Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2024
Researchers warn of high-severity vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 thermostats. Researchers from Bitdefender discovered a high-severity vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 thermostats. The researchers discovered a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49722 (CVSS score: 8.3), that can be exploited by an attacker on the same network to replace the device firmware with a rogue version. The vulnerability was reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Researchers from Bishop Fox found over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) publicly exploitable. SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW) series 6 and 7 devices are affected by two unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-22274 and CVE-2023-0656, that could potentially lead to remote code execution. Despite a proof-of-concept exploit for the flaw CVE-2023-0656 was publicly released, the vendor is not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Threat actors exploit a recent Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw CVE-2023-36025 to deliver the Phemedrone info stealer. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a malware campaign exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-36025 (CVSS score 8.8) to deploy a previously unknown strain of the malware dubbed Phemedrone Stealer. The vulnerability was addressed by Microsoft with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Balada Injector malware infected more than 7100 WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin. In September, Sucuri researchers reported that more than 17,000 WordPress websites had been compromised in September with the Balada Injector. The researchers noticed that the number of Balada Injector infections has doubled compared with August 2023. The Balada […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Researchers devised a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cybersecurity researchers from cyber security firm Aqua have uncovered a new attack targeting Apache Hadoop and Flink applications. The attacks exploit misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency cryptocurrency miners. The researchers reported that the attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Apple addressed a recently disclosed Bluetooth keyboard injection vulnerability with the release of Magic Keyboard firmware. Apple released Magic Keyboard Firmware Update 2.0.6 to address a recently disclosed Bluetooth keyboard injection issue tracked as CVE-2024-0230. The flaw is a session management issue that can be exploited by an attacker with physical access to the accessory […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2024
Forescout experts questioned the attribution of cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023 to the Russia-linked Sandworm. Forescout experts shared findings from their analysis of the cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023, attributing them to the Russia-linked Sandworm. In May, Danish critical infrastructure faced the biggest […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2024
The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested the alleged mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme. The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested an individual in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. The man is suspected to be the mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme that generated over USD […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2024
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2024
The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) reported an increase in Akira ransomware attacks, targeting organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. Akira ransomware infections were first reported in Finland […]
