Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2024
CISA confirmed that its CSAT environment was breached in January.

CISA warned chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was compromised in January. CISA warns chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was breached in January. In March, the Recorded Future News first reported that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) agency was hacked in February. In response […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2024
Experts observed approximately 120 malicious campaigns using the Rafel RAT

Multiple threat actors are using an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to target Android Devices. Check Point Research identified multiple threat actors using Rafel, an open-source remote administration tool (RAT). The researchers spotted an espionage group using Rafel, highlighting the tool’s effectiveness across different threat profiles and goals. Previously, Check Point observed the cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 477 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. US government sanctions twelve Kaspersky Lab executives Experts found a bug in the Linux version of RansomHub ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2024
Threat actors are actively exploiting SolarWinds Serv-U bug CVE-2024-28995

Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U software using publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) code. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995, in SolarWinds Serv-U software. The vulnerability CVE-2024-28995 is a high-severity directory transversal issue that allows attackers to read sensitive files on the host machine. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2024
US government sanctions twelve Kaspersky Lab executives

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for their role in the Russian company. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned twelve Kaspersky Lab executives for their role in the Russian company. All the sanctioned individuals are in executive and senior leadership roles at AO Kaspersky […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2024
Atlassian fixed six high-severity bugs in Confluence Data Center and Server

Australian software company Atlassian addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in its Confluence, Crucible, and Jira solutions. Atlassian June 2024 Security Bulletin addressed nine high-severity vulnerabilities in Confluence, Crucible, and Jira products. The most severe issue addressed by the company is an improper authorization org.springframework.security:spring-security-core dependency in Confluence Data Center and Server. The flaw tracked as CVE-2024-22257 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2024
Google Chrome 126 update addresses multiple high-severity flaws

Google released Chrome 126 update that addresses a high-severity vulnerability demonstrated at the TyphoonPWN 2024 hacking competition. Google has issued a Chrome 126 security update, addressing six vulnerabilities, including a flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-6100 which was demonstrated during the SSD Secure Disclosure’s TyphoonPWN 2024. TyphoonPWN is a live hacking competition held annually at TyphoonCon, an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2024
VMware fixed RCE and privilege escalation bugs in vCenter Server

VMware addressed vCenter Server vulnerabilities that can allow remote code execution or privilege escalation. VMware addressed multiple vCenter Server vulnerabilities that remote attackers can exploit to achieve remote code execution or privilege escalation. vCenter Server is a centralized management platform developed by VMware for managing virtualized environments. The vCenter Server contains multiple heap-overflow flaws, tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2024
Meta delays training its AI using public content shared by EU users 

Meta announced it is postponing the training of its large language models using public content from adult Facebook and Instagram users in the EU. Meta announced it is delaying the training of its large language models (LLMs) using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram following the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) request. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2024
Online job offers, the reshipping and money mule scams

Offers that promise easy earnings can also bring with them a host of scams that deceive those who are genuinely seeking income opportunities. Often, behind these enticing offers are pyramid schemes in which profits are generated through the recruitment of new participants, rather than through actual service, sometimes even causing significant financial losses. Other false […]