Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigates data breach

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated an investigation into an alleged ransomware attack and the subsequent theft of data. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating an alleged ransomware attack that resulted in data theft. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2024
FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker with phishing attacks

BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign. FIN7 targeted employees who worked in the company’s IT department and had higher levels of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2024
Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost

An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platforms. Law enforcement from 19 countries participated in the operation which resulted in the arrest […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2024
Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT

Russia-linked APT Sandworm employed a previously undocumented backdoor called Kapeka in attacks against Eastern Europe since 2022. WithSecure researchers identified a new backdoor named Kapeka that has been used in attacks targeting victims in Eastern Europe since at least mid-2022. The backdoor is very sophisticated, it serves as both an initial toolkit and as a backdoor […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2024
Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. PoC publicly available

Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for which publicly available exploit code exists. Cisco has addressed a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability and is aware of a public exploit code for this issue. The PoC exploit code allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root. Cisco Integrated […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2024
Linux variant of Cerber ransomware targets Atlassian servers

Threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2023-22518 flaw in Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. At the end of October 2023, Atlassian warned of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Server. The vulnerability is an improper authorization issue that can lead to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2024
Ivanti fixed two critical flaws in its Avalanche MDM

Ivanti addressed two critical vulnerabilities in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, that can lead to remote command execution. Ivanti addressed multiple flaws in its Avalanche mobile device management (MDM) solution, including two critical flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-24996 and CVE-2024-29204, that can lead to remote command execution. The MDM software allows administrators to configure, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2024
Researchers released exploit code for actively exploited Palo Alto PAN-OS bug

Researchers released an exploit code for the actively exploited vulnerability CVE-2024-3400 in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS. Researchers at watchTowr Labs have released a technical analysis of the vulnerability CVE-2024-3400 in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS and a proof-of-concept exploit that can be used to execute shell commands on vulnerable firewalls. CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS score of 10.0) is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2024
Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN and SSH services

Cisco Talos warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services.   Cisco Talos researchers warn of large-scale credential brute-force attacks targeting multiple targets, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services since at least March 18, 2024.   […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024
PuTTY SSH Client flaw allows of private keys recovery

The PuTTY Secure Shell (SSH) and Telnet client are impacted by a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to recover private keys. PuTTY tools from 0.68 to 0.80 inclusive are affected by a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-31497, that resides in the code that generates signatures from ECDSA private keys which use the NIST P521 curve. […]