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Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2024
Romanian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks

Romanian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks, pleading guilty to fraud charges in June. Romanian national Daniel Christian Hulea, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. Hulea pleaded guilty to computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy on […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2024
Sophos fixed critical vulnerabilities in its Firewall product

Sophos fixed three Sophos Firewall flaws that could lead to SQL injection, privileged SSH access to devices, and remote code execution. Sophos has addressed three vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-12727, CVE-2024-12728, and CVE-2024-12729, in its Sophos Firewall solution. The vulnerabilities impact Sophos Firewall v21.0 GA (21.0.0) and older versions, below are the description for these […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2024
U.S. CISA adds BeyondTrust software flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-12356 (CVSS score of 9.8) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2024
Raccoon Infostealer operator sentenced to 60 months in prison

Raccoon Infostealer operator Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced to 60 months in US prison and ordered to pay over $910,000 in restitution. The US Department of Justice sentenced the Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky (28) for his role in the distribution of the Raccoon Infostealer malware. “Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced today to 60 months in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2024
Mirai botnet targets SSR devices, Juniper Networks warns

Juniper Networks warns that a Mirai botnet is targeting SSR devices with default passwords after unusual activity was reported on December 11, 2024. Juniper Networks is warning that a Mirai botnet is targeting Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords. Multiple customers reported anomalous activity on their Session Smart Network (SSN) platforms on December […]

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 19, 2024
CERT-UA: Russia-linked UAC-0125 abuses Cloudflare Workers to target Ukrainian army

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns that the threat actor UAC-0125 abuses Cloudflare Workers services to target the Ukrainian army with Malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns that the threat actor UAC-0125 exploits Cloudflare Workers to target the Ukrainian military, spreading malware disguised as the mobile app Army+ […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2024
Russia-linked APT29 group used red team tools in rogue RDP attacks

Russia-linked APT29 group uses malicious RDP configuration files, adapting red teaming methods for cyberattacks to compromise systems. In October 2024, the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka Earth Koshchei, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) used rogue RDP attacks via phishing emails targeting governments, think tanks, and Ukrainian entities to steal data and install malware. The […]

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
Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million for a 2018 data breach

Meta has been fined €251M ($263M) for a 2018 data breach affecting millions in the EU, marking another penalty for violating privacy laws. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million ($263M) for a 2018 data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts. “The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final […]