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Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2022
MuddyWater APT group is back with updated TTPs

The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT is targeting countries in the Middle East as well as Central and West Asia in a new campaign. Deep Instinct’s Threat Research team uncovered a new campaign conducted by the MuddyWater APT (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, and Static Kitten) that was targeting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, and United Arab Emirates. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2022
At least 4,460 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts are exposed to the Internet

Censys researchers warn of more than 4,000 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts exposed to the Internet. Pulse Connect Secure is a widely-deployed SSL VPN solution for remote and mobile users, for this reason, it is a target of attacks by multiple threat actors. Over the years, researchers disclosed several severe vulnerabilities in the server software, in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2022
US HHS warns healthcare orgs of Royal Ransomware attacks

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns healthcare organizations of Royal ransomware attacks. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. The Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware of attacks against the Healthcare and Public Healthcare (HPH) […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
CommonSpirit confirms data breach impacts 623K patients

CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. In early October, Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients. The security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 3: Participants earned nearly $1 million

On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000. On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000 for demonstrating zero-day attacks against NAS devices, printers, smart speakers, routers, and smartphones. In the two days, participants earned […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
Cisco discloses high-severity flaw impacting IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series

Cisco disclosed a high-severity flaw in its IP phones that can be exploited to gain remote code execution and conduct DoS attacks. Cisco disclosed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20968, impacting its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series (except Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821). An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can trigger the flaw to cause a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
Experts devised a technique to bypass web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors

Claroty researchers devised a technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty devised an attack technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several industry-leading vendors. The technique was discovered while conducting unrelated research on Cambium Networks’ wireless device management platform. The researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2022
Zombinder APK binding service used in multiple malware attacks

Zombinder is a third-party service on darknet used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android applications. While investigating a new malware campaign targeting Android and Windows systems, researchers at Threat Fabric discovered a darknet service, dubbed Zombinder, used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android apps. The campaign involved the Ermac Android banking Trojan along […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 2: Participants earned $281K

Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day Two – Participants demonstrated exploits for smart speaker, smartphone, printer, router, and NAS. On the first day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition participants earned $400,000 for 26 unique zero-day exploits. On the second day of the competition, participants earned more $281,000 for smart speaker, smartphone, printer, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2022
Android app with over 5m downloads leaked user browsing history

The Android app Web Explorer – Fast Internet left an open instance, exposing a trove of sensitive data that malicious actors could use to check specific users’ browsing history. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/android-app-leaked-user-browsing-history/ A browsing app for Android devices, Web Explorer – Fast Internet, left open its Firebase instance, exposing app and user data, the Cybernews research […]