Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2023
Cleaning Products manufacturer Clorox Company took some systems offline after a cyberattack

Cleaning products manufacturer Clorox Company announced that it has taken some systems offline in response to a cyberattack. The Clorox Company is a multinational consumer goods company that specializes in the production and marketing of various household and professional cleaning, health, and personal care products. The cleaning product giant announced it was the victim of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2023
CISA adds flaw in Citrix ShareFile to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA added critical vulnerability CVE-2023-24489 in Citrix ShareFile to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added critical flaw CVE-2023-24489 (CVSS score 9.8) affecting Citrix ShareFile to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Citrix ShareFile is a secure file sharing and storage platform designed for businesses and professionals to collaborate on documents, exchange […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2023
A massive phishing campaign using QR codes targets the energy sector

A phishing campaign employing QR codes targeted a leading energy company in the US, cybersecurity firm Cofense reported. Starting from May 2023, researchers from Cofense discovered a large-scale phishing campaign using QR codes in attacks aimed at stealing the Microsoft credentials of users from multiple industries One of the organizations targeted by hackers is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2023
Credentials for cybercrime forums found on roughly 120K computers infected with info stealers

Researchers discovered credentials associated with cybercrime forums on roughly 120,000 computers infected with information stealers. Threat intelligence firm Hudson Rock has discovered credentials associated with cybercrime forums on roughly 120,000 computers infected with various information stealer malware. The experts discovered that many of these computers, compromised between 2018 to 2023, belong to threat actors. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2023
QwixxRAT, a new Windows RAT appears in the threat landscape

QwixxRAT is a new Windows remote access trojan (RAT) that is offered for sale through Telegram and Discord platforms. The Uptycs Threat Research team discovered the QwixxRAT (aka Telegram RAT) in early August 2023 while it was advertised through Telegram and Discord platforms.  The RAT is able to collect sensitive data and exfiltrate them by […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2023
Ongoing Xurum attacks target Magento 2 e-stores

Experts warn of ongoing attacks, dubbed Xurum, targeting e-commerce websites using Adobe’s Magento 2 CMS. Akamai researchers warn of ongoing attacks, dubbed Xurum, targeting e-commerce websites running the Magento 2 CMS. The attackers are actively exploiting a server-side template injection issue, tracked as CVE-2022-24086, (CVSS score: 9.8), in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2023
Colorado HCPF Department notifies 4 million individuals after IBM MOVEit breach

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) disclose a data breach after MOVEit attack on IBM. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) disclosed a data breach that impacted more than four million individuals. The incident is the result of a MOVEit attack on IBM, threat actors accessed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 432 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 for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Police dismantled bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted Python URL parsing function flaw can enable command execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2023
Police dismantled bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted

A joint operation conducted by European and U.S. law enforcement agencies dismantled the bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted. Lolek Hosted is a bulletproof hosting service provider used to facilitate the distribution of information-stealing malware, and also to launch DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, manage fictitious online shops, manage botnet servers and distribute spam messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2023
Gafgyt botnet is targeting EoL Zyxel routers

Researchers warn that the Gafgyt botnet is actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. A variant of the Gafgyt botnet is actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-18368 (CVSS v3: 9.8), impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. The flaw is a command injection vulnerability that resides in the Remote System Log […]