Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2023
Threat actors infected more than 10,000 devices worldwide with the ‘PrivateLoader’ and ‘Amadey’ loaders to recruit them into the proxy botnet ‘Socks5Systemz.’ Bitsight researchers uncovered a proxy botnet delivered, tracked as Socks5Systemz, which was delivered by PrivateLoader and Amadey loaders. The name Socks5Systemz comes from the name of the unique login panel consistently present in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2023
North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using new KandyKorn macOS Malware in attacks against blockchain engineers. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group were spotted using new KandyKorn macOS malware in attacks against blockchain engineers, reported Elastic Security Labs. “KandyKorn is an advanced implant with a variety of capabilities to monitor, interact with, and avoid detection. It utilizes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2023
Kinsing threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed Linux privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables to target cloud environments. Researchers are cloud security firm Aqua have observed threat actors exploiting the recently disclosed Linux privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables in attacks against cloud environments. The vulnerability Looney Tunables (CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score 7.8)) is a buffer overflow issue that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2023
Researchers disclosed four zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange that can be remotely exploited to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installs. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) disclosed four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange that can be remotely exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2023
Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system also gained access to files belonging to 134 customers. Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system in October gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, the company revealed. Some of the files accessed by the attackers are HAR files that contained session tokens. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2023
The FSB arrested two Russian hackers who are accused of having helped Ukrainian entities carry out cyberattacks on critical infrastructure targets. The Russian intelligence agency Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested two individuals who are suspected of supporting Ukrainian entities to carry out cyberattacks to disrupt Russian critical infrastructure. The two men are facing high treason […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2023
Iran-linked cyberespionage group MuddyWater is targeting Israeli entities in a new spear-phishing campaign. Iran-linked APT group MuddyWater (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, and Static Kitten) is targeting Israeli entities in a new spear-phishing campaign, Deep Instinct’s Threat Research team reported. The phishing messages were aimed at deploying a legitimate remote administration tool called Advanced Monitoring Agent. This is the first time that the Iranian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2023
Clop ransomware gang gained access to the email addresses of more than 632K US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. Russian-speaking Clop ransomware group gained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. The security breach is the result of the MOVEit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2023
Okta warns approximately 5,000 employees that their personal information was compromised due to a third-party vendor data breach. Cloud identity and access management solutions provider Okta warns nearly 5,000 employees that their personal information was exposed due to a data breach suffered by the third-party vendor Rightway Healthcare. According to the data breach notification, Rightway […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2023
Rapid7 researchers warn of the suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw (CVE-2023-46604) in the Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 are warning of the suspected exploitation of the recently disclosed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-46604 in the Apache ActiveMQ. Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source message broker software that serves as a message-oriented middleware (MOM) […]
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