Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2024
Fortinet warns about Critical flaw in Wireless LAN Manager FortiWLM

Fortinet warns of a patched FortiWLM vulnerability that could allow admin access and sensitive information disclosure. Fortinet warned of a now-patched Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990 (CVSS score of 9.6), that could lead to admin access and sensitive information disclosure. “A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in FortiWLM may allow a remote, unauthenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
Threat actors are attempting to exploit Apache Struts vulnerability CVE-2024-53677

Researchers warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed Apache Struts vulnerability CVE-2024-53677. Researchers warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-53677 (CVSS score of 9.5) in Apache Struts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload malicious files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. “An attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
The Mask APT is back after 10 years of silence

Kaspersky researchers linked a new wave of cyber attacks to the cyber espionage group tracked as The Mask. Kaspersky researchers linked several targeted attacks to a cyber espionage group known as The Mask. The APT group targeted an organization in Latin America in 2019 and 2022. Threat actors accessed an MDaemon email server and used […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CVE-2024-35250) and Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control (CVE-2024-20767) vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2024
Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware

Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. In February 2024, Serbian journalist Slaviša Milanov was summoned to a police station after a routine traffic stop. After the police released him, Milanov noticed suspicious changes to his phone settings, such as disabled data and Wi-Fi. Then […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerability CVE-2024-50623 (CVSS score 8.8), which impacts multiple Cleo products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. “Cleo has identified an unrestricted file upload and download vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2024
U.S. authorities seized cybercrime marketplace Rydox

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of the cybercrime marketplace Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”). The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace for selling stolen personal data and fraud tools. Kosovars authorities arrested three Kosovo nationals and administrators of the service, Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli. Kosovo […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Ivanti fixed a maximum severity vulnerability in its CSA solution

Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting its Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) solution. Ivanti addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11639 (CVSS score of 10), in its Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) solution. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to gain administrative access.  The vulnerability was discovered by CrowdStrike’s Advanced Research […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Cybercriminals Impersonate Dubai Police to Defraud Consumers in the UAE – Smishing Triad in Action

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 […]