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Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2023
Experts link AVRecon bot to the malware proxy service SocksEscort

The AVRecon botnet relies on compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers since at least May 2021. In early July, researchers from Lumen Black Lotus Labs discovered the AVRecon botnet that targets small office/home office (SOHO) routers and infected over 70,000 devices from 20 countries. Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2023
Three flaws in Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress impact 900K sites

Experts warn of vulnerabilities impacting the Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress that could be exploited for escalating privileges and data theft. The Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress is affected by multiple vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2023-37979, CVE-2023-38386, and CVE-2023-38393) that can be exploited by threat actors to escalate privileges and steal sensitive data. The WordPress plugin Ninja […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2023
Experts warn attackers started exploiting Citrix ShareFile RCE flaw CVE-2023-24489

Researchers warn that threat actors started exploiting Citrix ShareFile RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-24489 in the wild. Citrix ShareFile is a widely used cloud-based file-sharing application, which is affected by the critical remote code execution (RCE) tracked as CVE-2023-24489 (CVSS score of 9.1). The flaw impacts the customer-managed ShareFile storage zones controller, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2023
In 2022, more than 40% of zero-day exploits used in the wild were variations of previous issues

Google’s Threat Analysis Group Google states that more than 40% of zero-day flaws discovered in 2022 were variants of previous issues. The popular Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Maddie Stone wrote Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day flaws exploited in-the-wild [2021, 2020, 2019], it is built off of the mid-year 2022 review. In 2022, the researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2023
New flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile actively exploited in the wild

Software firm Ivanti disclosed another security vulnerability impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), that it said actively exploited. Ivanti disclosed a new security vulnerability impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), tracked as CVE-2023-35081 (CVSS score: 7.8), that was exploited in the wild as part of an exploit chain by threat actors. “A vulnerability has been discovered in Ivanti […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 430 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. Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2023
CISA warns about SUBMARINE Backdoor employed in Barracuda ESG attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of threat actors deploying the SUBMARINE Backdoor in Barracuda ESG attacks. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an alert on a malware variant, tracked as SUBMARINE Backdoor, that was employed in attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-2868 in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2023
Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers

A Linux variant of the Abyss Locker designed to target VMware ESXi servers appeared in the threat landscape, experts warn. The operators behind the Abyss Locker developed a Linux variant that targets VMware ESXi servers expanding their potential targets. VMware ESXi servers are privileged targets of ransomware groups and are often part of enterprises’ infrastructures. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2023
Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor

Russia-linked BlueBravo has been spotted targeting diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe with the GraphicalProton Backdoor. The Russia-linked threat-state actor BlueBravo (aka APT29, Cloaked Ursa, and Midnight Blizzard, Nobelium) has been observed targeting diplomatic entities throughout Eastern Europe. The group was observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign with the end goal of infecting recipients with a new backdoor […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2023
CoinsPaid blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for theft of $37M worth of cryptocurrency

Crypto-payments service provider CoinsPaid suffered a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of $37,200,000 worth of cryptocurrency. CoinsPaid, a crypto-payment service provider, fell victim to a cyber attack, leading to the theft of $37,200,000 worth of cryptocurrency. The company attributes the cyber heist to the North Korea-linked APT Lazarus, which is also responsible for […]