The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

A cyberattack that shut down two of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023. It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that...

Hackers Threaten to Leak Planned Parenthood Data

Plus: Kaspersky’s US business sold, Nigerian sextortion scammers jailed, and Europe’s controversial encryption plans return...

PT-2024-31733

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SolarWinds Serv-U affected versions not specified Description: The issue is a directory traversal vulnerability where remote code execution is possible depending on the privileges given to the authenticated user. This problem requires the use...

The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink

The Navy is testing out the Elon Musk–owned satellite constellation to provide high-speed internet access to sailors at sea. It’s part of a bigger project that’s about more than just getting online...

Portmapper Amplification Scanner

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Portmapper Amplification Scanner', 'Description' = %q This module can be used to discover Portmapper services which can be used in an amplificati...

Taylor Swift Concert Terror Plot Was Thwarted by Key CIA Tip

Plus: China-linked hackers infiltrate US internet providers, authorities crack down on a major piracy operation, and a ransomware gang claims attacks during the Paris Olympics...

NUUO NVRmini 2 / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Default Configuration Load And Administrator Password Reset

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'NUUO NVRmini 2 / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Default Configuration Load and Administrator Password Reset', 'Description' = %q The NVRmini 2...

D-Link I2eye Video Conference AutoAnswer (WDBRPC)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'D-Link i2eye Video Conference AutoAnswer WDBRPC', 'Description' = %q This module can be used to enable auto-answer mode for the D-Link i2eye vide...

NTP Monitor List Scanner

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'NTP Monitor List Scanner', 'Description' = %q This module identifies NTP servers which permit "monlist" queries and obtains the recent clients...

NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download', 'Description' = %q Netgear's ProSafe NMS300 is a network management...

Hackers Calling Employees to Steal VPN Credentials from US Firms

Watch out for THE CALL!...

Iranian State Hackers Team Up with Ransomware Gangs in Attacks on US

State-Sponsored Espionage Meets Ransomware!...

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims. Qilin seems to have a preference for healthcare and support organizations. One of their most well-known victims was the pathology lab services provider...

Iran-based Cyber Actors Enabling Ransomware Attacks on US Organizations

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center DC3 are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to warn network defenders that, as of August 2024, a group of Iran-based cyber actors...

US Federal Court Rules Against Geofence Warrants

This is a big deal. A US Appeals Court ruled that geofence warrants--these are general warrants demanding information about all people within a geographical boundary--are unconstitutional. The decision seems obvious to me, but you cant take anything for granted...

The US Navy Has Run Out of Pants

Plus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a “configuration error” exposed sensitive user data, and more...

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws

The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems...

Toyota confirms customer and employee data stolen, says breach at third party to blame

Last week, a cybercriminal using the handle ZeroSevenGroup dumped 240GB of data on the infamous stolen data site BreachForums, that they said came from a hack on the US branch of car manufacturer Toyota. ZeroSevenGroup claims the dump includes customer and employee data. ZeroSevenGroup posted the...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: XSS found for https://█████████

The XSS vulnerability was found in the /web/guest/search endpoint, where the query parameter was not properly sanitized before being reflected in the server's response. An attacker could craft a malicious payload and trick a user into sending a POST request, allowing the execution of arbitrary...

CVE-2024-40481

A Stored Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability was found in "/admin/view-enquiry.php" in PHPGurukul Old Age Home Management System v1.0, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Contact Us page "message" parameter...