Identity services provider Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. Okta is warning customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. The attacks targeted IT service desk staff to trick them into resetting all multi-factor […]
Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. On March 20, 2023, the fashion retailer Forever 21 has discovered a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems. The company immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of leading cybersecurity firms. […]
The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations. The National Safety Council (NSC) is a non-profit organization in the United […]
VMware fixed two security flaws in Aria Operations for Networks that could be exploited to bypass authentication and gain remote code execution. VMware has released security updates to address two vulnerabilities in Aria Operations for Networks, respectively tracked as CVE-2023-34039 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2023-20890 (CVSS score: 7.2). The vulnerability CVE-2023-34039 is an authentication bypass […]
Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) has been infiltrated for months. Threat actors have infiltrated Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) for as much as nine months. The intruders China-linked hackers may have gained access to sensitive data, according to three government and private sector […]
Researchers published a PoC exploit code for Juniper SRX firewall flaws that can be chained to gain RCE in Juniper’s JunOS. watchTowr Labs security researchers published a proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) exploit code for vulnerabilities in Juniper SRX firewalls. An unauthenticated attacker can chain the vulnerabilities to gain remote code execution in Juniper JunOS on vulnerable […]
Cisco addressed three high-severity flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software that could cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. Cisco this week addressed multiple flaws in its products, including three high-severity flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software. An attacker can exploit these three issues to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Below is the list of flaws addressed by […]
The FBI warned that patches for a critical Barracuda ESG flaw CVE-2023-2868 are “ineffective” and patched appliances are still being hacked. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that security patches for critical vulnerability CVE-2023-2868 in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) are “ineffective.” According to the feds, threat actors are still hacking the patched appliances in […]
Researchers warn that more than 3,000 unpatched Openfire servers are exposed to attacks using an exploit for a recent flaw. Vulncheck researchers discovered more than 3,000 Openfire servers vulnerable to the CVE-2023-32315 flaw that are exposed to attacks using a new exploit. Openfire is a popular open-source chat server written in Java that is maintained by Ignite Realtime. […]
The U.S. FBI warned that North Korea-linked threat actors may attempt to cash out stolen cryptocurrency worth more than $40 million. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shared details about the activity of six cryptocurrency wallets operated by North Korea-linked threat actors. The wallets hold roughly 1,580 Bitcoin (roughly $41 million at the current rate) that […]