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Halliburton cyberattack linked to RansomHub ransomware gang
The RansomHub ransomware gang is behind the recent cyberattack on oil and gas services giant Halliburton, which disrupted the company’s IT systems and business operations. The attack caused widespread disruption, and GeekFeed was told that customers couldn’t generate invoices or purchase orders because the required systems were down. Halliburton disclosed the attack last Friday in an SEC […]
Malware exploits 5-year-old zero-day to infect end-of-life IP cameras
The Corona Mirai-based malware botnet is spreading through a 5-year-old remote code execution (RCE) zero-day in AVTECH IP cameras, which have been discontinued for years and will not receive a patch. The flaw, discovered by Akamai’s Aline Eliovich, is tracked as CVE-2024-7029 and is a high-severity (CVSS v4 score: 8.7) issue in the “brightness” function […]
BlackSuit ransomware stole data of 950,000 from software vendor
Young Consulting is sending data breach notifications to 954,177 people who had their information exposed in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on April 10, 2024. Young Consulting (now Connexure) is an Atlanta-based software solutions provider specializing in the employer stop-loss marketplace, assisting insurance carriers, brokers, and third-party administrators in managing, marketing, underwriting, and administering stop-loss insurance […]
Versa fixes Director zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks
Versa Networks has fixed a zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild that allows attackers to upload malicious files by exploiting an unrestricted file upload flaw in the Versa Director GUI. Versa Director is a platform designed to help managed service providers simplify the design, automation, and delivery of SASE services, offering essential management, monitoring, and […]
Chinese Volt Typhoon hackers exploited Versa zero-day to breach ISPs, MSPs
The Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon is behind attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell to steal credentials and breach corporate networks. Versa Director is a management platform ISPs and MSPs use to manage virtual WAN connections created using SD-WAN services. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-39717 […]
US warns of Iranian hackers escalating influence operations
The U.S. government is warning of increased effort from Iran to influence upcoming elections through cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns and the American public. In a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. says that Iran carried out cyberattacks […]
NIST releases first encryption tools to resist quantum computing
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the first three encryption standards designed to resist future cyberattacks based on quantum computing technology. The agency encourages system administrators to start the transition to the new algorithms as soon as possible, since timely adoption is paramount for protecting sensitive information from attackers with a […]
Microsoft August 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 6 exploited
Today is Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 89 flaws, including six actively exploited and three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft is still working on an update for a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day. This Patch Tuesday fixed eight critical vulnerabilities, which were a mixture of elevation of privileges, remote code execution, and […]
Critical SAP flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication
SAP has released its security patch package for August 2024, addressing 17 vulnerabilities, including a critical authentication bypass that could allow remote attackers to fully compromise the system. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-41730 and rated 9.8 as per the CVSS v3.1 system, is a “missing authentication check” bug impacting SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform versions 430 and […]
Exploit released for Cisco SSM bug allowing admin password changes
Cisco warns that exploit code is now available for a maximum severity vulnerability that lets attackers change any user password on unpatched Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) license servers. As a Cisco Smart Licensing component, Cisco SSM On-Prem helps manage accounts and product licenses on an organization’s environment using a dedicated dashboard […]