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Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2022
Twitter says recently leaked user data are from 2021 breach

Twitter confirmed that the recent leak of members’ profile information resulted from the 2021 data breach disclosed in August 2022. Twitter confirmed that the recent data leak of millions of profiles resulted from the 2021 data breach that the company disclosed in August 2022. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Fortinet urges customers to fix actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN bug

Fortinet fixed an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. Fortinet urges customers to update their installs to address an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. The CVE-2022-42475 flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Indian foreign ministry’s Global Pravasi Rishta portal leaks expat passport details

The Cybernews research team reported that India’s government platform Global Pravasi Rishta Portal was leaking sensitive user data. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/indias-foreign-ministry-leaks-passport-details/ The Global Pravasi Rishta Portal, India’s government platform for connecting with its overseas population, leaked sensitive data, including names and passport details. The Cybernews research team has been alerted that the Global Pravasi […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Cryptomining campaign targets Linux systems with Go-based CHAOS Malware

Researchers spotted a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). In November 2022, Trend Micro researchers discovered a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). The Chaos RAT is based on an open-source project. Like the original project, the malware is able to terminate competing malware, security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Evilnum group targets legal entities with a new Janicab variant

A hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities with the new Janicab malware variant. Kaspersky researchers reported that a hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities. The attacks are part of a campaign aimed at legal and financial investment institutions in the Middle East and Europe. The campaign took place in 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
TrueBot infections were observed in Clop ransomware attacks

Researchers reported an increase in TrueBot infections, attackers have shifted from using malicious emails as their primary delivery method to other techniques. Cisco Talos researchers reported an increase in TrueBot infections, threat actors have shifted from using malicious emails as their primary attack vector to other techniques. Truebot has been active since 2017 and some researchers linked it to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 4: $989K awarded for 63 unique zero-days

The Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 is ended, and the participants earned a total of $989,750 for 63 unique zero-day exploits. The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition has ended and these are the final numbers for the event: DEVCORE and @orange_8361 won Master of Pwn for Toronto 2022. “And we are finished! All of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 397

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. At least 4,460 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts are exposed to the Internet US HHS warns […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2022
MuddyWater APT group is back with updated TTPs

The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT is targeting countries in the Middle East as well as Central and West Asia in a new campaign. Deep Instinct’s Threat Research team uncovered a new campaign conducted by the MuddyWater APT (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, and Static Kitten) that was targeting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, and United Arab Emirates. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2022
At least 4,460 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts are exposed to the Internet

Censys researchers warn of more than 4,000 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts exposed to the Internet. Pulse Connect Secure is a widely-deployed SSL VPN solution for remote and mobile users, for this reason, it is a target of attacks by multiple threat actors. Over the years, researchers disclosed several severe vulnerabilities in the server software, in […]