The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The LockBit ransomware group this week claimed to have hacked the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and $70 million ransom. TSMC is the worldâs biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple and Qualcomm Inc. As reported by BleepingComputer, on Wednesday, […]
Avast released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can allow victims to recover their data without paying the ransom. Cybersecurity firm Avast released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can allow victims to recover their data without paying the ransom. The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat […]
Iran-linked Charming Kitten group used an updated version of the PowerShell backdoor called POWERSTAR in a spear-phishing campaign. Security firm Volexity observed the Iran-linked Charming Kitten (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) group using an updated version of the PowerShell backdoor POWERSTAR in a spear-phishing campaign. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued […]
A critical authentication bypass flaw in miniOrangeâs WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, can allow gaining access to any account on a site. Wordfence researchers discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability in miniOrangeâs WordPress Social Login and Register plugin, that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to any account on a site by knowing the associated email […]
A new Windows information stealer dubbed ThirdEye appeared in the threat landscape, it has been active since April. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs discovered a previously undetected information stealer named ThirdEye. The malicious code is not sophisticated and can allow operators to steal various information from the infected machines. Fortinet started investigating the threat after the discovery of an […]
The former head of network security at Group-IB has been arrested in Kazakhstan based on a request from U.S. law enforcement. Nikita Kislitsin who worked as the head of network security at Group-IB, as well as its Russian-based spinoff company (known as F.A.C.C.T.), has been arrested in Kazahstan based on a request from the U.S. […]
Electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks on drones can potentially allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution and take over them. While the use of drones continues to grow, researchers from IOActive analyzed how to develop fault injection attacks against hardened Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The experts focused on achieving code execution on a commercially available […]
SQL injection vulnerabilities in Gentoo Soko could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on impacted systems. SonarSource researchers discovered two SQL injection vulnerabilities in Gentoo Soko, collectively tracked as CVE-2023-28424 (CVSS score: 9.1) [1],[2], that can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. “The two package search handlers, Search […]
Mockingjay is a new process injection technique that can be exploited to bypass security solutions to execute malware on compromised systems. A new process injection technique dubbed Mockingjay can be exploited by attackers to bypass security controls and gain unauthorized access to compromised systems. The term process injection is used to refer to a method […]
Researchers at Censys have identified hundreds of devices deployed within federal networks that have internet-exposed management interfaces. Researchers at Censys have analyzed the attack surfaces of more than 50 Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organizations and sub-organizations and discovered more than 13,000 distinct hosts across 100 autonomous systems. The experts focused on roughly 1,300 of […]