Security
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Clone2Leak attacks exploit Git flaws to steal credentials
A set of three distinct but related attacks, dubbed ‘Clone2Leak,’ can leak credentials by exploiting how Git and its credential helpers handle authentication requests. The attack can compromise passwords and access tokens in GitHub Desktop, Git LFS, GitHub CLI/Codespaces, and the Git Credential Manager. The flaws that make ‘Clone2Leak’ possible were discovered by Japanese researcher RyotaK […]
UnitedHealth now says 190 million impacted by 2024 data breach
UnitedHealth has revealed that 190 million Americans had their personal and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, nearly doubling the previously disclosed figure. In October, UnitedHealth reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights that the attack affected 100 million people. However, as first reported by TechCrunch, UnitedHealth […]
Ransomware gang uses SSH tunnels for stealthy VMware ESXi access
Ransomware actors targeting ESXi bare metal hypervisors are leveraging SSH tunneling to persist on the system while remaining undetected. VMware ESXi appliances have a critical role in virtualized environments as they can run on a single physical server multiple virtual machines of an organization. They are largely unmonitored and have been a target for hackers looking to […]
TalkTalk investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum
UK telecommunications company TalkTalk is investigating a third-party supplier data breach after a threat actor began selling alleged customer data on a hacking forum. “As part of our regular security monitoring, given our ongoing focus on protecting customers’ personal data, we were made aware of unexpected access to, and misuse of, one of our third-party […]
PayPal to pay $2 million settlement over 2022 data breach
New York State has announced a $2,000,000 settlement with PayPal over charges it failed to comply with the state’s cybersecurity regulations, leading to a 2022 data breach. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) action says that threat actors took advantage of security gaps in PayPal’s systems to conduct credential stuffing attacks that provided access to sensitive […]
Zyxel warns of bad signature update causing firewall boot loops
Zyxel is warning that a bad security signature update is causing critical errors for USG FLEX or ATP Series firewalls, including putting the device into a boot loop. “We’ve found an issue affecting a few devices that may cause reboot loops, ZySH daemon failures, or login access problems,” warns a new Zyxel advisory. “The system LED may also […]
Subaru Starlink flaw let hackers hijack cars in US and Canada
Security researchers have discovered an arbitrary account takeover flaw in Subaru’s Starlink service that could let attackers track, control, and hijack vehicles in the United States, Canada, and Japan using just a license plate. Bug bounty hunter Sam Curry revealed on Thursday that the vulnerability was discovered on November 20, 2024, with the help of researcher Shubham Shah. They found […]
Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account
A North Korean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions. The hackers used a custom malicious file and an open source tool for the hijacking attack. Both utilities can perform the attack but researchers at South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab say that […]
Hacker infects 18,000 “script kiddies” with fake malware builder
A threat actor targeted low-skilled hackers, known as “script kiddies,” with a fake malware builder that secretly infected them with a backdoor to steal data and take over computers. Security researchers at CloudSEK report that the malware infected 18,459 devices globally, most located in Russia, the United States, India, Ukraine, and Turkey. “A trojanized version […]
Microsoft: Outdated Exchange servers fail to auto-mitigate security bugs
Microsoft says outdated Exchange servers cannot receive new emergency mitigation definitions because an Office Configuration Service certificate type is being deprecated. Emergency mitigations (also known as EEMS mitigations) are delivered via the Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service(EEMS), introduced three years ago in September 2021. EEMS automatically applies interim mitigations for high-risk (and likely actively exploited) security flaws […]