October 22, 2024

Mexican airport operator purportedly breached by RansomHub

Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA), which manages over a dozen airports across the country, has reportedly fallen victim to the RansomHub ransomware operation. The threat actors have claimed responsibility for the breach, alleging possession of 3 TB of sensitive data and warning of its exposure should the company fail to comply with their ransom demands, according to The […]
September 24, 2024

Global infostealer malware operation targets crypto users, gamers

A large-scale information-stealing malware operation, comprising thirty distinct campaigns and targeting a wide range of user demographics and system platforms, has been identified and attributed to a cybercriminal group known as “Marko Polo.”The threat actors employ multiple distribution methods, including malicious advertising (malvertising), spearphishing, and brand impersonation within the online gaming, cryptocurrency, and software sectors, to disseminate fifty malware variants, […]
September 20, 2024

New Linux malware Hadooken targets Oracle WebLogic servers

Aqua Security’s Nautilus research team recently reported the emergence of a new Linux malware called Hadooken. This malware specifically targets Oracle WebLogic servers to deploy additional malicious software and extract credentials for lateral movement within compromised networks.The Hadooken malware is disseminated through attacks that exploit vulnerabilities associated with weak passwords to gain initial access. Once attackers infiltrate a WebLogic server, […]
August 29, 2024

China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Caught Exploiting Zero-Day in Servers Used by ISPs, MSPs

Security researchers at Lumen Technologies have identified Chinese APT group Volt Typhoon leveraging a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director servers to compromise credentials and infiltrate downstream customer networks.The critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-39717, was recently added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) list of mandatory patches. Versa Networks confirmed the active exploitation of the zero-day and issued a […]
August 9, 2024

Hacker wipes 13,000 devices after breaching classroom management platform

A hacker has breached Mobile Guardian, a global digital classroom management platform, and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 students’ iPads and Chromebooks. Mobile Guardian, a Google for Education partner, provides device management, parental controls, secure web filtering, and classroom communication tools for K-12 schools across Android, Windows, iOS, ChromeOS, and macOS platforms. On August 4, 2024, the platform […]
June 5, 2024

AI Company Hugging Face Detects Unauthorized Access to Its Spaces Platform

Hugging Face, an AI company, revealed on Friday that its Spaces platform experienced unauthorized access earlier this week. We suspect that some Spaces’ secrets may have been accessed without permission, the company shared in an advisory. Spaces is a platform where users can build, host, and share AI and machine learning apps, as well as explore creations by others. Following […]
May 19, 2024

Citrix Releases Security Update For Critical PuTTY Vulnerability In Hypervisor 

There is a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) in certain versions of Citrix’s Hypervisor virtualization platform that has been disclosed in a security bulletin from Citrix. An issue that stems from XenCenter, the management console for Citrix Hypervisors, has been identified, containing a vulnerable version of PuTTY SSH.Previous versions of XenCenter for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) included […]
April 22, 2024

CVE-2024-2961 – glibc Vulnerability Opens Door to PHP Attacks: Patch Immediately

The vulnerability cataloged as CVE-2024-2961, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scale and exists in the ISO-2022-CN-EXT plugin of glibc’s icon library. This critical flaw occurs during the character set conversion process from UCS4, where specific escape characters are needed to indicate changes in the character set to the library. However, due to insufficient boundary checks on internal buffers, an […]
March 14, 2024

AndroxGh0st Malware Targets Laravel Apps to Steal Cloud Credentials

AndroxGh0st is a Python-based malware designed to target Laravel applications. It scans and extracts critical information from .env files, revealing login details for AWS and Twilio. As an SMTP cracker, it exploits SMTP using various strategies, including credential exploitation, web shell deployment, and vulnerability scanning. The ability of the program to generate AWS suggests the possibility of brute force attacks. […]