A large-scale extortion campaign compromised multiple organizations by exploiting publicly accessible environment variable files (.env). Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers uncovered a large-scale extortion campaign that successfully compromised and extorted multiple victim organizations by leveraging exposed environment variable files (.env files). The exposed files contained sensitive variables such as credentials belonging to various applications. This extortion […]
FortiGuard Labs researchers uncovered an ongoing ValleyRAT malware campaign that is targeting Chinese-speaking users. ValleyRAT is a multi-stage malware that supports multiple techniques to monitor and control compromised devices. The malicious code is also used to deploy arbitrary plugins on the infected systems. A noteworthy characteristic of ValleyRAT malware is the heavy usage of shellcode […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added SolarWinds Web Help Desk deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28986Â (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week SolarWinds fixed the […]
Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included a vulnerable app that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included dormant software that could be exploited by attackers to compromise them. Researchers form mobile security firm iVerify reported that the issue stems from a pre-installed […]
Microsoft addressed a critical zero-click Windows remote code execution (RCE) in the TCP/IP stack that impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled. Microsoft urges customers to fix a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-38063 (CVSS score 9.8), in the TCP/IP stack. The vulnerability impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled (IPv6 is enabled by […]
Google disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group APT42 targeting the US presidential election. Google announced that it disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by Iran-linked group APT42 (Calanque, UNC788) that targeted the personal email accounts of individuals associated with the US elections. APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social […]
Experts linked an ongoing social engineering campaign, aimed at deploying the malware SystemBC, to the Black Basta ransomware group. Rapid7 researchers uncovered a new social engineering campaign distributing the SystemBC dropper to the Black Basta ransomware operation. On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 researchers detected multiple attacks consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked […]
Iranian news outlet reported that a major cyber attack targeted the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) and several other banks causing disruptions. Iran International reported that a massive cyber attack disrupted operations of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) and several other banks in the country. The attack crippled the computer systems of the banks […]
Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed 90 vulnerabilities, including six that are actively exploited. Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2024 addressed 90 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products including Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; .NET and Visual Studio; Azure; Co-Pilot; Microsoft Dynamics; Teams; and Secure Boot and others, bringing the total to 102 […]
Ivanti warned of a critical authentication bypass flaw in its Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances that can allow attackers to create rogue administrator accounts. Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7593 (CVSS score of 9.8), impacting Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) appliances that can allow attackers to create rogue administrator accounts. Ivanti vTM […]