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DPRK hackers dupe targets into typing PowerShell commands as admin
North Korean state actor ‘Kimsuky’ (aka ‘Emerald Sleet’ or ‘Velvet Chollima’) has been observed using a new tactic inspired from the now widespread ClickFix campaigns. ClickFix is a social engineering tactic that has gained traction in the cybercrime community, especially for distributing infostealer malware. It involves deceptive error messages or prompts that direct victims to execute malicious code […]
Ivanti fixes three critical flaws in Connect Secure & Policy Secure
Ivanti has released security updates for Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), Ivanti Policy Secure (IPS), and Ivanti Secure Access Client (ISAC) to address multiple vulnerabilities, including three critical severity problems. The company learned about the flaws through its responsible disclosure program from security researchers at CISA and Akamai, and through the HackerOne bug bounty platform. Ivanti […]
BadPilot network hacking campaign fuels Russian SandWorm attacks
A subgroup of the Russian state-sponsored hacking group APT44, also known as ‘Seashell Blizzard’ and ‘Sandworm’, has been targeting critical organizations and governments in a multi-year campaign dubbed ‘BadPilot.’ The threat actor has been active since at least 2021 and is also responsible for breaching networks of organizations in energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, shipping, and […]
Google fixes flaw that could unmask YouTube users’ email addresses
Google has fixed two vulnerabilities that, when chained together, could expose the email addresses of YouTube accounts, causing a massive privacy breach for those using the site anonymously. The flaws were discovered by security researchers Brutecat (brutecat.com) and Nathan (schizo.org), who found that YouTube and Pixel Recorder APIs could be used to obtain user’s Google Gaia IDs […]
Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. This Patch Tuesday also fixes three “Critical” vulnerabilities, all remote code execution vulnerabilities. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: The above numbers do not include a critical […]
Fortinet discloses second firewall auth bypass patched in January
Furthermore, even though today’s updated advisory indicates that both flaws were exploited in attacks and even includes a workaround for the new CSF proxy requests exploitation pathway, Fortinet says that only CVE-2024-55591 was exploited. Fortinet told GeekFeed that if a customer previously upgraded based on the guidance in FG-IR-24-535 / CVE-2024-55591, then they are already protected against the […]
Russian military hackers deploy malicious Windows activators in Ukraine
The Sandworm Russian military cyber-espionage group is targeting Windows users in Ukraine with trojanized Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS) activators and fake Windows updates. These attacks likely started in late 2023 and have now been linked by EclecticIQ threat analysts with Sandworm hackers based on overlapping infrastructure, consistent Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), and frequently […]
SonicWall firewall exploit lets hackers hijack VPN sessions, patch now
Security researchers at Bishop Fox have published complete exploitation details for the CVE-2024-53704 vulnerability that allows bypassing the authentication mechanism in certain versions of the SonicOS SSLVPN application. The vendor warned about the high exploitation possibility of the flaw in a bulletin on January 7, urging administrators to upgrade their SonicOS firewalls’ firmware to address […]
US indicts 8Base ransomware operators for Phobos encryption attacks
The U.S. Justice Department announced the names of two Phobos ransomware affiliates arrested yesterday in Thailand, charging them on 11 counts due to their involvement in more than a thousand cyberattacks. The two men, Roman Berezhnoy (33) and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov (39) are both Russian citizens, active in the ransomware space between May 2019 and at least […]
US sanctions LockBit ransomware’s bulletproof hosting provider
The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, for supplying essential attack infrastructure for the LockBit ransomware gang. Two of its key administrators, Russian nationals Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov, were also designated for their roles in directing Lockbit virtual currency transactions and […]