18828 results
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2024
Threat actors can abuse QR codes to carry out sophisticated scams, as reported by the Italian Postal Police in its recent alert. As is well known, QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be read with a smartphone or other hand-held device. They are widely used to access information, services, or online payments quickly and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2024
A series of “intense” cyberattacks hit multiple French government agencies, revealed the prime minister’s office. “Several “intense” cyberattacks targeted multiple French government agencies since Sunday night, as disclosed by the prime minister’s office.” The French minister’s office did not provide details about the attacks, however, the French agencies were likely hit with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2024
BianLian ransomware group was spotted exploiting vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity software in recent attacks. Researchers from GuidePoint Security noticed, while investigating a recent attack linked to the BianLian ransomware group, that the threat actors gained initial access to the target by exploiting flaws in a TeamCity server. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2024
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
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 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
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS Score 9.8) JetBrains TeamCity authentication bypass vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week Rapid7 researchers disclosed two new critical security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS score: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2024
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
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 08, 2024
Cisco addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client that could lead to code execution and unauthorized remote access VPN sessions. Cisco released security patches to address two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client respectively tracked as CVE-2024-20337 and CVE-2024-20338. Cisco Secure Client is a security tool developed by Cisco that provides VPN (Virtual Private Network) access […]
