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Pro-Russia group NoName057 targets Italian sites, including Malpensa and Linate airports, in a new DDoS campaign amid rising geopolitical tensions. The pro-Russia group NoName57 continues its campaign of DDoS attacks against Italian infrastructure. This time, the group of alleged hacktivists targeted multiple websites, include the sites of Malpensa and Linate airports, as well as the […]
Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw that could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) on vulnerable devices. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reboot the firewall by sending a malicious packet […]
A Brazilian citizen faces U.S. charges for allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company in a March 2020 security breach. The U.S. government has charged the Brazilian citizen Junior Barros De Oliveira, 29, with allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company during a March 2020 security breach. De Oliveira was charged […]
Akamai researchers discovered a new Mirai botnet variant targeting a vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs. Akamai researchers spotted a Mirai-based botnet that is exploiting an remote code execution vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro NVRs. The experts pointed out that this Mirai variant has been modified to use improved encryption algorithms. The Mirai variant incorporates ChaCha20 and […]
A ransomware attack on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) was the root cause of the agency’s service disruptions. On December 23, 2024, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) announced it was actively responding to a ransomware attack that was first detected on Thursday, December 19. Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is the public transportation agency that serves the Pittsburgh […]
A cyberattack hit Japan Airlines (JAL), causing the suspension of ticket sales for flights departing on Thursday. A cyber attack hit Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday, the offensive began at 7:24 a.m. and impacted internal and external systems. The Associated Press reported that the attack disabled a router, causing system malfunctions and suspending ticket sales […]
Apache Software Foundation (ASF) addressed a critical SQL Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45387, in Apache Traffic Control. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) released security updates to address a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45387 (CVSS score 9.9), in Traffic Control. Traffic Control allows operators to set up a Content Delivery Network to quickly and efficiently deliver content […]
Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten has been observed using a new variant of the BellaCiao malware dubbed BellaCPP, Kaspersky researchers warn. The Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten has been observed using a C++ variant of the BellaCiao malware, dubbed BellaCPP. BellaCiao, a .NET-based malware, combines webshell persistence with covert tunneling. The malicious code was first […]
Japanese and U.S. authorities attributed the theft of $308 million cryptocurrency from DMM Bitcoin to North Korean cyber actors. Japanese and U.S. authorities linked the $308 million cyber heist targeting cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin to North Korea-linked threat actors. On June 1st, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin announced that crooks stole 4,502.9 Bitcoin (BTC), […]