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Chinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms
A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the APT31 and APT 27 groups. Kaspersky, who discovered the activity, dubbed the campaign “EastWind,” reporting that it employs an updated version of the CloudSorcerer backdoor spotted […]
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security researchers reported the RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest. It is caused by a heap overflow weakness in the vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation and affects products […]
Discord blocked in Russia and Turkey for spreading illegal content
Discord has been suddenly blocked in Russia and Turkey since yesterday due to illegal activity residing on the platform, leaving legitimate users in those countries unable to visit the website or connect to the service. While Discord started as a communication and community-building space for gamers, it has since expanded to include a broad spectrum […]
AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretapping platform
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports. The purpose of the attack appears to be for intelligence collection as the hackers might have had access to systems used by the U.S. federal government for court-authorized […]
CISA: Hackers target industrial systems using “unsophisticated methods”
CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using “unsophisticated” methods like brute force attacks and default credentials. According to the cybersecurity agency, these ongoing attacks targeting critical infrastructure OT and ICS devices are also impacting water and wastewater systems. OT devices integrate hardware and software and […]
US cracks down on spyware vendor Intellexa with more sanctions
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned five executives and one entity linked to the Intellexa Consortium for developing and distributing Predator commercial spyware. Intellexa Consortium is a network of decentralized companies that developed and sold highly intrusive spyware products marketed under the “Predator” brand. Predator spyware has allowed Intellexa customers worldwide — mostly […]
Ransomware gang deploys new malware to kill security software
RansomHub ransomware operators are now deploying new malware to disable Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) security software in Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. Named EDRKillShifter by Sophos security researchers who discovered it during a May 2024 ransomware investigation, the malware deploys a legitimate, vulnerable driver on targeted devices to escalate privileges, disable security […]
CISA warns of hackers abusing Cisco Smart Install feature
On Thursday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommended disabling the legacy Cisco Smart Install (SMI) feature after seeing it abused in recent attacks. CISA has spotted threat actors using this tactic and leveraging other protocols or software to steal sensitive data, such as system configuration files, which prompted an alert advising admins to disable […]
1 in 5 companies say state-sponsored attacks try to penetrate supply chain
Roughly one-fifth of enterprise IT administrators have found themselves the target of a state-sponsored attack, according to a survey from HP Wolf. The survey found that of 800 respondents in the IT industry, worldwide 19% reported being the target of an attack on networks, PCs, and internet-facing printers in an apparent effort to penetrate the […]
Over 4,000 Adobe Commerce, Magento shops hacked in CosmicSting attacks
Adobe Commerce and Magento online stores are being targeted in “CosmicSting” attacks at an alarming rate, with threat actors hacking approximately 5% of all stores. The CosmicSting vulnerability (CVE-2024-34102) is a critical severity information disclosure flaw; when chained with CVE-2024-2961, a security issue in glibc’s iconv function, an attacker can achieve remote code execution on the […]