Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the emails appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms.
T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in recent wave of telecom breaches
T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in the wave of recently reported telecom breaches conducted by Chinese threat actors to gain access to private communications, call records, and law enforcement information requests.
Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks
A new phishing campaign dubbed 'CRON#TRAP' infects Windows with a Linux virtual machine that contains a built-in backdoor to give stealthy access to corporate networks.
D-Link won’t fix critical flaw affecting 60,000 older NAS devices
More than 60,000 D-Link network-attached storage devices that have reached end-of-life are vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability with a publicly available exploit.
Meet Interlock — The new ransomware targeting FreeBSD servers
A relatively new ransomware operation named Interlock attacks organizations worldwide, taking the unusual approach of creating an encryptor to target FreeBSD servers.
DocuSign's Envelopes API abused to send realistic fake invoices
Threat actors are abusing DocuSign's Envelopes API to create and mass-distribute fake invoices that appear genuine, impersonating well-known brands like Norton and PayPal.
Nokia says hackers leaked third-party app source code
Nokia's investigation of recent claims of a data breach found that the source code leaked on a hacker forum belongs to a third party and company and customer data has not been impacted.
Schneider Electric confirms dev platform breach after hacker steals data
Schneider Electric has confirmed a developer platform was breached after a threat actor claimed to steal 40GB of data from the company's JIRA server.
New Windows Driver Signature bypass allows kernel rootkit installs
Attackers can downgrade Windows kernel components to bypass security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement and deploy rootkits on fully patched systems. #Attack #Bypass #Computer #Downgrade #Elevation #Escalation #InfoSec #Privilege #Privileges #Rootkit #Security #Windows #of
Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots
Microsoft is using deceptive tactics against phishing actors by spawning realistic-looking honeypot tenants with access to Azure and lure cybercriminals in to collect intelligence about them. #Accounts #Computer #Fake #Honeypot #InfoSec #Microsoft #Phishing #Security
USDoD hacker behind National Public Data breach arrested in Brazil
A notorious hacker named USDoD, who is linked to the National Public Data and InfraGard breaches, has been arrested by Brazil's Polícia Federal in
Jetpack fixes critical information disclosure flaw existing since 2016
WordPress plugin Jetpack released a critical security update earlier today, addressing a vulnerability that allowed a logged-in user to access forms submitted by other visitors to the site.
Ukrainian pleads guilty to operating Raccoon Stealer malware
Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) cybercrime operation.
Critical flaw in NVIDIA Container Toolkit allows full host takeover
A critical vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit impacts all AI applications in a cloud or on-premise environment that rely on it to access GPU resources.
Global infostealer malware operation targets crypto users, gamers
A massive infostealer malware operation encompassing thirty campaigns targeting a broad spectrum of demographics and system platforms has been uncovered, attributed to a cybercriminal group named #Atomic #Computer #Info #InfoSec #Information #Information-stealing #Marko #Polo #Rhadamanthys #Security #Stealc #Stealer #malware
Transport for London confirms customer data stolen in cyberattack
Transport for London (TfL) has determined that the cyberattack on September 1 impacts customer data, including names, contact details, email addresses, and home addresses. #Breach #Computer #Customer #Data #InfoSec #London #Security #TfL #Transport #for
Litespeed Cache bug exposes millions of WordPress sites to takeover attacks
A critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin can let attackers take over millions of websites after creating rogue admin accounts. #Admin #Cache #Computer #InfoSec #LiteSpeed #Plugin #Security #Takeover #Website #WordPress
Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos
A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed 'EvilVideo' allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files.
Critical Cisco bug lets hackers add root users on SEG devices
Cisco has fixed a critical severity vulnerability that lets attackers add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway (SEG) appliances using emails with malicious attachments. Tracked as CVE-2024-20401, this arbitrary file write security flaw in the SEG content scanning and message filtering features is caused by an absolute path traversal weakness that allows replacing any file on the underlying operating system.
Hackers target WordPress calendar plugin used by 150,000 sites
Hackers are trying to exploit a vulnerability in the Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugin that is present on more than 150,000 websites to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable site and execute code remotely. #Actively #Calendar #Computer #Events #Exploited #File #InfoSec #Modern #Plugin #Security #Upload #Vulnerability #WordPress
New ShrinkLocker ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt your files
A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker.
PoC exploit released for RCE zero-day in D-Link EXO AX4800 routers
The D-Link EXO AX4800 (DIR-X4860) router is vulnerable to remote unauthenticated command execution that could lead to complete device takeovers by attackers with access to the HNAP port.
VMware fixes three zero-day bugs exploited at Pwn2Own 2024
VMware fixed four security vulnerabilities in the Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, including three zero-days exploited during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking contest. #Computer #Hypervisor #InfoSec #Pwn2Own #Security #VMware #Zero-Day
Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data. #Breach #Computer #Data #EPE #Europol #InfoSec #Leak #Security #Theft
Dell API abused to steal 49 million customer records in data breach
The threat actor behind the recent Dell data breach revealed they scraped information of 49 million customer records using an partner portal API they accessed as a fake company. #API #Breach #Computer #Data #Dell #Forum #Hacking #InfoSec #Limit #Rate #Scraping #Security
MITRE says state hackers breached its network via Ivanti zero-days
The MITRE Corporation says a state-backed hacking group breached its systems in January 2024 by chaining two Ivanti VPN zero-days.
840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack
The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper. #CHC-SV #Computer #Cyberattack #France #Healthcare #Hospital #InfoSec #Security
Targus discloses cyberattack after hackers detected on file servers
Laptop and tablet accessories maker Targus disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack disrupting operations after a threat actor gained access to the company's file servers.
Ivanti fixes VPN gateway vulnerability allowing RCE, DoS attacks
IT security software company Ivanti has released patches to fix multiple security vulnerabilities impacting its Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways.
Finland confirms APT31 hackers behind 2021 parliament breach
The Finnish Police confirmed on Tuesday that the APT31 hacking group linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was behind a breach of the country's parliament disclosed in March 2021.