Law enforcement arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall, U.K., for suspected involvement in the Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. Law enforcement in the U.K. arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group (also known as UNC3944, 0ktapus). The arrest is the result of a joint international law enforcement […]
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U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe Commerce and Magento, SolarWinds Serv-U, and VMware vCenter Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Below are the descriptions of the flaws added to the KEV catalog: […]
CrowdStrike warns that threat actors are exploiting the recent IT outage caused by their faulty update to distribute Remcos RAT malware. CrowdStrike spotted threat actors attempting to benefit from the recent IT outage caused by the faulty update of the cybersecurity firm to distribute Remcos RAT malware. The threat actors attempted to distribute the Remcos […]
Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to participating in the LockBit ransomware group and carrying out attacks against victims worldwide. Two foreign nationals, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court for their roles in the LockBit ransomware operation. The LockBit ransomware operation has been active since January 2020, the group hit […]
Personal and health information of 12.9 million individuals was exposed in a ransomware attack on Australian digital prescription services provider MediSecure. MediSecure is a company that provides digital health solutions, particularly focusing on secure electronic prescription delivery services in Australia. In May, the company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following […]
Windows machines worldwide displayed BSoD screen following a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. A faulty update released by CrowdStrike Falcon is causing Windows systems to display a BSoD screen. The incident is causing widespread global disruptions, impacting critical infrastructure such as airports, hospitals, and TV stations. The company confirmed that the incident […]
Cisco has addressed a critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to add new root users to Security Email Gateway (SEG) appliances. Cisco fixed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20401 (CVSS score 9.8), that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway (SEG) appliances. The flaw […]
Researchers discovered security flaws in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform that could expose customers’ data. Cybersecurity researchers at Wiz uncovered five security flaws, collectively tracked as SAPwned, in the SAP AI Core cloud-based platform. An attacker can exploit the flaws to obtain access tokens and customer data. SAP AI Core, developed by SAP, is a cloud-based platform providing the […]
The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. SentinelOne researchers warn that the financially motivated group FIN7 is using multiple pseudonyms to advertise a security evasion tool in several criminal underground forums. FIN7 developed a tool called AvNeutralizer (also known as AuKill) that can bypass […]