Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2024
SolarWinds addressed three critical vulnerabilities in its Access Rights Manager (ARM) solution, including two RCE bugs. SolarWinds has fixed several Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in its Access Rights Manager (ARM) solution. Access Rights Manager (ARM) is a software solution designed to assist organizations in managing and monitoring access rights and permissions within their IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2024
Cybersecurity firm ESET has addressed a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in its Windows security solution. ESET addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0353 (CVSS score 7.8), in its Windows products. The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation issue that was submitted to the company by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). According to the advisory, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2024
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Ukrainian national faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in Zeus, IcedID malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2024
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty to his role in the Zeus and IcedID operations, which caused tens of millions of dollars in losses. Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov has pleaded guilty to his key roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations. “Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was a leader of two prolific malware groups that infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2024
CISA warns that the Akira Ransomware gang is exploiting the Cisco ASA/FTD vulnerability CVE-2020-3259 (CVSS score: 7.5) in attacks in the wild. This week the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco ASA and FTD bug, tracked as CVE-2020-3259 (CVSS score: 7.5), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability CVE-2020-3259 is an information disclosure issue that resides […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Exchange and Cisco ASA and FTD bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: The vulnerability CVE-2020-3259 is an information disclosure issue that resides in the web services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2024
The U.S. government offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders. The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of the key figures behind the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware operation. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2024
U.S. CISA revealed that threat actors breached an unnamed state government organization via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a threat actor gained access to an unnamed state government organization’s network environment via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. CISA and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2024
Russia-linked APT group Turla has been spotted targeting Polish non-governmental organizations (NGO) with a new backdoor dubbed TinyTurla-NG. Russia-linked cyberespionage group Turla has been spotted using a new backdoor dubbed TinyTurla-NG in attacks aimed at Polish non-governmental organizations. The Turla APT group (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2004 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2024
The US authorities dismantled the Moobot botnet, which was controlled by the Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28. A court order allowed US authorities to neutralize the Moobot botnet, a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers under the control of the Russia-linked group APT28. The botnet was used by the Russian state-sponsored hackers to […]
