Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2023
Two ambulance services in UK lost access to patient records after a cyber attack on software provider

Swedish software firm Ortivus suffered a cyberattack that has resulted in at least two British ambulance services losing access to electronic patient records. Two British ambulance services were not able to access electronic patient records after a cyber attack that hit their software provider Ortivus. Ortivus was a Swedish software company specializing in providing solutions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2023
FraudGPT, a new malicious generative AI tool appears in the threat landscape

FraudGPT is another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is advertised in the hacking underground. Generative AI models are becoming attractive for crooks, Netenrich researchers recently spotted a new platform dubbed FraudGPT which is advertised on multiple marketplaces and the Telegram Channel since July 22, 2023.  According to Netenrich, this generative AI bot was […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2023
CISA adds Ivanti EPMM flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA added actively exploited Ivanti ‘s Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added actively exploited Ivanti ‘s Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-35078, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The vulnerability is an authentication bypass issue impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2023
Over 500K MikroTik RouterOS systems potentially exposed to hacking due to critical flaw

Experts warn of a severe privilege escalation, tracked as CVE-2023-30799, in MikroTik RouterOS that can be exploited to hack vulnerable devices. VulnCheck researchers warn of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), that can be exploited in large-scale attacks to target over 500,000 RouterOS systems. “MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2023
Atlassian addressed 3 flaws in Confluence and Bamboo products

Atlassian addressed three vulnerabilities in its Confluence Server, Data Center, and Bamboo Data Center products that can lead to remote code execution. Atlassian has addressed three critical and high severity vulnerabilities impacting the Confluence Server, Data Center, and Bamboo Data Center products. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could result in remote code execution on vulnerable systems. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2023
VMware addressed an information disclosure flaw in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and Isolation Segment

VMware fixed an information disclosure flaw in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and Isolation Segment that exposed CF API admin credentials in audit logs. VMware has addressed an information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20891 (CVSSv3 score 6.5), in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS for VMs) and Isolation Segment that exposed logged credentials […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2023
Apple addressed a new actively exploited zero-day tracked as CVE-2023-38606

Apple released security updates to address an actively exploited zero-day flaw in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari. Apple released urgent security updates to address multiple flaws in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari, including an actively exploited zero-day. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38606, resides in the kernel and can be exploited to modify sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2023
A flaw in OpenSSH forwarded ssh-agent allows remote code execution

A new flaw in OpenSSH could be potentially exploited to run arbitrary commands remotely on compromised hosts under specific conditions. Researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent. OpenSSH (Open Secure Shell) is a set of open-source tools and utilities that provide secure encrypted […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2023
Experts warn of OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector

Checkmark researchers have uncovered the first known targeted OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector. In the first half of 2023, Checkmarx researchers detected multiple open-source software supply chain attacks aimed at the banking sector. These attacks targeted specific components in web assets used by banks, according to the experts the attackers used advanced techniques. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2023
Apple could opt to stop iMessage and FaceTime services due to the government’s surveillance demands

Apple could opt to pull iMessage and FaceTime services in the U.K. in response to the government’s surveillance demands. In light of the government’s surveillance demands, Apple might consider withdrawing iMessage and FaceTime services from the U.K. The UK government wants to give more surveillance powers to its intelligence agencies proposing changes to the Investigatory Powers […]