New SnailLoad side-channel attack detailed

SecurityWeek reports that website and content inferencing could be remotely conducted by threat actors without direct network traffic access via the new SnailLoad side-channel attack technique. Several latency measurements for websites and YouTube videos viewed by targets are being conducted Read More …

Cinterion EHS5 3G UMTS/HSPA Module Research

Modems play an important role in enabling connectivity for a wide range of devices. This includes not only traditional mobile devices and household appliances, but also telecommunication systems in vehicles, ATMs and Automated Process Control Systems (APCS). When integrating the Read More …

Critical Path Traversal Vulnerability in Check Point Security Gateways (CVE-2024-24919)

The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of an exploited-in-the-wild information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Check Point Security Gateways. Identified as CVE-2024-24919 and given a CVSSv3 score of 8.6, the vulnerability is more severe than it initially appears. Read More …

Ukrainian intelligence’ hackers attack Russian government agencies and large companies

Hackers from the Main Intelligence Directorate (DIU) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense have attacked the electronic services of several Russian ministries and banking institutions, according to RBC-Ukraine source in the special services. According to Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Read More …

The Dreaded Network Pivot: An Attack Intelligence Story

Rapid7 recently released our 2024 Attack Intelligence Report, a 14-month deep dive into the vulnerability and attacker landscape. The spiritual successor to their annual Vulnerability Intelligence Report, the AIR includes data from the Rapid7 research team combined with their detection Read More …

CVE-2024-24919: Check Point Security Gateway Information Disclosure

On May 28, 2024, Check Point published an advisory for CVE-2024-24919, a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Check Point Security Gateway devices configured with either the “IPSec VPN” or “Mobile Access” software blade. On May 29, 2024, security firm mnemonic Read More …

Guidance on the 911 S5 Residential Proxy Service

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS), and Department of Commerce (DOC) are publishing this announcement to notify the public of the dismantlement of the 911 S5 residential proxy service and to help individuals and businesses Read More …

Router Roulette: Cybercriminals and Nation-States Sharing Compromised Networks

Cybercriminals and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors share a common interest in proxy anonymization layers and Virtual Private Network (VPN) nodes to hide traces of their presence and make detection of malicious activities more difficult. This shared interest results in Read More …

New “Goldoon” Botnet Targeting D-Link Devices

In April, FortiGuard Labs observed a new botnet targeting a D-Link vulnerability from nearly a decade ago, CVE-2015-2051. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action on the HNAP interface. As a result, an attacker Read More …