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The DoJ charged Anonymous Sudan members and disrupted their DDoS infrastructure, halting its cyber operations. The US Justice Department charged two Sudanese brothers (Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27) with operating and controlling the cybercrime collective Anonymous Sudan that launched tens of thousands of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks […]

Russia-linked threat actor RomCom targeted Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in cyber attacks since late 2023. Cisco Talos researchers observed Russia-linked threat actor RomCom (aka UAT-5647, Storm-0978, Tropical Scorpius, UAC-0180, UNC2596) targeting Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in a new wave of attacks since at least late 2023.  In the recent attacks, RomCom […]

A critical flaw in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. A critical, Kubernetes Image Builder vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS score: 9.8), could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. Only Kubernetes clusters with nodes using VM images from the Image Builder project and […]

VMware fixes a high-severity SQL injection flaw in HCX allowing non-admin users to remotely execute code on the HCX manager. VMWare warns to address a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38814 (CVSS score of 8.8), in its HCX application mobility platform. The vulnerability is an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in HCX, it was privately […]

Brazil’s Polícia Federal has arrested hacker USDoD, the hacker behind the National Public Data and InfraGard breaches. Brazil’s Polícia Federal (PF) announced the arrest in Belo Horizonte/MG of the notorious hacker USDoD. In August, a CrowdStrike investigation revealed that the hacker USDoD (aka EquationCorp), who is known for high-profile data leaks, is a man from Brazil. The […]

Finnish Customs shut down the Tor darknet marketplace Sipulitie and seized the servers hosting the platform. Finnish Customs, with the help of Europol, Swedish and Polish law enforcement authorities and researchers at Bitdefender, shut down the Tor marketplace Sipulitie. “Finnish customs has closed the web servers of the Sipulitie marketplace, which has been operating on […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Windows Kernel, Mozilla Firefox and SolarWinds Web Help Desk bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: An attacker could exploit the vulnerability CVE-2024-30088 to gain SYSTEM privileges. Successful exploitation of […]

GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability in Enterprise Server that could allow unauthorized access to affected instances. Code hosting platform GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487 (CVSS score of 9.5), in GitHub Enterprise Server that could lead to unauthorized access to affected instances. An attacker could exploit a cryptographic signature verification flaw in GitHub Enterprise Server […]

North Korea-linked actors deploy a new Linux variant of FASTCash malware to target financial systems, researcher HaxRob revealed. The cybersecurity researcher HaxRob analyzed a new variant of the FASTCash “payment switch” malware which targets Linux systems. The variant discovered by the researcher was previously unknown and targets Ubuntu 22.04 LTS distributions. In November 2018, Symantec […]

WordPress Jetpack plugin issued an update to fix a critical flaw allowing logged-in users to view form submissions by others on the same site. The maintainers of the WordPress Jetpack plugin have addressed a critical vulnerability that could allow logged-in users to access forms submitted by other users on the same site. Jetpack is a […]

Pokemon dev Game Freak confirmed that an August cyberattack led to source code leaks and designs for unpublished games online. Game Freak Inc. is a popular Japanese video game developer, founded on April 26, 1989, by Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda. It is primarily known as the main developer of the Pokémon video game series. The […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Last week, Ivanti warned of three new security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-9380, and CVE-2024-9381) in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) […]

An alleged nation-state actor exploited three zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) in recent attacks. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warn that a suspected nation-state actor has been exploiting three Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) zero-day issues to carry out malicious activities. The three vulnerabilities exploited by the threat actor are: “an advanced adversary […]

Dutch police dismantled Bohemia/Cannabia, two major dark web markets for illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. The Dutch police have announced the success of a new joint law enforcement operation that led to the shutdown of the dual dark web marketplace Bohemia/Cannabia. These are two of the largest and longest-running dark web platforms for the […]

US-based financial services company Fidelity Investments warns 77,000 individuals of a data breach that exposed their personal information. U.S.-based financial services company Fidelity Investments is notifying 77,099 individuals that their personal information was compromised in an August cyberattack. The data breach occurred on August 17, 2024 and was discovered two days later, on August 19, 2024. […]

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Over 300,000! GorillaBot: The New King of DDoS Attacks Hidden cryptocurrency mining and theft campaign affected over […]

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U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warn that Russia-linked group APT29 is targeting vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers on a large scale. Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group, BlueBravo, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers as part of a mass scale campaign, U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned. The Federal Bureau […]

As Middle East tensions rise, cyberattacks hit Iran’s government branches and nuclear facilities, following Israel’s response to Iran’s October 1 missile barrage. Amid escalating Middle East tensions, Iran faced major cyberattacks Saturday, disrupting its government branches and targeting nuclear facilities. The massive cyberattack followed Israel’s pledged response to Iran’s October 1 missile barrage, as regional […]

Sophos reports ransomware operators are exploiting a critical code execution flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication. Sophos researchers warn that ransomware operators are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication to create rogue accounts and deploy malware. In early September 2024, Veeam released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting its products, […]