Researchers reported that there are 490,000 Fortinet firewalls exposing SSL VPN interfaces on the internet, and roughly 69% of them are still vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997. In Mid-June Fortinet addressed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27997 (CVSS score: 9.2), in FortiOS and FortiProxy that is likely exploited in a limited number of attacks. “A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability […]
Microsoft denied the data breach after the collective of hacktivists known as Anonymous Sudan claimed to have hacked the company. In early June, Microsoft suffered severe outages for some of its services, including Outlook email, OneDrive file-sharing apps, and the cloud computing infrastructure Azure. A collective known as Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) claimed responsibility for […]
China-linked APT group was spotted using HTML smuggling in attacks aimed at Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe. A China-linked APT group was observed using HTML smuggling in attacks against Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe, reports the cybersecurity firm Check Point. The researchers tracked the campaign as SmugX and reported that it […]
What are the causes of Data Loss and which are their impact on your organization? In today’s digital age, data has become the lifeblood of organizations, driving critical decision-making, improving operational efficiency, and allowing for smoother innovation. Simply put, businesses heavily rely on data. In an era where data has become the cornerstone of business […]
US CISA added actively exploited Samsung and D-Link vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added six Samsung and two D-Link vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Below is the list of flaws added to the catalog: The CVE-2019-17621 flaw is a remote command execution flaw that resides in […]
Researchers spotted a new Windows information stealer called Meduza Stealer, the authors employ sophisticated marketing strategies to promote it. The Meduza Stealer can steal browsing activities and extract a wide array of browser-related data, including login credentials, browsing history and bookmarks. The malware also targets crypto wallet extensions, password managers, and 2FA extensions. The authors are […]
Researchers spotted a new version of the RustBucket Apple macOS malware that supports enhanced capabilities. Researchers from the Elastic Security Labs have spotted a new variant of the RustBucket Apple macOS malware. In April, the security firm Jamf observed the North Korea-linked BlueNoroff APT group using a new macOS malware, dubbed RustBucket. The group BlueNoroff is considered a group that […]
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Threat actors are exploiting a critical WordPress zero-day in the Ultimate Member plugin to create secret admin accounts. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical unpatched WordPress Plugin flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), to create secret admin accounts. Ultimate Member is a popular user profile and membership plugin for WordPress, it allows admins to […]
The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The LockBit ransomware group this week claimed to have hacked the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and $70 million ransom. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple and Qualcomm Inc. As reported by BleepingComputer, on Wednesday, […]