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Hackers Can Manipulate Media Files You Receive Via WhatsApp and Telegram
If you think that the media files you receive on your end-to-end encrypted secure messaging apps can not be tampered with, you need to think again. Security researchers at Symantec yesterday demonstrated multiple interesting attack scenarios against WhatsApp and Telegram Android apps, which could...
Google Tracks Android, iPhone Users Even With 'Location History' Turned Off
Google tracks you everywhere, even if you explicitly tell it not to. Every time a service like Google Maps wants to use your location, Google asks your permission to allow access to your location if you want to use it for navigating, but a new investigation shows that the company does track you...
Water Curse Employs 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a previously unknown threat actor known as Water Curse that relies on weaponized GitHub repositories to deliver multi-stage malware. "The malware enables data exfiltration including credentials, browser data, and session tokens, remote access, and long-term...
Palo Alto Advises Securing PAN-OS Interface Amid Potential RCE Threat Concerns
Palo Alto Networks on Friday issued an informational advisory urging customers to ensure that access to the PAN-OS management interface is secured because of a potential remote code execution vulnerability. "Palo Alto Networks is aware of a claim of a remote code execution vulnerability via the...
Microsoft Defender Flaw Exploited to Deliver ACR, Lumma, and Meduza Stealers
A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as part of a new campaign designed to deliver information stealers such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said it detected the stealer campaign targeting Spain, Thailand, and the U.S...
New Ransomware Group Exploiting Veeam Backup Software Vulnerability
A now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware operation known as EstateRansomware. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat actor in early April 2024, said the modus operandi involved the exploitation of...
WordPress Plugin Alert - Critical SQLi Vulnerability Threatens 200K+ Websites
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in a popular WordPress plugin called Ultimate Member that has more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1071, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. Security researcher Christiaan Swiers has been credite...
Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days
Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and...
State-Backed Hackers Employ Advanced Methods to Target Middle Eastern and African Governments
Governmental entities in the Middle East and Africa have been at the receiving end of sustained cyber-espionage attacks that leverage never-before-seen and rare credential theft and Exchange email exfiltration techniques. "The main goal of the attacks was to obtain highly confidential and sensiti...
Indonesian Cybercriminals Exploit AWS for Profitable Crypto Mining Operations
A financially motivated threat actor of Indonesian origin has been observed leveraging Amazon Web Services AWS Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 instances to carry out illicit crypto mining operations. Cloud security company's Permiso P0 Labs, which first detected the group in November 2021, has assigned...
Rorschach Ransomware Emerges: Experts Warn of Advanced Evasion Strategies
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that's both sophisticated and fast. "What makes Rorschach stand out from other ransomware strains is its high level of customization and its technically unique features that have not be...
Apple Warns of 3 New Vulnerabilities Affecting iPhone, iPad, and Mac Devices
Apple has revised the security advisories it released last month to include three new vulnerabilities impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The first flaw is a race condition in the Crash Reporter component CVE-2023-23520 that could enable a malicious actor to read arbitrary files as root. The iPhone...
New UnRAR Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Hack Zimbra Webmail Servers
A new security vulnerability has been disclosed in RARlab's UnRAR utility that, if successfully exploited, could permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system that relies on the binary. The flaw, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-30333, relates to a path traversal vulnerability in...
Binance Confirms Hacker Obtained Its Users' KYC Data from 3rd-Party Vendor
As suspected, the KYC details of thousands of Binance's customers that hackers obtained and leaked online earlier this month came from the company's third-party vendor, Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance confirmed. For those unaware, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange b...
Zoom RCE Flaw Also Affects Its Rebranded Versions RingCentral and Zhumu
The same security vulnerabilities that were recently reported in Zoom for macOS also affect two other popular video conferencing software that under the hood, are just a rebranded version of Zoom video conferencing software. Security researchers confirmed The Hacker News that RingCentral, used by...
Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date, i.e., in April 2019 instead of August 2019. Google said it discovered another critical security...
RAMpage Attack Explained—Exploiting RowHammer On Android Again!
A team of security researchers has discovered a new set of techniques that could allow hackers to bypass all kind of present mitigations put in place to prevent DMA-based Rowhammer attacks against Android devices. Dubbed RAMpage, the new technique CVE-2018-9442 could re-enable an unprivileged...
Nearly 2000 WordPress Websites Infected with a Keylogger
More than 2,000 WordPress websites have once again been found infected with a piece of crypto-mining malware that not only steals the resources of visitors' computers to mine digital currencies but also logs visitors' every keystroke. Security researchers at Sucuri discovered a malicious campaign...
Linux Worm targets Internet-enabled Home appliances to Mine Cryptocurrencies
Could a perfectly innocent looking device like router, TV set-top box or security cameras can mine Bitcoins? YES! Hackers will not going to spare the Smart Internet-enabled devices. A Linux worm named Linux.Darlloz, earlier used to target Internet of Things IoT devices, i.e. Home Routers, Set-top...
X-Ray 2.0 - VirusTotal frontent version for Suspicious Files Auto Submit
Raymond announce X-Ray 2.0, a program which is frontend for VirusTotal multi scanner. X-Ray will provide users with automatic submission of files that you think are suspicious to 35 Agnitum, Antiy Labs, Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, QuickHeal, ClamAV, Comodo, Dr.Web, Emsisoft, ESET, F-Prot,...
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [3 February]
This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online spots that help cybercriminals, and teams are busy fixing software bugs that could let attackers in. From better locks on our devices...
CISA Warns of Threat Actors Exploiting F5 BIG-IP Cookies for Network Reconnaissance
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is warning that it has observed threat actors leveraging unencrypted persistent cookies managed by the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager LTM module to conduct reconnaissance of target networks. It said the module is being used to...
Critical Security Flaw in WhatsUp Gold Under Active Attack - Patch Now
A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4885 CVSS score: 9.8, an unauthenticated remote code execution bug impacting version...
UNC3886 Uses Fortinet, VMware 0-Days and Stealth Tactics in Long-Term Spying
The China-nexus cyber espionage actor linked to the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices has been observed utilizing multiple persistence mechanisms in order to maintain unfettered access to compromised environments. "Persistence mechanisms encompassed...
Researchers Identify Multiple China Hacker Groups Exploiting Ivanti Security Flaws
Multiple China-nexus threat actors have been linked to the zero-day exploitation of three security flaws impacting Ivanti appliances CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, and CVE-2024-21893. The clusters are being tracked by Mandiant under the uncategorized monikers UNC5221, UNC5266, UNC5291, UNC5325,...
Fortinet Warns of Severe SQLi Vulnerability in FortiClientEMS Software
Fortinet has warned of a critical security flaw impacting its FortiClientEMS software that could allow attackers to achieve code execution on affected systems. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' vulnerability CWE-89 in FortiClientEMS may allow a...
Urgent: Apple Issues Critical Updates for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2024-23225 - A memory corruption issue in Kernel that an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and writ...
New Hacker Group 'GambleForce' Tageting APAC Firms Using SQL Injection Attacks
A previously unknown hacker outfit called GambleForce has been attributed to a series of SQL injection attacks against companies primarily in the Asia-Pacific APAC region since at least September 2023. "GambleForce uses a set of basic yet very effective techniques, including SQL injections and th...
HelloKitty Ransomware Group Exploiting Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker service that could result in remote code execution. "In both instances, the adversary attempted to deploy ransomware binaries on target...
CISA Adds Zimbra Email Vulnerability to its Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday added a recently disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Zimbra email suite to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue in question is CVE-2022-27924 CVSS score:...
Russia Releases List of IPs, Domains Attacking Its Infrastructure with DDoS Attacks
As the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, the Russian government on Thursday released a massive list containing 17,576 IP addresses and 166 domains that it said are behind a series of distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks aimed at its domestic infrastructure. Some of the...
Critical RCE Flaw in ForgeRock Access Manager Under Active Attack
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. are warning of an actively exploited vulnerability impacting ForgeRock's OpenAM access management solution that could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on an affected system remotely. "The Australian Cyber Security Centre has observed actors...
BIOS Disconnect: New High-Severity Bugs Affect 128 Dell PC and Tablet Models
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed a chain of vulnerabilities affecting the BIOSConnect feature within Dell Client BIOS that could be abused by a privileged network adversary to gain arbitrary code execution at the BIOS/UEFI level of the affected device. "As the attacker has the...
FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities
An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage NAS devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and mining Monero cryptocurrency. The attack...
How Activity Logs Help WordPress Admins Better Manage Website Security
Managing a WordPress website can sap a lot of your time and energy, which otherwise you'd spend on managing your business. If you're looking to cut down on the hours, you spend troubleshooting WordPress technical and security problems, better managing and monitoring your website and users, or you...
Medtronic's Implantable Defibrillators Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued an advisory warning people of severe vulnerabilities in over a dozen heart defibrillators that could allow attackers to fully hijack them remotely, potentially putting lives of millions of patients at risk. Cardioverter Defibrillator is a...
Android Q — Google Adds New Mobile Security and Privacy Features
Google has recently released the first beta version of Android Q, the next upcoming version of Google's popular mobile operating system, with a lot of new privacy improvements and other security enhancements. Android Q, where Q has not yet been named, offers more control over installed apps, thei...
Hacking Virtual Reality – Researchers Exploit Popular Bigscreen VR App
A team of cybersecurity researchers from the University of New Haven yesterday released a video demonstrating how vulnerabilities that most programmers often underestimate could have allowed hackers to evade privacy and security of your virtual reality experience as well as the real world...
Symfony Flaw Leaves Drupal Sites Vulnerable to Hackers—Patch Now
It's time to update your Drupal websites. Drupal, the popular open-source content management system, has released a new version of its software to patch a security bypass vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to take control of the affected websites. The vulnerability, tracked as...
Signature Validation Bug Let Malware Bypass Several Mac Security Products
A years-old vulnerability has been discovered in the way several security products for Mac implement Apple's code-signing API that could make it easier for malicious programs to bypass the security check, potentially leaving millions of Apple users vulnerable to hackers. Josh Pitts, a researcher...
Hacker who exposed Steubenville Rape Faces longer Prison term than Rapists
Remember Steubenville High School Rape Case? In 2012, Steubenville Ohio high school's football team players gang-raped an unconscious teenage girl from West Virginia and took photographs of the sexual assault. In December 2012, a member of the hacker collective Anonymous hacked into the...
Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy
The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...
CISA Warns of Critical Fortinet Flaw as Palo Alto and Cisco Issue Urgent Security Patches
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23113 CVSS score: 9.8, relates ...
Critical Flaws in Traccar GPS System Expose Users to Remote Attacks
Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source Traccar GPS tracking system that could be potentially exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. Both the vulnerabilities are path traversal flaws and could be weaponized ...
New Rust-based Fickle Malware Uses PowerShell for UAC Bypass and Data Exfiltration
A new Rust-based information stealer malware called Fickle Stealer has been observed being delivered via multiple attack chains with the goal of harvesting sensitive information from compromised hosts. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said it's aware of four different distribution methods -- namely VBA...
Hackers Exploit MinIO Storage System Vulnerabilities to Compromise Servers
An unknown threat actor has been observed weaponizing high-severity security flaws in the MinIO high-performance object storage system to achieve unauthorized code execution on affected servers. Cybersecurity and incident response firm Security Joes said the intrusion leveraged a publicly availab...
Critical Flaws in AMI MegaRAC BMC Software Expose Servers to Remote Attacks
Two more security flaws have been disclosed in AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller BMC software that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to remotely commandeer vulnerable servers and deploy malware. "These new vulnerabilities range in severity from High to Critical,...
Evasive Meduza Stealer Targets 19 Password Managers and 76 Crypto Wallets
In yet another sign of a lucrative crimeware-as-a-service CaaS ecosystem, cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Windows-based information stealer called Meduza Stealer that's actively being developed by its author to evade detection by software solutions. "The Meduza Stealer has a...
Microsoft: Lace Tempest Hackers Behind Active Exploitation of MOVEit Transfer App
Microsoft has officially linked the ongoing active exploitation of a critical flaw in the Progress Software MOVEit Transfer application to a threat actor it tracks as Lace Tempest. "Exploitation is often followed by deployment of a web shell with data exfiltration capabilities," the Microsoft...
Experts Warn of 'Beep' - A New Evasive Malware That Can Fly Under the Radar
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new piece of evasive malware dubbed Beep that's designed to fly under the radar and drop additional payloads onto a compromised host. "It seemed as if the authors of this malware were trying to implement as many anti-debugging and anti-VM anti-sandbox...