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Widespread Instagram Hack Locking Users Out of Their Accounts
Instagram has been hit by a widespread hacking campaign that appears to stem from Russia and have affected hundreds of users over the past week, leaving them locked out of their accounts. A growing number of Instagram users are taking to social media, including Twitter and Reddit, to report a...
Chinese Hackers Find Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities in BMW Cars
Chinese security researchers have discovered more than a dozen vulnerabilities in the onboard compute units of BMW cars, some of which can be exploited remotely to compromise a vehicle. The security flaws have been discovered during a year-long security audit conducted by researchers from Keen...
ISIS Hacker who Passed U.S. Military Data to Terrorists Arrested in Malaysia
Malaysian authorities have arrested a Kosovo citizen in Kuala Lumpur on Computer hacking charges and allegedly providing personal data about United States military members to the Islamic State Terrorists group also known as ISIS or ISIL. According to the US Department of Justice DOJ and the FBI,...
CryptoJS Weak RNG Behind $5.7 Million in Drains Affects Five Crypto Wallet Apps
Coinspect has identified CryptoJS.lib.WordArray.random as the weak random number generator behind the Ill Bloom wallet drains. Introduced in the JavaScript cryptography library 12 years ago, the function supplied weak entropy that affected wallet apps used to generate recovery phrases. Coinspect'...
Researchers Uncover Flaws in Python Package for AI Models and PDF.js Used by Firefox
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the llamacpppython Python package that could be exploited by threat actors to achieve arbitrary code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-34359 CVSS score: 9.7, the flaw has been codenamed Llama Drama by software supply chain security firm Checkmarx. "If...
Alert: PoC Exploits Released for Citrix and VMware Vulnerabilities
Virtualization services provider VMware has alerted customers to the existence of a proof-of-concept PoC exploit for a recently patched security flaw in Aria Operations for Logs. Tracked as CVE-2023-34051 CVSS score: 8.1, the high-severity vulnerability relates to a case of authentication bypass...
Researchers Discover Bypass for Recently Patched Critical Ivanti EPMM Vulnerability
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a bypass for a recently fixed actively exploited vulnerability in some versions of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile EPMM, prompting Ivanti to urge users to update to the latest version of the software. Tracked as CVE-2023-35082 CVSS score: 10.0 and discover...
Industrial Cellular Routers at Risk: 11 New Vulnerabilities Expose OT Networks
Several security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in cloud management platforms associated with three industrial cellular router vendors that could expose operational technology OT networks to external attacks. The findings were presented by Israeli industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO at the...
BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11
A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape. "This bootkit can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secu...
Qualcomm Chipsets and Lenovo BIOS Get Security Updates to Fix Multiple Flaws
Qualcomm on Tuesday released patches to address multiple security flaws in its chipsets, some of which could be exploited to cause information disclosure and memory corruption. The five vulnerabilities -- tracked from CVE-2022-40516 through CVE-2022-40520 -- also impact Lenovo ThinkPad X13s...
Samba Issues Security Updates to Patch Multiple High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of affected systems. The high-severity flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967, and CVE-2022-45141, have been patched in...
Apple Releases Security Patches for all Devices Fixing Dozens of New Vulnerabilities
Apple on Wednesday rolled out software fixes for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to address a number of security flaws affecting its platforms. This includes at least 37 flaws spanning different components in iOS and macOS that range from privilege escalation to arbitrary code execution and...
Linux Implementation of Cobalt Strike Beacon Targeting Organizations Worldwide
Researchers on Monday took the wraps off a newly discovered Linux and Windows re-implementation of Cobalt Strike Beacon that's actively set its sights on government, telecommunications, information technology, and financial institutions in the wild. The as-yet undetected version of the penetratio...
BadAlloc Flaw Affects BlackBerry QNX Used in Millions of Cars and Medical Devices
A major vulnerability affecting older versions of BlackBerry's QNX Real-Time Operating System RTOS could allow malicious actors to cripple and gain control of a variety of products, including cars, medical, and industrial equipment. The shortcoming CVE-2021-22156, CVSS score: 9.0 is part of a...
Unpatched Security Flaws Expose Mitsubishi Safety PLCs to Remote Attacks
Multiple unpatched security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Mitsubishi safety programmable logic controllers PLCs that could be exploited by an adversary to acquire legitimate user names registered in the module via a brute-force attack, unauthorizedly login to the CPU module, and even cau...
Several Bugs Found in 3 Open-Source Software Used by Several Businesses
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed nine security vulnerabilities affecting three open-source projects — EspoCRM, Pimcore, and Akaunting — that are widely used by several small to medium businesses and, if successfully exploited, could provide a pathway to more sophisticated attacks. A...
Hackers Tampered With APKPure Store to Distribute Malware Apps
APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores outside of the Google Play Store, was infected with malware this week, allowing threat actors to distribute Trojans to Android devices. In a supply-chain attack similar to that of German telecommunications equipment manufacturer Gigaset, the...
How Cyrebro Can Unify Multiple Cybersecurity Defenses to Optimize Protection
Many enterprises rely on more than one security tool to protect their technology assets, devices, and networks. This is particularly true for organizations that use hybrid systems or a combination of cloud and local applications. Likewise, companies whose networks include a multitude of smartphon...
Magento Marketplace Suffers Data Breach Exposing Users' Account Info
If you have ever registered an account with the official Magento marketplace to bought or sold any extension, plugin, or e-commerce website theme, you must change your password immediately. Adobe—the company owning Magento e-commerce platform—today disclosed a new data breach incident that expose...
Flaws in Pre-Installed Apps Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hackers
Bought a new Android phone? What if I say your brand new smartphone can be hacked remotely? Nearly all Android phones come with useless applications pre-installed by manufacturers or carriers, usually called bloatware, and there's nothing you can do if any of them has a backdoor built-in—even if...
Heartbleed - OpenSSL Zero-day Bug leaves Millions of websites Vulnerable
It is advised to those who are running their web server with OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0, then it is significantly important that you update to OpenSSL 1.0.1g immediately or as soon as possible. As this afternoon, an extremely critical programming flaw in the OpenSSL has been discovered that...
New HTTP/2 Vulnerability Exposes Web Servers to DoS Attacks
New research has found that the CONTINUATION frame in the HTTP/2 protocol can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service DoS attacks. The technique has been codenamed HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood by security researcher Bartek Nowotarski, who reported the issue to the CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC ...
GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack impacting modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution. Dubbed GhostRace CVE-2024-2193, it is a variation of the transient execution CPU vulnerability known as Spectre v1 CVE-2017-5753. The approach combines speculative...
Record-Breaking 100 Million RPS DDoS Attack Exploits HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Flaw
Cloudflare on Thursday said it mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks that exploited a recently disclosed flaw called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset, 89 of which exceeded 100 million requests per second RPS. "The campaign contributed to an overall increase of...
New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers
VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT of France said i...
New BMC Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Affect Servers from Dozens of Manufacturers
Three different security flaws have been disclosed in American Megatrends AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller BMC software that could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable servers. "The impact of exploiting these vulnerabilities include remote control of compromised servers, remote...
Hackers Exploited MSHTML Flaw to Spy on Government and Defense Targets
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday took the wraps off a multi-stage espionage campaign targeting high-ranking government officials overseeing national security policy and individuals in the defense industry in Western Asia. The attack is unique as it leverages Microsoft OneDrive as a...
Police Arrest Suspected Ransomware Hackers Behind 1,800 Attacks Worldwide
12 people have been detained as part of an international law enforcement operation for orchestrating ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and large organizations that hit over 1,800 victims across 71 countries since 2019, marking the latest action against cybercrime groups. The arrests...
New Attack Could Let Hackers Clone Your Google Titan 2FA Security Keys
Hardware security keys—such as those from Google and Yubico—are considered the most secure means to protect accounts from phishing and takeover attacks. But a new research published on Thursday demonstrates how an adversary in possession of such a two-factor authentication 2FA device can clone it...
Critical Bugs Found in 3 Popular e-Learning Plugins for WordPress Sites
Security researchers are sounding the alarm over newly discovered vulnerabilities in some popular online learning management system LMS plugins that various organizations and universities use to offer online training courses through their WordPress-based websites. According to the Check Point...
New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS. Dubbed "SimJacker," the vulnerability resides in a...
Patches for 2 Severe LibreOffice Flaws Bypassed — Update to Patch Again
If you are using LibreOffice, you need to update it once again. LibreOffice has released the latest version 6.2.6/6.3.0 of its open-source office software to address three new vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to bypass patches for two previously addressed vulnerabilities. LibreOffice is...
Critical Flaws in 'OXID eShop' Software Expose eCommerce Sites to Hacking
If your e-commerce website runs on the OXID eShop platform, you need to update it immediately to prevent your site from becoming compromised. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a pair of critical vulnerabilities in OXID eShop e-commerce software that could allow unauthenticated attackers t...
Flaw Affecting Millions of Cisco Devices Let Attackers Implant Persistent Backdoor
Researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in Cisco products that could allow attackers to implant persistent backdoor on wide range devices used in enterprises and government networks, including routers, switches, and firewalls. Dubbed Thrangrycat or 😾😾😾, the vulnerability, discovered by...
BEWARE – New 'Creative' Phishing Attack You Really Should Pay Attention To
A cybersecurity researcher who last month warned of a creative phishing campaign has now shared details of a new but similar attack campaign with The Hacker News that has specifically been designed to target mobile users. Just like the previous campaign, the new phishing attack is also based on t...
Google fined $57 million by France for lack of transparency and consent
The French data protection watchdog CNIL has issued its first fine of €50 million around $57 million under the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation GDPR law that came into force in May last year. The fine has been levied on Google for "lack of transparency, inadequate informati...
First-Ever Ransomware Found Using 'Process Doppelgänging' Attack to Evade Detection
Security researchers have spotted the first-ever ransomware exploiting Process Doppelgänging, a new fileless code injection technique that could help malware evade detection. The Process Doppelgänging attack takes advantage of a built-in Windows function, i.e., NTFS Transactions, and an outdated...
0-Day Flaws in Vanilla Forums Let Remote Attackers Hack Websites
A security researcher has publicly disclosed two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Vanilla Forums, an open source software that powers discussion on over 500,000 websites, which could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to fully compromise targeted websites easily. Discovered by Polish...
Linux worm targeting Routers, Set-top boxes and Security Cameras with PHP-CGI Vulnerability
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Apple Patches AirPods Bluetooth Vulnerability That Could Allow Eavesdropping
Apple has released a firmware update for AirPods that could allow a malicious actor to gain access to the headphones in an unauthorized manner. Tracked as CVE-2024-27867, the authentication issue affects AirPods 2nd generation and later, AirPods Pro all models, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, and...
Ivanti Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws in Endpoint Manager
Ivanti on Tuesday rolled out fixes to address multiple critical security flaws in Endpoint Manager EPM that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. Six of the 10 vulnerabilities – from CVE-2024-29822 through CVE-2024-29827 CVSS scores: 9.6 – relate to SQL...
New PowerExchange Backdoor Used in Iranian Cyber Attack on UAE Government
An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates U.A.E. was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft Exchange Server with a "simple yet effective" backdoor dubbed PowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the...
Dahua IP Camera Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Take Full Control Over Devices
Details have been shared about a security vulnerability in Dahua's Open Network Video Interface Forum ONVIF standard implementation, which, when exploited, can lead to seizing control of IP cameras. Tracked as CVE-2022-30563 CVSS score: 7.4, the "vulnerability could be abused by attackers to...
VMware Issues Patches for Critical Flaws Affecting Carbon Black App Control
VMware on Wednesday released software updates to plug two critical security vulnerabilities affecting its Carbon Black App Control platform that could be abused by a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code on affected installations in Windows systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-22951 and CVE-2022-2295...
Hackers Exploit Microsoft Browser Bug to Deploy VBA Malware on Targeted PCs
An unidentified threat actor has been exploiting a now-patched zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer browser to deliver a fully-featured VBA-based remote access trojan RAT capable of accessing files stored in compromised Windows systems, and downloading and executing malicious payloads as part of an...
Microsoft Warns of LemonDuck Malware Targeting Windows and Linux Systems
An infamous cross-platform crypto-mining malware has continued to refine and improve upon its techniques to strike both Windows and Linux operating systems by setting its sights on older vulnerabilities, while simultaneously latching on to a variety of spreading mechanisms to maximize the...
Researchers Warn of Critical Bugs Affecting Realtek Wi-Fi Module
A new set of critical vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that an adversary could abuse to gain elevated privileges on a device and hijack wireless communications. "Successful exploitation would lead to complete control of the Wi-Fi module and potential root...
New Raccoon Attack Could Let Attackers Break SSL/TLS Encryption
A group of researchers has detailed a new timing vulnerability in Transport Layer Security TLS protocol that could potentially allow an attacker to break the encryption and read sensitive communication under specific conditions. Dubbed "Raccoon Attack," the server-side attack exploits a...
A New Ransomware Targeting Apple macOS Users Through Pirated Apps
Cybersecurity researchers this week discovered a new type of ransomware targeting macOS users that spreads via pirated apps. According to several independent reports from K7 Lab malware researcher Dinesh Devadoss, Patrick Wardle, and Malwarebytes, the ransomware variant — dubbed "EvilQuest" — is...