Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2023
Experts released PoC exploit for MOVEit Transfer CVE-2023-34362 flaw

Security firm Horizon3 released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the remote code execution (RCE) flaw CVE-2023-34362 in the MOVEit Transfer MFT. MOVEit Transfer is a managed file transfer that is used by enterprises to securely transfer files using SFTP, SCP, and HTTP-based uploads. The vulnerability is a SQL injection vulnerability, it can be exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2023
Fortinet urges to patch a critical RCE flaw in Fortigate firewalls

Fortinet released security updates to fix a critical security flaw in its FortiGate firewalls that lead to remote code execution. Fortinet has released security patches to address a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, in its FortiGate firewalls. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable network equipment. The vulnerability was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2023
Microsoft warns of multi-stage AiTM phishing and BEC attacks

Microsoft researchers warn of banking adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and BEC attacks targeting banking and financial organizations. Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations. In AiTM phishing, threat actors set up a proxy server between a target user and the website the user wishes to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2023
Pro-Ukraine Cyber Anarchy Squad claims the hack of the Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC

Pro-Ukraine hackers Cyber Anarchy Squad claimed responsibility for the attack that hit Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC. Pro-Ukraine hacking group Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed responsibility for an attack on Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC. The company provides connectivity services to the Russian banking system, for this reason, the attack had a severe impact on the operations of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2023
The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach

The University of Manchester suffered a cyberattack, attackers likely stole staff and students’ data from its systems. The University of Manchester, one of the UK’s largest educational institutions, suffered a cyberattack, The popular university suspects that the threat actors have stolen data from its systems. The University of Manchester has about 11,000 staff and more […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2023
Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox exchange and operating BTC-e

Two Russian nationals have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in 2011 and money laundering. Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29) have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in 2011 and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. The duo has […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2023
Clop ransomware gang was testing MOVEit Transfer bug since 2021

Researchers discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. Kroll security experts discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. Kroll investigated the exploitation attempts for the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability and discovered that Clop threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2023
Stealth Soldier backdoor used is targeted espionage attacks in Libya

Researchers detected a cyberespionage campaign in Libya that employs a new custom, modular backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier. Experts at the Check Point Research team uncovered a series of highly-targeted espionage attacks in Libya that employ a new custom modular backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier. Stealth Soldier is surveillance software that allows operators to spy on the victims […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2023
Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue

Researchers published an exploit for an actively exploited Microsoft Windows vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-29336. The Microsoft Windows vulnerability CVE-2023-29336 (CVSS score 7.8) is an elevation of privilege issue that resides in the Win32k component. Win32k.sys is a system driver file in the Windows operating system. The driver is responsible for providing the interface between user-mode applications and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2023
Barracuda ESG appliances impacted by CVE-2023-2868 must be immediately replaced

Barracuda warns customers to immediately replace Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances impacted by the flaw CVE-2023-2868. At the end of May, the network security solutions provider Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were recently breached by threat actors exploiting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2868, resides in the […]