Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2024
Experts released PoC exploit for critical Progress Software OpenEdge bug

Researchers released technical specifics and a PoC exploit for a recently disclosed flaw in Progress Software OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer. Researchers from Horizon3.ai have published technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the critical security flaw CVE-2024-1403 in Progress Software OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and AdminServer. “The Progress OpenEdge team recently identified a security […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2024
Magnet Goblin group used a new Linux variant of NerbianRAT malware

The financially motivated hacking group Magnet Goblin uses various 1-day flaws to deploy custom malware on Windows and Linux systems. A financially motivated threat actor named Magnet Goblin made the headlines for rapidly adopting and exploiting 1-day vulnerabilities, CheckPoint warned. The group focuses on internet-facing services, in at least one instance the group exploited the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2024
Hackers exploited WordPress Popup Builder plugin flaw to compromise 3,300 sites

Threat actors are hacking WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-6000, in old versions of the Popup Builder plugin. In January, Sucuri researchers reported that Balada Injector malware infected over 7100 WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder WordPress plugin. Sucurity reported that on December 13th, the Balada Injector campaign started infecting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2024
Threat actors breached two crucial systems of the US CISA

Threat actors hacked the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by exploiting Ivanti flaws. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) agency was hacked in February, the Recorded Future News first reported. In response to the security breach, the agency had to shut down two crucial systems, as reported by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2024
Critical Fortinet FortiOS bug CVE-2024-21762 potentially impacts 150,000 internet-facing devices

Researchers warn that the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 in Fortinet FortiOS could potentially impact 150,000 exposed devices. In February, Fortinet warned that the critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score 9.6) in FortiOS SSL VPN was actively exploited in attacks in the wild. The security firm did not provide details about the attacks exploiting this vulnerability. The issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2024
QNAP fixed three flaws in its NAS devices, including an authentication bypass

QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in its NAS products that can be exploited to access devices. QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that can be exploited to access the devices. The three flaws fixed are: The vulnerability CVE-2024-21899 (CVSS score 9.8) is the most severe of the above issues, it can be […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2024
Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard breached Microsoft systems again

Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard recently breached its internal systems and source code repositories. Microsoft published an update on the attack that hit the company on January 12, 2024, the IT giant revealed that the Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard recently breached again its internal systems and source code repositories. In January, Microsoft warned […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2024
CISA adds Apple iOS and iPadOS memory corruption bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple iOS and iPadOS memory corruption vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: This week, Apple released emergency security updates to address two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-23225 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2024
Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers

A new Linux malware campaign campaign is targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. The threat actors behind this campaign employed previously undetected payloads, including four Golang binaries that are used to automate the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2024
Apple emergency security updates fix two new iOS zero-days

Apple released emergency security updates to address two new iOS zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild against iPhone users. Apple released emergency security updates to address two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, that were exploited in attacks against iPhone devices. CVE-2024-23225 is a Kernel memory corruption flaw, the company addressed it […]