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Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2025
China admitted its role in Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure

China admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it conducted Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, WSJ reports. China reportedly admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it carried out cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, linked to the Volt Typhoon campaign. According to the Wall Street Journal, at a December Geneva summit, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2025
Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns

Fortinet warns attackers can keep read-only access to FortiGate devices even after the original vulnerability is patched. Fortinet warns that threat actors can retain read-only access to FortiGate devices even after the original vulnerability used for the breach has been patched. The cybersecurity firm revealed that attackers exploited known FortiGate flaws like CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2025
Attackers are exploiting recently disclosed OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw

Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin, a few hours after public disclosure. Threat actors are exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score of 8.1) in the OttoKit WordPress plugin (formerly SureTriggers), a few hours after public disclosure. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability to create malicious administrator users when the plugin is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2025
Laboratory Services Cooperative data breach impacts 1.6 Million People

Laboratory Services Cooperative discloses a data breach from October 2024 that exposed personal and medical info of 1.6 million individuals. Laboratory Services Cooperative disclosed a data breach that impacted the personal and medical information of 1.6 million people. The Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) is a clinical laboratory based in Bremerton, Washington, providing diagnostic testing services […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2025
Gamaredon targeted the military mission of a Western country based in Ukraine

Gamaredon targeted a foreign military mission in Ukraine with updated GammaSteel malware on Feb 26, 2025, per Symantec. Symantec Threat Hunter researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Shuckworm, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Callisto) targeted a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an updated version of the GamaSteel infostealer. Shuckworm is known for targeting government, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
An APT group exploited ESET flaw to execute malware

At least one APT group has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security measures. Kaspersky researchers reported that an APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11859, is a DLL Search Order Hijacking issue that potentially allow […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
Oracle confirms the hack of two obsolete servers hacked. No Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected

Oracle confirmed a hacker stole credentials from two obsolete servers but said no Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected. Oracle confirmed a hacker stole and leaked credentials from two obsolete servers, but said no Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected. The threat actor accessed usernames from two outdated, non-Oracle Cloud Infrastructure […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2025
National Social Security Fund of Morocco Suffers Data Breach

Threat actor ‘Jabaroot’ claims breach of National Social Security Fund of Morocco, aiming to steal large volumes of sensitive citizen data. Resecurity has identified a threat actor targeting government systems in Morocco with the goal of exfiltrating large volumes of sensitive data relating to citizens. The actor using the alias ‘Jabaroot’ released claims about the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2025
Critical Fortinet FortiSwitch flaw allows remote attackers to change admin passwords

Fortinet addressed a critical vulnerability in its FortiSwitch devices that can be exploited to change administrator passwords remotely. Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887 (CVSS score 9.8), in its FortiSwitch devices. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to change administrator passwords. “An unverified password change vulnerability [CWE-620] […]