Warning issued over ‘widespread’ exploitation of Zyxel NAS devices

Security researchers at two companies have issued warnings over ‘widespread’ exploitation of Zyxel network devices. Researchers at Rapid7 raised the alarm over the ongoing exploitation of a critical authenticated command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28771, that was found to affect Read More …

Operation Triangulation: iOS devices targeted with previously unknown malware

While monitoring its own corporate Wi-Fi network dedicated for mobile devices using the Kaspersky Unified Monitoring and Analysis Platform (KUMA), Kaspersky researchers noticed suspicious activity that originated from several iOS-based phones. Since it is impossible to inspect modern iOS devices Read More …

New Horabot campaign targets the Americas

Cisco Talos has observed a threat actor deploying a previously unidentified botnet program Talos is calling “Horabot,” which delivers a known banking trojan and spam tool onto victim machines in a campaign that has been ongoing since at least November Read More …

CISA Releases Five Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released five Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on June 1, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-152-01 Advantech WebAccess-SCADA ICSA-23-152-02 HID Global SAFE ICSA-22-256-03 Delta Electronics DIAEnergie (Update A) Read Read More …

Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months

A critical vulnerability patched 10 days ago in widely used email software from IT security company Barracuda Networks has been under active exploitation since October. The software bug, tracked as CVE-2023-2868, is a remote-command injection vulnerability that stems from incomplete Read More …

Lazarus hackers target Windows IIS web servers for initial access

The notorious North Korean state-backed hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, are now targeting vulnerable Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers to gain initial access to corporate networks. Lazarus is primarily financially motivated, with many analysts believing that the Read More …

Senegalese government websites hit with cyber attack

A group of hackers called Mysterious Team made multiple Senegalese government websites go offline overnight on Friday by hitting them with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a government spokesperson said. The group claimed responsibility for the cyber attacks in a series of Read More …

Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data

A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called “Hot Pixels,” which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target’s browser and infer the navigation history. Read More …

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-2868 Barracuda Networks ESG Appliance Improper Input Validation Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and Read More …