Hackers turn to Google search ads to push info-stealing malware
Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google...
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US-CERT Bulletin (SB23-016):Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 9, 2023
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards...
Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor
Security software company Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware strain to help victims of the malware...
Datadog rotates RPM signing key exposed in CircleCI hack
Cloud security firm Datadog says that one of its RPM GPG signing keys and its passphrase have been exposed during...
Hackers exploit Cacti critical bug to install malware, open reverse shells
More than 1,600 instances of the Cacti device monitoring tool reachable over the internet are vulnerable to a critical security...
Malicious ‘Lolip0p’ PyPi packages install info-stealing malware
A threat actor has uploaded to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository three malicious packages that carry code to drop info-stealing...
Vice Society ransomware leaks University of Duisburg-Essen’s data
The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a November 2022 cyberattack on the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) that...
TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of...
CircleCI’s hack caused by malware stealing engineer’s 2FA-backed session
Hackers breached CircleCi in December after an engineer became infected with information-stealing malware that their 2FA-backed SSO session cookie, allowing access...
Canada’s largest alcohol retailer’s site hacked to steal credit cards
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Canadian government enterprise and the country's largest beverage alcohol retailer, revealed that...
Brave browser’s new Snowflake feature help bypass Tor blocks
Brave Browser version 1.47 was released yesterday, adding the Snowflake extension in the software's settings, enabling users to turn their...
RAT malware campaign tries to evade detection using polyglot files
Operators of the StrRAT and Ratty remote access trojans (RAT) are running a new campaign using polyglot MSI/JAR and CAB/JAR...
Scattered Spider hackers use old Intel driver to bypass security
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Scattered Spider was observed attempting to deploy Intel Ethernet diagnostics drivers in a...
Cisco warns of auth bypass bug with public exploit in EoL routers
Cisco warned customers today of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability with public exploit code affecting multiple end-of-life (EoL) VPN routers....
Royal Mail cyberattack linked to LockBit ransomware operation
A cyberattack on Royal Mail, UK's largest mail delivery service, has been linked to the LockBit ransomware operation. Yesterday, the...
PoC exploits released for critical bugs in popular WordPress plugins
Three popular WordPress plugins with tens of thousands of active installations are vulnerable to high-severity or critical SQL injection vulnerabilities,...
New Dark Pink APT group targets govt and military with custom malware
Attacks targeting government agencies and military bodies in multiple countries in the APAC region have been attributed to what appears...
NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts
Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, is sending data breach notifications to customers, informing them that hackers have successfully...
Fortinet: Govt networks targeted with now-patched SSL-VPN zero-day
Fortinet says unknown attackers exploited a FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day vulnerability patched last month in attacks against government organizations and government-related...
Microsoft: Cuba ransomware hacking Exchange servers via OWASSRF flaw
Microsoft says Cuba ransomware threat actors are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers unpatched against a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability...
Microsoft: Exchange Server 2013 reaches end of support in 90 days
Microsoft warned customers today that Exchange Server 2013 will reach its extended end-of-support (EOS) date 90 days from now, on...
The Week in Ransomware – January 13th 2023 – LockBit in the spotlight
The LockBit ransomware operation has again taken center stage in the ransomware news, as we learned yesterday they were behind...
Vice Society ransomware claims attack on Australian firefighting service
Australia's Fire Rescue Victoria has disclosed a data breach caused by a December cyberattack that is now claimed by the...
Royal Mail halts international services after cyberattack
The Royal Mail, UK's leading mail delivery service, has stopped its international shipping services due to "severe service disruption" caused...
