Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2025
US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm linked to Flax Typhoon APT

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Tech for its involvement in attacks attributed to the Flax Typhoon group. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm, Integrity Tech, for links to cyberattacks by China’s state-backed Flax Typhoon APT group (also called Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The China-linked APT group used Integrity Tech’s infrastructure to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2025
Richmond University Medical Center data breach impacted 674,033 individuals

Richmond University Medical Center has confirmed that a ransomware attack in May 2023 affected 670,000 individuals. New York’s Richmond University Medical Center confirmed a May 2023 ransomware attack impacted 674,033 individuals. Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) is a healthcare institution based in Staten Island, New York. It provides a wide range of medical services, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2025
LDAPNightmare, a PoC exploit targets Windows LDAP flaw CVE-2024-49113

Experts warn of a new PoC exploit, LDAPNightmare, that targets a Windows LDAP flaw (CVE-2024-49113), causing crashes & reboots. The vulnerability CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score of 7.5), named LDAPNightmare, is a Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service flaw that was discovered by the researcher Yuki Chen. An attacker can exploit the now-patched vulnerability to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2025
DoubleClickjacking allows clickjacking on major websites

The “DoubleClickjacking” exploit bypasses protections on major websites, using a double-click sequence for clickjacking and account takeover attacks. DoubleClickjacking is a technique that allows attackers to bypass protections on major websites by leveraging a double-click sequence. Attackers can exploit the technique to facilitate clickjacking attacks and account takeovers on almost all major websites. Clickjacking attacks trick users […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
Rhode Island ’s data from health benefits system leaked on the dark web

Rhode Island ’s health benefits system was hacked, and threat actors leaked residents’ data on the dark web. Cybercriminals leaked data stolen from Rhode Island ‘s health benefits system on the dark web. Gov. Daniel McKee stated the state had prepared for this and is informing impacted individuals. RIBridges supports state programs like Medicaid, SNAP, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
Hacking campaign compromised at least 16 Chrome browser extensions

Threat actors compromised at least 16 Chrome browser extensions leading to the exposure of data from over 600,000 users. A supply chain attack compromised 16 Chrome browser extensions, exposing over 600,000 users. Threat actors targeted the publishers of the extensions on the Chrome Web Store via phishing messages, then once obtained access to their account […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
China-linked actors hacked US Treasury Department

China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department by hacking a remote support platform used by the agency. China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department via a compromised remote support platform. The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust, according to a letter to lawmakers. BeyondTrust provides Privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
An X user claimed a 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability, but 7-Zip’s creator says is a fake

An X user using the handle @NSA_Employee39 disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source file archive software 7-Zip. A verified X account, @NSA_Employee39, claimed to disclose a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source file archive software 7-Zip. The X user announced it would be “dropping 0days all this week,” starting with an arbitrary code execution vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2024
Cisco states that the second data leak is linked to the one from October

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident. “We are […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2024
Threat actors attempt to exploit a flaw in Four-Faith routers

VulnCheck researchers warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit a high-severity vulnerability impacting some Four-Faith routers. Cybersecurity firm VulnCheck warns that a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-12856 (CVSS score: 7.2), in Four-Faith routers is actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is an operating system (OS) command injection vulnerability that impacts Four-Faith router models F3x24 and […]