Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2024
Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. In early January 2024, software firm Ivanti reported that threat actors were exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure to remotely execute arbitrary commands on targeted gateways. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Synacktiv published […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2024
Data leak at fintech giant Direct Trading Technologies

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover. On October 27th, the Cybernews research team discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024
Root access vulnerability in GNU Library C (glibc) impacts many Linux distros

Qualys researchers discovered a root access flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6246, in GNU Library C (glibc) affecting multiple Linux distributions. The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered four security vulnerabilities in the GNU Library C (glibc), including a heap-based buffer overflow tracked as CVE-2023-6246. GNU C Library (glibc) is a free software library that provides essential system […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024
Juniper Networks released out-of-band updates to fix high-severity flaws

Juniper Networks released out-of-band updates to fix high-severity flaws in SRX Series and EX Series that can allow attackers to take over unpatched systems. Juniper Networks has released out-of-band updates to address two high-severity flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-21619 and CVE-2024-21620, in SRX Series and EX Series that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of susceptible […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2024
Hundreds of network operators’ credentials found circulating in Dark Web

Hundreds of compromised credentials of customers of RIPE, APNIC, AFRINIC, and LACNIC are available on the dark web, Resecurity warns. Resecurity conducted a thorough scan of the Dark Web and identified over 1,572 compromised customers of RIPE, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), and the Latin America and Caribbean Network […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2024
Pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense states that pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from a Russian research center. The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine revealed that pro-Ukraine hackers group “BO Team” wiped the database of the Far Eastern Scientific Research Center of Space Hydrometeorology […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2024
Watch out, experts warn of a critical flaw in Jenkins

Jenkins maintainers addressed several security vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The automation server supports developers build, test and deploy their applications, it has hundreds of thousands of active installations worldwide with more than 1 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2024
Cisco warns of a critical bug in Unified Communications products, patch it now!

Cisco addressed a critical flaw in its Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could lead to remote code execution. Cisco released security patches to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20253 (CVSS score of 9.9), impacting multiple Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the flaw to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2024
Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard hacked Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed that Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard gained access to its Microsoft Office 365 email system. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed that alleged Russia-linked cyberespionage group Midnight Blizzard gained access to its Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based email environment. The attackers were collecting information on the cybersecurity division of the company and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2024
CISA adds Atlassian Confluence Data Center bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection bug, tracked as CVE-2023-22527, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Atlassian recently warned of a critical […]