Experts detailed a new piece of malware, named CosmicEnergy, that is linked to Russia and targets industrial control systems (ICS). Researchers from Mandiant discovered a new malware, named CosmicEnergy, designed to target operational technology (OT) / industrial control system (ICS) systems. The malicious code was first uploaded to a public malware scanning service in December 2021 by […]
D-Link fixed two critical flaws in its D-View 8 network management suite that could lead to authentication bypass and arbitrary code execution. D-Link has addressed two critical vulnerabilities (CVSS score: 9.8) in its D-View 8 network management suite that could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. The D-View network […]
Zyxel fixed two critical flaws in multiple firewall and VPN products that can lead to remote code execution or cause a DoS condition. Zyxel addressed two critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-33009 and CVE-2023-33010, that affect several of its firewall and VPN products. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can can trigger the flaws to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) […]
A China-linked APT group, tracked as Volt Typhoon, breached critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected. China-linked APT cyber espionage group Volt Typhoon infiltrated critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected. The group managed to maintain access without being detected for as long as possible. According to […]
North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus actor has been targeting vulnerable Microsoft IIS servers to deploy malware. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) researchers reported that the Lazarus APT Group is targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft IIS servers in a recent wave of malware-based attacks. Once discovered a vulnerable ISS server, the attackers leverage the DLL side-loading […]
Iran-linked threat actor Tortoiseshell targeted shipping, logistics, and financial services companies in Israel with watering hole attacks. ClearSky Cyber Security uncovered a watering hole attack on at least eight Israeli websites belonging to shipping, logistics, and financial services companies and attributed them with low confidence to the Iran-linked APT group Tortoiseshell (aka TA456 or Imperial […]
Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were breached exploiting a zero-day vulnerability. Network security solutions provider Barracuda warned customers that some of its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances were recently breached by threat actors exploiting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2868, resides in the module for […]
The US Department of the Treasury sanctioned four entities and one individual for their role in cyber operations conducted by North Korea. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against four entities and one individual for their role in malicious cyber operations conducted to support the government of […]
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of a cyberespionage campaign targeting state bodies in the country. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting state bodies in the country as part of an espionage campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as UAC-0063. The nation-state actor […]
ESET found a new remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed AhRat, on the Google Play Store that was concealed in an Android screen recording app. ESET researchers have discovered an Android app on Google Play that was hiding a new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed AhRat. The app, named iRecorder – Screen Recorder, has more than […]