Planned Parenthood has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack affecting its IT systems, forcing it to take parts of its infrastructure offline to contain the damage. […]
New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm
The Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed using a new backdoor dubbed KTLVdoor as part of a cyber attack targeting an unnamed trading company based in China.
The previously unreported malware is written in Golang, and thus is a cross-platform weapon capable of targeting both Microsoft Windows and Linux systems.
“KTLVdoor is a highly obfuscated malware that
Cisco Fixes Two Critical Flaws in Smart Licensing Utility to Prevent Remote Attacks
Cisco has released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its Smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to elevate their privileges or access sensitive information.
A brief description of the two vulnerabilities is below –
A brief description of the two vulnerabilities is below –
CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS score: 9.8) – The presence of an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account
Microchip Technology confirms data was stolen in cyberattack
American semiconductor supplier Microchip Technology Incorporated has confirmed that employee information was stolen from systems compromised in an August cyberattack, which was later claimed by the Play ransomware gang. […]
Red team tool ‘MacroPack’ abused in attacks to deploy Brute Ratel
The MacroPack framework, initially designed for Red Team exercises, is being abused by threat actors to deploy malicious payloads, including Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhatomCore. […]
US cracks down on Russian disinformation before 2024 election
The FBI seized 32 web domains used by the Doppelgänger Russian-linked influence operation network in a disinformation campaign targeting the American public ahead of this year’s presidential election. […]
Cisco fixes root escalation vulnerability with public exploit code
Cisco has fixed a command injection vulnerability in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) with public exploit code that lets attackers escalate privileges to root on vulnerable systems. […]
New ‘Eucleak’ attack let attackers clone YubiKey FIDO keys
A new “EUCLEAK” flaw found in FIDO devices using the Infineon SLE78 security microcontroller, like Yubico’s YubiKey 5 Series, allows attackers to extract Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) secret keys and clone the FIDO device. […]
New Eucleak attack lets threat actors clone YubiKey FIDO keys
A new “EUCLEAK” flaw found in FIDO devices using the Infineon SLE78 security microcontroller, like Yubico’s YubiKey 5 Series, allows attackers to extract Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) secret keys and clone the FIDO device. […]
Microsoft Tackling Windows Logfile Flaws With New HMAC-Based Security Mitigation
Microsoft is experimenting with a major new security mitigation to block attacks targeting flaws in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS).
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