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A hacker was recently spotted patching someone’s vulnerable cloud Linux instance – but they did not do it out of the goodness of their heart. Security researchers Red Canary observed a threat actor abusing a maximum severity flaw, tracked as Read More …
A brand new Linux malware has been found infecting thousands of computers around the world, stealing people’s login credentials, payment information, and browser cookies, security researchers are warning. SentinelLabs and Beazley Security issued a joint report detailing the activities of Read More …
Gunra ransomware was first observed in April 2025 in a campaign that targeted Windows systems using techniques inspired by the infamous Conti ransomware. Trend Micror monitoring of the ransomware landscape revealed that threat actors behind Gunra have expanded with a Read More …
Two vulnerabilities were recently spotted in various Linux distributions which, when chained together, allow local attackers to escalate their privileges and thus run arbitrary files. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-32462 (severity score 2.8/10 – low severity), and CVE-2025-32463 (severity Read More …
In March 2025, Unit 42 researchers identified a wave of Prometei attacks. Prometei refers to both the botnet and the malware family used to operate it. This malware family, which includes both Linux and Windows variants, allows attackers to remotely Read More …
Cybersecurity researchers from Qualys have discovered two information disclosure vulnerabilities plaguing different Linux distros. The flaws, both of which are race condition bugs, allow threat actors to gain access to sensitive information. The first one is found in Ubuntu’s core Read More …
The first quarter of 2025, like previous ones, demonstrates a significant number of newly documented vulnerabilities. The trend largely mirrors previous years, so we will focus on new data that can be collected for the most popular platforms. This report Read More …
This is a follow-up analysis to a previous blog about a zero day exploit where the FortiGuard Incident Response (FGIR) team examined how remote attackers exploited multiple vulnerabilities in an appliance to gain control of a customer’s system. At the Read More …
Today FortiGuard Labs is releasing this blog post about a case where an advanced adversary was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities affecting the Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA). At the time of our investigation, two out of the three identified vulnerabilities Read More …
In July 2024, researchers from Palo Alto Networks discovered a successor to INC ransomware named Lynx. Since its emergence, the group behind this ransomware has actively targeted organizations in various sectors such as retail, real estate, architecture, and financial and Read More …