Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2023
Researchers found DoS flaws in popular BGP implementation

Vulnerabilities in a software implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that could be weaponized to trigger a DoS condition on BGP peers. Forescout Vedere Labs researchers discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the software implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The issues reside in the BGP message parsing in version 8.4 of FRRouting implementation, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
FBI and Ukrainian police seized 9 crypto exchanges used by cybercriminals

A joint operation conducted by the FBI and Ukrainian police seized 9 crypto exchanges used by cybercriminal groups for money laundering. The Cyber ​​Police Department together with the Main Investigative Department of the National Police, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and in cooperation with the FBI conducted an international operation that seized […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
SpecTor operation: 288 individuals arrested in the seizure of marketplace Monopoly Market

International law enforcement operation SpecTor resulted in the seizure of an online marketplace and the arrest of nearly 300 people. In an international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol, codenamed ‘SpecTor’, the police seized the illegal dark web marketplace ‘Monopoly Market.’ The law enforcement agencies from nine countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
The first iPhone Rapid Security Response update released by Apple fails to install

Apple has released its first Rapid Security Response update, but many iPhone users reported problems during the installation of the iOS Security Response. On June 2022, Apple announced that the Rapid Security Response feature would be available starting with iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 operating systems.  Once a Rapid Security Response has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
Fortinet warns of a spike in attacks against TBK DVR devices

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a worrisome level of attacks attempting to exploit an authentication bypass vulnerability in TBK DVR devices. FortiGuard Labs researchers are warning of a spike in malicious attacks targeting TBK DVR devices. Threat actors are attempting to exploit a five-year-old authentication bypass issue, tracked as CVE-2018-9995 (CVSS score of 9.8), in TBK […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
North Korea-linked ScarCruft APT uses large LNK files in infection chains

North Korea-linked ScarCruft APT group started using oversized LNK files to deliver the RokRAT malware starting in early July 2022. Check Point researchers reported that the infection chains observed in the attacks attributed to North Korea-linked ScarCruft APT group (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) since 2022 have stopped heavily relying on malicious documents to deliver malware and instead […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
CISA adds TP-Link, Apache, and Oracle bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added TP-Link, Apache, and Oracle vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the following three new issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: CVE-2023-1389 (CVSS score: 8.8) – TP-Link Archer AX-21 Command Injection Vulnerability. The CVE-2023-1389 flaw is an unauthenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2023
New Lobshot hVNC malware spreads via Google ads

The previously undetected LOBSHOT malware is distributed using Google ads and gives operators VNC access to Windows devices. Researchers from Elastic Security Labs spotted a new remote access trojan dubbed LOBSHOT was being distributed through Google Ads. Threat actors are using an elaborate scheme of fake websites through Google Ads to spread their malware, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2023
T-Mobile suffered the second data breach in 2023

T-Mobile disclosed the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers since February. T-Mobile suffered the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers starting in late February 2023. The security breach impacted a limited number of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2023
Experts spotted a new sophisticated malware toolkit called Decoy Dog

Infoblox researchers discovered a new sophisticated malware toolkit, dubbed Decoy Dog, targeting enterprise networks. While analyzing billions of DNS records, Infoblox researchers discovered a sophisticated malware toolkit, dubbed Decoy Dog, that was employed in attacks aimed at enterprise networks. Threat actors behind the malware were observed using known tricks to avoid detection such as registering a domain, […]