The U.S. has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. The U.S. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co., faces charges for developing and testing a […]
Resecurity uncovered a large-scale fraud campaign in the UAE where scammers impersonate law enforcement to target consumers. Resecurity has identified a wide-scale fraudulent campaign targeting consumers in the UAE by impersonating law enforcement. Victims are asked to pay non-existent fines online (traffic tickets, parking violations, driving license renewals) following multiple phone calls made on behalf […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added the Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver flaw CVE-2024-49138Â (CVSS score: 7.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Microsoft December 2024 […]
Microsoft December 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 71 vulnerabilities including an actively exploited zero-day. Microsoft December 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 71 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, SharePoint Server, Hyper-V, Defender for Endpoint, and System Center Operations Manager. 16 vulnerabilities are rated Critical, 54 are rated Important, and […]
SAP has issued patches for 16 vulnerabilities, including a critical SSRF flaw in NetWeaver’s Adobe Document Services. SAP addressed 16 vulnerabilities as part of its December 2024 Security Patch Day. The company released nine new and four updated security notes. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is a critical issue, tracked as CVE-2024-47578 (CVSS score […]
Anna Jaques Hospital revealed that the ransomware attack it suffered last year has exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. On December 25, 2023, a ransomware attack hit the Anna Jaques Hospital. The hospital revealed that the security breach exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. Anna Jaques Hospital is a not-for-profit community healthcare […]
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. SmokeLoader Attack Targets Companies in Taiwan LogoFAIL Exploited to Deploy Bootkitty, the first UEFI bootkit for Linux Horns&Hooves campaign delivers NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT DroidBot: Insights from a new Turkish MaaS fraud operation RedLine, A […]
An ongoing RedLine information-stealing campaign is targeting Russian businesses using pirated corporate software. Since January 2024, Russian businesses using unlicensed software have been targeted by an ongoing RedLine info-stealer campaign. Pirated software is distributed via Russian online forums, attackers disguise the malware as a tool to bypass licensing for business automation software. Threat actors target […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds CyberPanel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CyberPanel flaw CVE-2024-51378 (CVSS score: 10.0) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The getresetstatus vulnerability in CyberPanel (before commit 1c0c6cb) affects dns/views.py and ftp/views.py. Remote attackers could bypass authentication and execute […]
A bootloader vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS affects 100+ switches, allowing attackers to bypass image signature checks. Cisco released security patches for a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20397 (CVSS score of 5.2), in the NX-OS softwareâs bootloader that could be exploited by attackers to bypass image signature verification. “AÂ vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could […]