Chinese and N. Korean Hackers Target Global Infrastructure with Ransomware

Threat actors with suspected ties to China and North Korea have been linked to ransomware and data encryption attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors across the world between 2021 and 2023. While one cluster of activity has been associated with the ChamelGang aka CamoFei,...

CVE-2021-47617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: pciehp: Fix infinite loop in IRQ handler upon power fault The Power Fault Detected bit in the Slot Status register differs from all other hotplug events in that it is sticky: It can only be cleared after turning off slot...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: pciehp: Fix infinite loop in IRQ handler upon power fault The Power Fault Detected bit in the Slot Status register differs from all other hotplug events in that it is sticky: It can only be cleared after turning off slot...

PT-2024-9283

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an infinite loop in the IRQ handler upon power fault in the Linux kernel's PCI: pciehp component. The Power Fault Detected bit in the Slot Status register is...

Black Basta Ransomware May Have Exploited MS Windows Zero-Day Flaw

Threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware may have exploited a recently disclosed privilege escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service as a zero-day, according to new findings from Symantec. The security flaw in question is CVE-2024-26169 CVSS score: 7.8, an elevati...

Exposed and vulnerable: Recent attacks highlight critical need to protect internet-exposed OT devices

Since late 2023, Microsoft has observed an increase in reports of attacks focusing on internet-exposed, poorly secured operational technology OT devices. Internet-exposed OT equipment in water and wastewater systems WWS in the US were targeted in multiple attacks over the past months by different...

Moroccan Cybercrime Group Steals Up to $100K Daily Through Gift Card Fraud

Microsoft is calling attention to a Morocco-based cybercrime group dubbed Storm-0539 that's behind gift card fraud and theft through highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks. "Their primary motivation is to steal gift cards and profit by selling them online at a discounted rate," the...

Cyber Signals: Inside the growing risk of gift card fraud

In the ever-evolving landscape of cyberthreats, staying ahead of malicious actors is a constant challenge. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed that gift cards are attractive targets for fraud and social engineering practices. Unlike credit or debit cards, there’s no customer name or bank...

Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israel

An Iranian threat actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security MOIS has been attributed as behind destructive wiping attacks targeting Albania and Israel under the personas Homeland Justice and Karma, respectively. Cybersecurity firm Check Point is tracking the activity under t...

Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft's Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat actor it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks. "Storm-1811 is a financially motivated cybercriminal group known to deploy Black Basta...

Iranian MuddyWater Hackers Adopt New C2 Tool 'DarkBeatC2' in Latest Campaign

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new command-and-control C2 infrastructure called DarkBeatC2, becoming the latest such tool in its arsenal after SimpleHarm, MuddyC3, PhonyC2, and MuddyC2Go. "While occasionally switching to a new remote administration tool or...

Raspberry Robin Returns: New Malware Campaign Spreading Through WSF Files

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Raspberry Robin campaign wave that has been propagating the malware through malicious Windows Script Files WSFs since March 2024. "Historically, Raspberry Robin was known to spread through removable media like USB drives, but over time its...

SUSE CVE-2024-26684

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: xgmac: fix handling of DPP safety error for DMA channels Commit 56e58d6c8a56 "net: stmmac: Implement Safety Features in XGMAC core" checks and reports safety errors, but leaves the Data Path Parity Errors for each...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26684

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: xgmac: fix handling of DPP safety error for DMA channels Commit 56e58d6c8a56 "net: stmmac: Implement Safety Features in XGMAC core" checks and reports safety errors, but leaves the Data Path Parity Errors for each...

CVE-2024-26684 net: stmmac: xgmac: fix handling of DPP safety error for DMA channels

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: xgmac: fix handling of DPP safety error for DMA channels Commit 56e58d6c8a56 "net: stmmac: Implement Safety Features in XGMAC core" checks and reports safety errors, but leaves the Data Path Parity Errors for each...

CVE-2024-26684: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: xgmac: fix handling of DPP safety error for DMA channels Commit 56e58d6c8a56 "net: stmmac: Implement Safety Features in XGMAC core" checks and reports safety errors, but leaves the Data Path Parity Errors for each...

PT-2024-21462

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue concerns the handling of DPP safety errors for DMA channels in the Linux kernel's XGMAC core. Specifically, it leaves Data Path Parity Errors for each channel in DMA unhandled,...

Tycoon and Storm-1575 Linked to Phishing Attacks on US Schools

By Deeba Ahmed Tycoon and Storm-1575 threat actors launched targeted spear phishing attacks to bypass MFA protections, targeting officials at large US school districts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tycoon and Storm-1575 Linked to Phishing Attacks on US Schools...

Microsoft Expands Free Logging Capabilities for all U.S. Federal Agencies

Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities to all U.S. federal agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit irrespective of the license tier, more than six months after a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations came to light. "Microsoft will automatically enable th...

Pawn Storm Uses Brute Force and Stealth Against High-Value Targets

Based on our estimates, from approximately April 2022 until November 2023, Pawn Storm attempted to launch NTLMv2 hash relay attacks through different methods, with huge peaks in the number of targets and variations in the government departments that it targeted...