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Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2023
Fortinet fixed a critical flaw in FortiOS and FortiProxy

Fortinet warns of a critical vulnerability impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy that can allow remote attackers to perform arbitrary code execution. Fortinet has disclosed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-33308 (CVSS score 9.8), that impacts FortiOS and FortiProxy. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution on vulnerable devices. The issue is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2023
Microsoft mitigated an attack by Chinese threat actor Storm-0558

Microsoft announced it has mitigated a cyber attack by a China-linked threat actor, tracked as Storm-0558, which targeted customer emails. Microsoft announced it has mitigated an attack conducted by a China-linked threat actor, tracked as Storm-0558, which targeted customer emails. Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2023
Unpatched Office zero-day CVE-2023-36884 actively exploited in targeted attacks

Microsoft warned today that an unpatched zero-day in multiple Windows and Office products was actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in multiple Windows and Office products that has been actively exploited in the wild. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-36884, was exploited by nation-state actors and cybercriminals to gain remote code execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2023
Resecurity identified a zero-day vulnerability in Schneider Electric Accutech Manager

Resecurity researchers identified a zero-day Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Schneider Electric Accutech Manager product. Resecurity identified a zero-day vulnerability in the Schneider Electric Accutech Manager product. The vulnerability, labeled as CVE-2023-29414 and SEVD-2-23-192-03, has been rated high with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8. This issue pertains to a Buffer Overflow exploitation (CWE-120) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2023
VMware warns customers of exploit available for critical vRealize RCE flaw CVE-2023-20864

VMware warns customers of the public availability of an exploit code for the RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-20864 affecting vRealize. VMware warned customers of the availability of an exploit code for the critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-20864 in the VMware Aria Operations for Logs analysis tool  (formerly vRealize Log Insight). VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2023
Cybercriminals Evolve Antidetect Tooling for Mobile OS-Based Fraud

Resecurity identified the emergence of adversarial mobile Android-based Antidetect Tooling for Mobile OS-Based Fraud. Resecurity has identified the emergence of adversarial mobile Android-based tools (called “mobile anti-detects”), like Enclave and McFly, as a new frontier in fraud tradecraft evolution. These tools are used by criminals involved in online-banking theft to impersonate compromised account holders and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
Experts released PoC exploit for Ubiquiti EdgeRouter flaw

A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit for the CVE-2023-31998 vulnerability in the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter has been publicly released. The CVE-2023-31998 flaw (CVSS v3 5.9) is a heap overflow issue impacting Ubiquiti EdgeRouters and Aircubes, an attacker can exploit it to potentially execute arbitrary code and interrupt UPnP service to a vulnerable device. The flaw resides in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
RomCom RAT attackers target groups supporting NATO membership of Ukraine

Threat actors are targeting NATO and groups supporting Ukraine in a spear-phishing campaign distributing the RomCom RAT. On July 4, the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team uncovered a spear phishing campaign aimed at an organization supporting Ukraine abroad. The researchers discovered two lure documents submitted from an IP address in Hungary, both targeting upcoming NATO Summit guests who […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
A flaw in Revolut US payments resulted in the theft of $20 Million

A zero-day vulnerability in the Revolut payment systems allowed threat actors to steal more than $20 million in early 2022. In early 2022, threat actors exploited a zero-day flaw in Revolut payment systems to steal more than $20 million, reported the Financial Times quoting multiple unnamed sources. The issue resulted from differences between American and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
France’s government is giving the police more surveillance power

The French government is going to grant law enforcement the power to spy on suspects through smartphones and other devices. French legislators are going to approve a justice reform bill that also gives more power to law enforcement, allowing them to spy on suspects through their smartphones and other electronic devices. According to the French […]