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Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa

Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa and added the military organization to its leak site. The Snatch ransomware group added the Department of Defence South Africa to its data leak site. The mission of the Department of Defence is to provide, manage, prepare and employ defence capabilities commensurate with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
CISA adds critical Adobe ColdFusion flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA added critical vulnerability CVE-2023-26359 in Adobe ColdFusion to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical flaw CVE-2023-26359 (CVSS score 9.8) affecting Adobe ColdFusion to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Adobe fixed the critical flaw in March 2023, it is a deserialization of untrusted data issue in Adobe ColdFusion that can […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
A cyber attack hit the Australian software provider Energy One

The Australian software provider Energy One announced it was hit by a cyberattack last week that affected certain corporate systems in Australia and the UK. The Australian software provider Energy One announced that a cyberattack hit certain corporate systems in Australia and the UK last week. Energy One is a global supplier of software products […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
Ivanti fixed a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass flaw

Ivanti warned customers of a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38035. The software company Ivanti released urgent security patches to address a critical-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38035 (CVSS score 9.8), in the Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry) product. The vulnerability could be exploited to access sensitive API data and configurations, run […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
BlackCat ransomware group claims the hack of Seiko network

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group claims to have hacked the Japanese maker of watches Seiko and added the company to its data leak site. On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. “Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
New HiatusRAT campaign targets Taiwan and U.S. military procurement system

HiatusRAT malware operators resurfaced with a new wave of attacks targeting Taiwan-based organizations and a U.S. military procurement system. In March 2023, Lumen Black Lotus Labs researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign called “HiatusRAT” that infected over 100 edge networking devices globally. Threat actors leveraged edge routers, or “living on the edge” access, to passively collect […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
Spoofing an Apple device and tricking users into sharing sensitive data

White hat hackers at the recent hacking conference Def Con demonstrated how to spoof an Apple device and trick users into sharing their sensitive data. At the recent Def Con hacking conference, white hat hackers demonstrated how to spoof an Apple device and trick users into sharing their sensitive data. As reported by Techcrunch, attendees […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
Israel and US to Invest $3.85 Million in projects for critical infrastructure protection through the BIRD Cyber Program

Israel and US government agencies announced the BIRD Cyber Program, an investment of roughly $4M in projects to enhance the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure. The BIRD Cyber Program is a joint initiative from the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, and the US Department of Homeland […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2023
N. Korean Kimsuky APT targets S. Korea-US military exercises

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky launched a spear-phishing campaign targeting US contractors working at the war simulation centre. North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky carried out a spear-phishing campaign against US contractors involved in a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise. The news was reported by the South Korean police on Sunday, the law enforcement also added that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2023
Four Juniper Junos OS flaws can be chained to remotely hack devices

Juniper Networks addressed multiple flaws in the J-Web component of Junos OS that could be chained to achieve remote code execution. Juniper Networks has released an “out-of-cycle” security update to address four vulnerabilities in the J-Web component of Junos OS. The vulnerabilities could be chained to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable appliances. The vulnerabilities […]