Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2024
Chinese APT Earth Baxia target APAC by exploiting GeoServer flaw

Suspected China-linked APT Earth Baxia targeted a government organization in Taiwan by exploiting a recently patched OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw. Trend Micro researchers reported that China-linked APT group Earth Baxia has targeted a government organization in Taiwan and potentially other countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The threat actor used spear-phishing emails and exploited the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2024
Hacktivist group Twelve is back and targets Russian entities

Hacktivist group Twelve is back and targets Russian entities to destroy critical assets and disrupt their operations. The hacktivist group Twelve has been active since at least April 2023, it was formed in the wake of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The threat actor focuses on destroying critical assets, disrupting target business, and stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2024
Noise Storms: Mysterious massive waves of spoofed traffic observed since 2020

GreyNoise Intelligence firm warns of a mysterious phenomenon observed since January 2020, massive waves of spoofed traffic called Noise Storms.  GreyNoise Intelligence has been tracking a mysterious phenomenon since January 2020 consisting of massive waves of spoofed traffic, tracked by the experts as ‘Noise Storms.’  Despite the investigation into the traffic, the company has yet […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2024
Hackers stole over $44 million from Asian crypto platform BingX

Cybercriminals stole more than $44 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Singaporean crypto platform BingX. Singaporean crypto platform BingX reported a cyberattack on Friday. Threat actors stole over $44 million worth of cryptocurrency. The crypto platform discovered unauthorized transfers of funds on Thursday night, shortly before BingX announced a shutdown for “wallet maintenance” on social […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2024
UNC1860 provides Iran-linked APTs with access to Middle Eastern networks

Iran-linked APT group UNC1860 is operating as an initial access facilitator that provides remote access to Middle Eastern Networks. Mandiant researchers warn that an Iran-linked APT group, tracked as UNC1860, is operating as an initial access facilitator that provides remote access to target networks in the Middle East. UNC1860 is linked to Iran’s Ministry of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2024
U.S. CISA adds new Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance path traversal vulnerability CVE-2024-8190 (CVSS score of 9.4) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Ivanti warned of a new Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2024
Ivanti warns of a new actively exploited Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) flaw

Ivanti warned of a new Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) vulnerability that is being exploited in attacks in the wild against a limited number of customers. Ivanti warned of a new Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-8963 (CVSS score of 9.4), actively exploited in attacks in the wild against a limited number of customers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Microsoft SQL Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Microsoft SQL Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall SonicOS, ImageMagick and Linux Kernel vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2024
Antivirus firm Dr.Web disconnected all servers following a cyberattack

Russian anti-virus firm Doctor Web (Dr.Web) disconnected all servers following a cyberattack over the weekend. This week, the Russian anti-malware firm Doctor Web (Dr.Web) announced that it had disconnected all servers following a cyberattack on Saturday, September 14. The company revealed it has detected “signs of unauthorised interference” to its IT infrastructure. The company pointed […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2024
Experts warn of China-linked APT’s Raptor Train IoT Botnet

Researchers warn of a new IoT botnet called Raptor Train that already compromised over 200,000 devices worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new botnet, named Raptor Train, composed of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices. The experts believe the botnet is controlled by a Chine-linked APT group Flax Typhoon (also […]