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Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2024
Google addressed the ninth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year

Google released emergency security updates to fix the ninth actively exploited Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year. ​​Google released an emergency security update to address a Chrome zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7971, that is actively exploited. The vulnerability is a type confusion issue that resides in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-7971 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2024
GitHub fixed a new critical flaw in the GitHub Enterprise Server 

GitHub addressed three vulnerabilities in its GitHub Enterprise Server product, including a critical authentication flaw. GitHub addressed three security vulnerabilities impacting the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), including a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2024-6800 (CVSS score of 9.5). An attacker can trigger the vulnerability to gain site administrator privileges. The vulnerability resides in the GHES’s SAML authentication […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
Experts disclosed a critical information-disclosure flaw in Microsoft Copilot Studio

Researchers have disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Copilot Studio that could lead to the exposure of sensitive information. Researchers disclosed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38206 (CVSS score: 8.5), impacting Microsoft’s Copilot Studio. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to access sensitive information. The flaw is an information disclosure vulnerability resulting from […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
North Korea-linked APT used a new RAT called MoonPeak

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky is likely behind a new remote access trojan called MoonPeak used in a recent campaign spotted by Cisco Talos. Cisco Talos researchers uncovered the infrastructure used by the North Korea-linked APT group tracked as UAT-5394, which experts suspect is linked to the Kimsuky APT group. The infrastructure includes staging, C2 servers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
Pro-Russia group Vermin targets Ukraine with a new malware family

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware. Vermin is a pro-Russian hacker group, also tracked as UAC-0020, that operates under […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2024
A backdoor in millions of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics RFID cards allows cloning

A flaw in millions of RFID cards manufactured by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics allows these contactless cards to be cloned instantly. Researchers from security firm Quarkslab discovered a backdoor in millions of RFID cards manufactured by the Chinese chip manufacturer Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics. The experts announced the discovery of a hardware backdoor and successfully cracked its […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024
Ransomware payments rose from $449.1 million to $459.8 million

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that ransomware payments rose by approximately 2%, from $449.1 million to $459.8 million. Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis revealed that while overall on-chain illicit activity has decreased by nearly 20% year-to-date, stolen funds and ransomware significantly increased. Stolen funds inflows almost doubled, rising from $857 million to $1.58 billion, and ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024
Previously unseen Msupedge backdoor targeted a university in Taiwan

Experts spotted a previously undetected backdoor, dubbed Msupedge, that was employed in an attack against a university in Taiwan.  Broadcom Symantec researchers discovered a previously undetected backdoor, called Msupedge, that was employed in an attack targeting an unnamed university in Taiwan. The most notable feature of the backdoor is that it relies on DNS tunnelling […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024
Oracle NetSuite misconfiguration could lead to data exposure

Researchers discovered thousands of Oracle NetSuite e-stores that are vulnerable to data leak, sensitive customer information is at risk. Cybersecurity researchers from AppOmni warn of a potential issue in Oracle NetSuite SuiteCommerce platform could allow attackers to access customer sensitive data. NetSuite is a widely used SaaS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform, valued for its […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2024
Toyota disclosed a data breach after ZeroSevenGroup leaked stolen data on a cybercrime forum

Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported. The threat actor ZeroSevenGroup claims to have […]