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Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
Threat actors are offering access to corporate networks via unauthorized Fortinet VPN access

Cyble observed Initial Access Brokers (IABs) offering access to enterprise networks compromised via a critical flaw in Fortinet products. Researchers at Cyble have observed initial access brokers (IABs) selling access to enterprise networks likely compromised via a recently patched critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684, in Fortinet products. In early October, Fortinet addressed the critical authentication bypass flaw, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
CISA adds Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical vulnerability impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware, tracked as CVE-2021-35587 (CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. An unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
Irish data protection commission fines Meta over 2021 data-scraping leak

Irish data protection commission (DPC) fined Meta for not protecting Facebook’s users’ data from scraping. Meta has been fined â‚Ź265 million ($275.5 million) by the Irish data protection commission (DPC) for the data leak suffered by Facebook in 2021 that exposed the data belonging to millions of Facebook users. The Data Protection Commission is also imposing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2022
A flaw in some Acer laptops can be used to bypass security features

ESET announced the discovery of a vulnerability impacting Acer laptops that can allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. ESET researchers announced in a series of tweets the discovery of a vulnerability impacting Acer laptops, the issue can allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. The experts explained that the flaw, tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2022
Experts found a vulnerability in AWS AppSync

Amazon Web Services (AWS) fixed a cross-tenant vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access to resources. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has addressed a cross-tenant confused deputy problem in its platform that could have allowed threat actors to gain unauthorized access to resources. The problem was reported to the company by researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2022
RansomBoggs Ransomware hit several Ukrainian entities, experts attribute it to Russia

Several Ukrainian organizations were hit by Russia-based RansomBoggs Ransomware in the last week, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET observed multiple attacks involving a new family of ransomware, tracked as RansomBoggs ransomware, against Ukrainian organizations. The security firm first detected the attacks on November 21 and immediately alerted the CERT US. The ransomware is written in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 395

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. Data from 5.4M Twitter users obtained from multiple threat actors and combined with data from other […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2022
US FCC bans the import of electronic equipment from Chinese firms

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it will completely ban the import of electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the total ban for telecom and surveillance equipment from Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due to an “unacceptable” national security threat. The US […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2022
Data from 5.4M Twitter users obtained from multiple threat actors

The massive data breach suffered by Twitter that exposed emails and phone numbers of its customers may have impacted more than five million users. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor offered […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2022
Devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo used outdated OpenSSL versions

Researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Binarly researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. The OpenSSL software library allows secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping or need to identify the party at the other end. […]