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Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2022
Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia

Government institutions in Bulgaria have been hit by a cyber attack during the weekend, experts believe it was launched by Russian threat actors. The infrastructure of government institutions in Bulgaria has been hit by a massive DDoS attack. The attack started on Saturday and experts believe that it was orchestrated by Russian threat actors. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2022
Interpol arrested 75 members of the cybercrime ring Black Axe

Interpol has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated international operation against an organized cybercrime ring called Black Axe. Interpol arrested 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation, codenamed Operation Jackal, against the cybercrime ring Black Axe. The operation involved law enforcement bodies in 14 countries (Argentina, Australia, CĂ´te d’Ivoire, France, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2022
45,654 VMware ESXi servers reached End of Life on Oct. 15

Lansweeper warns that over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers exposed online have reached end-of-life (EOL), making them an easy target for attackers. IT Asset Management software provider Lansweeper has scanned the Internet for VMware ESXi servers and found over 45,000 instances that have reached end-of-life (EOL). The company discovered 79,000 VMware ESXi instances operated by 6.000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2022
Threat actors hacked hundreds of servers by exploiting Zimbra CVE-2022-41352 bug

Threat actors have compromised hundreds of servers exploiting critical flaw CVE-2022-41352 in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). Last week, researchers from Rapid7 warned of the exploitation of unpatched zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41352, in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Rapid7 has published technical details, including a proof-of-concept (PoC) code and indicators of compromise (IoCs) regarding […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 389

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. New PHP Version of Ducktail info-stealer hijacks Facebook Business accounts Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2022
New PHP Version of Ducktail info-stealer hijacks Facebook Business accounts

Experts spotted a PHP version of an information-stealing malware called Ducktail spread as cracked installers for legitimate apps and games. Zscaler researchers discovered a PHP version of an information-stealing malware tracked as Ducktail. The malicious code is distributed as free/cracked application installers for a variety of applications including games, Microsoft Office applications, Telegram, and others.   Ducktail has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2022
Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity auth bypass flaw in PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the PAN-OS 8.1 software. Palo Alto Networks released security patches to address a high-severity authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0030 (CVSS score 8.1), impacting the PAN-OS 8.1 software. “An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 web interface allows a network-based attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2022
Indian power generation giant Tata Power hit by a cyber attack

Tata Power Company Limited, India’s largest power generation company, announced it was hit by a cyberattack. Tata Power on Friday announced that was hit by a cyber attack. Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of its IT systems.” “The Tata Power Company […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2022
Experts disclose technical details of now-patched CVE-2022-37969 Windows Zero-Day

Researchers disclosed details of a now-patched flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-37969, in Windows Common Log File System (CLFS). The CVE-2022-37969 (CVSS score: 7.8) flaw is a Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. The Common Log File System (CLFS) is a general-purpose logging subsystem that can be used by applications running in both kernel mode […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2022
WIP19, a new Chinese APT targets IT Service Providers and Telcos

Chinese-speaking threat actor, tracked as WIP19, is targeting telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. SentinelOne researchers uncovered a new threat cluster, tracked as WIP19, which has been targeting telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. The experts believe the group operated for cyber espionage purposes and is […]