Getting off the Attack Surface Hamster Wheel: Identity Can Help

IT professionals have developed a sophisticated understanding of the enterprise attack surface – what it is, how to quantify it and how to manage it. The process is simple: begin by thoroughly assessing the attack surface, encompassing the entire IT environment. Identify all potential entry and...

Free Decryptor Released for Black Basta and Babuk's Tortilla Ransomware Victims

A decryptor for the Tortilla variant of the Babuk ransomware has been released by Cisco Talos, allowing victims targeted by the malware to regain access to their files. The cybersecurity firm said the threat intelligence it shared with Dutch law enforcement authorities made it possible to arrest...

CVE-2024-20672

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2024-01-09 19:26:50+00:00| seen| https://t.me/ctinow/165270 2024-01-09 19:47:38+00:00| seen| https://t.me/ctinow/165297 2024-01-10 16:16:55+00:00| seen| https://t.me/ctinow/165901 2025-04-30 01:12:36+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2023-6129

CVE-2023-6129: OpenSSL POLY1305 MAC bug on PowerPC (PowerISA 2.07) can corrupt vector registers/state when POLY1305 is used, potentially affecting TLS deployments. Impact ranges from no observable issues to application crashes or takeover, per advisories. Affected platforms are PowerPC CPUs with ...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 1 January to 7 January 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of twelve executed attacks, two instances of adversary activity, and three exploited...

Black Basta-Affiliated Water Curupira’s Pikabot Spam Campaign

...

Siemens Spectrum Power 7

As of January 10, 2023, CISA will no longer be updating ICS security advisories for Siemens product vulnerabilities beyond the initial advisory. For the most up-to-date information on vulnerabilities in this advisory, please see Siemens' ProductCERT Security Advisories CERT Services | Services |...

Mastercard Cybersecurity

Safeguarding Trade: Discovering the World of Mastercard Digital Guardrails In our tech-driven era, it is vitro important that financial dealings are shielded competently. A colossal number of exchanges are happening each day, proving the ever growing necessity of sturdy digital protective measure...

Unifying Security Tech Beyond the Stack: Integrating SecOps with Managed Risk and Strategy

Cybersecurity is an infinite journey in a digital landscape that never ceases to change. According to Ponemon Institute1, "only 59% of organizations say their cybersecurity strategy has changed over the past two years." This stagnation in strategy adaptation can be traced back to several key...

DoJ Charges 19 Worldwide in $68 Million xDedic Dark Web Marketplace Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ said it charged 19 individuals worldwide in connection with the now-defunct xDedic Marketplace, which is estimated to have facilitated more than $68 million in fraud. In wrapping up its investigation into the dark web portal, the agency said the transnational...

CVE-2024-0300

CVE-2024-0300 affects Beijing Baichuo/ Byzoro Smart S150 Management Platform up to version 20240101. The issue lies in the HTTP POST Request Handler, specifically the /useratte/userattestation.php component, where manipulating the web_img (or web img) parameter enables unrestricted file upload. T...

Police investigate sexual assault on an avatar

British police are investigating a case involving a virtual sexual assault of a girls avatar. Even though there was no physical violence involved the incident will be investigated as it has caused psychological trauma. By definition, an avatar is a virtual representation of a user and is driven b...

CVE-2023-34323

CVE-2023-34323 affects the Xen stored component (C Xenstored). The issue arises when a transaction is committed: quota is checked, but some builds assume quota cannot be negative and use assert(), causing a crash if -DNDEBUG is not defined. Public details label the impact as local, with low privi...

Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine's Telecom Giant for Months

Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar's systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. The incident, described as a "powerful hacker attack," first ca...

Rapid7 Recognized by Newsweek as one of ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for 2024’.

On December 13th, Newsweek Magazine published their list of ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for 2024’. Like many companies today, Rapid7 recognizes the positive impact diversity plays in driving organizational success, attracting and retaining exceptional talent, and creating positiv...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 25 December to 31 December 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of eight executed attacks, four instances of adversary activity, and five exploited...

X Account of Google Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant Hacked in Crypto Scam

By Waqas The hackers changed Mandiant's Twitter handle from "@Mandiant" to "@phantomsolw." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: X Account of Google Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant Hacked in Crypto Scam...

DOJ Slams XCast with $10 Million Fine Over Massive Illegal Robocall Operation

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Tuesday said it reached a settlement with VoIP service provider XCast over allegations that it facilitated illegal telemarketing campaigns since at least January 2018, in contravention of the Telemarketing Sales Rule TSR. In addition to prohibiting the compan...

CVE-2023-50350

CVE-2023-50350 affects HCL DRYiCE MyXalytics and is linked to the use of a broken cryptographic algorithm for encryption, potentially allowing an attacker to decrypt sensitive information. Affected component is the encryption implementation; the root cause is the cryptographic weakness described ...

TOTOLINK EX1800T setNtpCfg Interface Command Execution Vulnerability

The TOTOLINK EX1800T is a Wi-Fi range extender from China's Gion Electronics TOTOLINK. A command execution vulnerability exists in the TOTOLINK EX1800T setNtpCfg interface. The vulnerability stems from the failure of the tz parameter of the setNtpCfg interface of cstecgi .cgi to properly filter...