Here we go again: threat actors are taking advantage of vulnerabilities in file transfer products. This time it is Cleo file transfer products. The Record reports: Cybersecurity researchers are warning that vulnerabilities in several file transfer products are being exploited by hackers, even after a patch was released by the developer. The vulnerability — CVE-2024-50623 — was […]
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence and one of its employees for their involvement in a series of Ragnarok ransomware attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure companies and many other victims worldwide in April 2020. BleepingComputer reports: According to the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Sichuan Silence is a […]
Two vulnerabilities in Mozilla products and Windows are actively exploited by RomCom, a Kremlin-linked cybercriminal group known for targeting businesses and conducting espionage, warn security researchers from Eset. GovInfoSecurity reports: Researchers identified two critical vulnerabilities in Mozilla Foundation products. One, tracked as CVE-2024-9680 is a use-after-free flaw allowing code execution in the Firefox and the Thunderbird email client. It […]
As Forbes reports, hijacking internet domains is nothing new, but a new Infoblox report reveals how the threat has evolved into an ongoing attack methodology. Forbes explains: The sitting duck cyber attacks are, Infoblox said, “easy to execute for actors, hard to detect for security teams.” To understand why you need to look at what vulnerability […]
The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities. The Register reports: The top two spots on the list go to Citrix, which topped the chart with a remote code execution bug in versions 12 and 13 of NetScaler ADC and Gateway. […]
A hacker claims to have stolen 440 GB of data from cybersecurity firm Fortinet, exploiting an Azure SharePoint vulnerability. The breach, dubbed “Fortileak,” was revealed on a forum with access credentials shared online. HackRead reports: Dubbed Fortileak by the hacker, the breach allegedly originates from an exposure in Fortinet’s Azure SharePoint instance. In the forum post, the […]
A vulnerability on multiple web browsers was exploited by the Citrine Sleet threat actor to steal crypto from its victims, according to Microsoft. A Microsoft report claims a North Korean threat actor has been exploiting a flaw on Chromium to steal cryptocurrency. The company’s security blog attributed the exploitation of this bug “with medium confidence” […]
An article in The Register begins with a simple question: Do you have your VMware ESXi hypervisor joined to Active Directory? If you don’t know what The Register is even talking about, pass this article to your IT department directly. The Register explains the significance of a recently patched vulnerability, and why you should patch […]
Once again, threat actors are jumping to exploit a newly identified vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer software. As Bleeping Computer reports, exploit attempts were noted less than 24 hours after the vendor disclosed the vulnerability. The new security issue received the identifier CVE-2024-5806 and allows attackers to bypass the authentication process in the Secure File Transfer Protocol […]
Majority of firms using generative AI experience related security incidents – even as it empowers security teams
How many times do we read about something new and think, “What can possibly go wrong, right?” Some new research by the Capgemini Research Institute found that 97% of organizations using generative AI were affected by data breaches or security concerns linked to generative AI, and most do not have an adequate budget to deal with […]