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U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls

U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls

Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Breach The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and… 

Ivanti Issues Critical Security Updates for CSA and Connect Secure Vulnerabilities

Ivanti Issues Critical Security Updates for CSA and Connect Secure Vulnerabilities

Dec 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Ivanti has released security updates to address multiple critical flaws in its Cloud Services Application (CSA) and Connect Secure products that could lead to privilege escalation and code… 

Cleo File Transfer Vulnerability Under Exploitation – Patch Pending, Mitigation Urged

Cleo File Transfer Vulnerability Under Exploitation – Patch Pending, Mitigation Urged

Dec 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Analysis Users of Cleo-managed file transfer software are being urged to ensure that their instances are not exposed to the internet following reports of mass exploitation of a vulnerability… 

Fake Recruiters Distribute Banking Trojan via Malicious Apps in Phishing Scam

Fake Recruiters Distribute Banking Trojan via Malicious Apps in Phishing Scam

Dec 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated mobile phishing (aka mishing) campaign that’s designed to distribute an updated version of the Antidot banking trojan. “The attackers presented… 

Hackers Weaponize Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels for Cyber Espionage

Hackers Weaponize Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels for Cyber Espionage

Dec 10, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Hacking News A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group has been attributed to an attacks targeting large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe as part of a campaign codenamed… 

Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering

Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering

Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and…