Forescout experts questioned the attribution of cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023 to the Russia-linked Sandworm. Forescout experts shared findings from their analysis of the cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023, attributing them to the Russia-linked Sandworm. In May, Danish critical infrastructure faced the biggest […]
The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested the alleged mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme. The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested an individual in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. The man is suspected to be the mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme that generated over USD […]
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. Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed […]
The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) reported an increase in Akira ransomware attacks, targeting organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. Akira ransomware infections were first reported in Finland […]
GitLab addressed two critical flaws impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition, including a critical zero-click account hijacking vulnerability GitLab has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset. The flaw […]
Juniper Networks fixed a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. Juniper Networks released security updates to address a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, that resides in SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The vulnerability resides in […]
Investigators from Resecurityâs HUNTER (HUMINT) warn that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors. Investigators from Resecurityâs HUNTER (HUMINT) have found that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors who have staged attacks that pose significant long-term risks to the integrity of the countryâs elections. These findings coincide with the critical and fast-approaching […]
Researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 in the Apache OfBiz. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck have created a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 (CVSS score: 9.8) in the Apache OfBiz. In December, experts warned of an authentication bypass zero-day flaw that affects Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) […]
Liquipedia, an online e-sports platform run by Team Liquid, exposed a database revealing its usersâ email addresses and other details. Users of the e-sports knowledge base were exposed via a publicly accessible and passwordless MongoDB database, the Cybernews research team has discovered. The database was closed after researchers informed Liquipediaâs admins about the issue. Liquipedia […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft SharePoint bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-21887 and CVE-2023-46805, and Microsoft SharePoint Server flaw CVE-2023-29357 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Software firm […]