The Federal Police of Brazil arrested an individual who is suspected of being a member of the notorious LAPSUS$ extortionist group. The Federal Police of Brazil yesterday announced the arrest of an individual suspected of being linked to the LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. The authorities did not disclose info about the individual, it seems that the […]
Nearly two million .git folders containing vital project information are exposed to the public, the Cybernews research team found. Original Post at https://cybernews.com/security/millions-git-folders-exposed/ Git is the most popular open-source, distributed version control system (VCS) developed nearly 20 years ago by Linus Torvalds for development of the Linux kernel, with other kernel developers contributing to its initial […]
Researcher discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the open-source Apache Commons Text library. GitHub’s threat analyst Alvaro Munoz discovered a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42889, in the open-source Apache Commons Text library. Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings. The vulnerability, dubbed “Text4Shell,” is an unsafe script evaluation issue […]
Cybersecurity researchers published technical details about a now-patched FabriXss flaw that impacts Azure Fabric Explorer. Orca Security researchers have released technical details about a now-patched FabriXss vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35829 (CVSS 6.2), that impacts Azure Fabric Explorer. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to gain administrator privileges on the cluster. In order to exploit this flaw, an […]
An international law enforcement operation led by Europol disrupted a cybercrime ring focused on hacking wireless key fobs to steal cars. The French authorities in cooperation with their Spanish and Latvian peers, and with the support of Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled a cybercrime organization specializing in the theft of cars by hacking key fobs. […]
China-linked threat actors APT41 (a.k.a. Winnti) targeted organizations in Hong Kong, in some cases remaining undetected for a year. Symantec researchers reported that cyberespionage group APT41 targeted organizations in Hong Kong in a campaign that is a likely continuation of the Operation CuckooBees activity detailed by Cybereason in May. Winnti (aka APT41, Axiom, Barium, Blackfly) is a cyberespionage […]
Fortinet confirmed that many systems are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting the CVE-2022-40684 zero-day vulnerability. Fortinet is urging customers to address the recently discovered CVE-2022-40684 zero-day vulnerability. Unfortunately, the number of devices that have yet to be patched is still high. “After multiple notifications from Fortinet over the past week, there are still a significant number of […]
Video messaging company Zoom fixed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-28762, in Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS. Zoom Client for Meetings for macOS (Standard and for IT Admin) is affected by a debugging port misconfiguration. The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-28762, received a CVSS severity score of 7.3. When the camera mode rendering context is […]
Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 million MyDeal customers. Bad news for the customers of the MyDeal online marketplace, the Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 million of them. As soon the company became aware of the security breach it blocked access to […]
Black Lotus is a new, powerful Windows UEFI rootkit advertised on underground criminal forums, researcher warns. Cybersecurity researcher Scott Scheferman reported that a new Windows UEFI rootkit, dubbed Black Lotus, is advertised on underground criminal forums. The powerful malware is offered for sale at $5,000, with $200 payments per new updates. The researcher warns that […]