legal case against NSO Group in a U.S. court over exploiting a vulnerability to deliver Pegasus spyware. Will Cathcart of WhatsApp called the ruling a major privacy victory, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2024
BadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infected

Experts uncovered a botnet of 190,000 Android devices infected by BadBox bot, primarily Yandex smart TVs and Hisense smartphones. Bitsight researchers uncovered new BADBOX infrastructure, company’s telemetry shows that over 192,000 devices were infected with the BADBOX bot. The botnet includes 160,000 previously unseen devices, notably Yandex 4K QLED Smart TVs and T963 Hisense Smartphones. Most […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2024
Romanian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks

Romanian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks, pleading guilty to fraud charges in June. Romanian national Daniel Christian Hulea, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. Hulea pleaded guilty to computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy on […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2024
U.S. CISA adds BeyondTrust software flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-12356 (CVSS score of 9.8) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2024
Fortinet warns about Critical flaw in Wireless LAN Manager FortiWLM

Fortinet warns of a patched FortiWLM vulnerability that could allow admin access and sensitive information disclosure. Fortinet warned of a now-patched Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990 (CVSS score of 9.6), that could lead to admin access and sensitive information disclosure. “A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in FortiWLM may allow a remote, unauthenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2024
CERT-UA: Russia-linked UAC-0125 abuses Cloudflare Workers to target Ukrainian army

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns that the threat actor UAC-0125 abuses Cloudflare Workers services to target the Ukrainian army with Malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns that the threat actor UAC-0125 exploits Cloudflare Workers to target the Ukrainian military, spreading malware disguised as the mobile app Army+ […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
Russia-linked APT29 group used red team tools in rogue RDP attacks

Russia-linked APT29 group uses malicious RDP configuration files, adapting red teaming methods for cyberattacks to compromise systems. In October 2024, the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka Earth Koshchei, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) used rogue RDP attacks via phishing emails targeting governments, think tanks, and Ukrainian entities to steal data and install malware. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
Threat actors are attempting to exploit Apache Struts vulnerability CVE-2024-53677

Researchers warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed Apache Struts vulnerability CVE-2024-53677. Researchers warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-53677 (CVSS score of 9.5) in Apache Struts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload malicious files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. “An attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
The Mask APT is back after 10 years of silence

Kaspersky researchers linked a new wave of cyber attacks to the cyber espionage group tracked as The Mask. Kaspersky researchers linked several targeted attacks to a cyber espionage group known as The Mask. The APT group targeted an organization in Latin America in 2019 and 2022. Threat actors accessed an MDaemon email server and used […]