Skip to content
the hacker news Page 119

the hacker news

PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware

PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware

Apr 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Ransomware Microsoft has revealed that a now-patched security flaw impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) was exploited as a zero-day in ransomware attacks aimed at a small number… 

CISA Warns of CentreStack’s Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks

CISA Warns of CentreStack’s Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks

Apr 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananApplication Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of… 

Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability

Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability

Apr 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 126 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in… 

Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered

Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered

Apr 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Adobe has released security updates to fix a fresh set of security flaws, including multiple critical-severity bugs in ColdFusion versions 2025, 2023 and 2021 that could result in arbitrary… 

Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw

Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw

Apr 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiSwitch that could permit an attacker to make unauthorized password changes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887,… 

Amazon EC2 SSM Agent Flaw Patched After Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal

Amazon EC2 SSM Agent Flaw Patched After Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal

Apr 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in the Amazon EC2 Simple Systems Manager (SSM) Agent that, if successfully exploited, could permit an attacker to… 

Cryptocurrency Miner and Clipper Malware Spread via SourceForge Cracked Software Listings

Cryptocurrency Miner and Clipper Malware Spread via SourceForge Cracked Software Listings

Threat actors have been observed distributing malicious payloads such as cryptocurrency miner and clipper malware via SourceForge, a popular software hosting service, under the guise of cracked versions of legitimate applications like Microsoft Office. “One… 

UAC-0226 Deploys GIFTEDCROOK Stealer via Malicious Excel Files Targeting Ukraine

UAC-0226 Deploys GIFTEDCROOK Stealer via Malicious Excel Files Targeting Ukraine

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed a new set of cyber attacks targeting Ukrainian institutions with information-stealing malware. The activity is aimed at military formations, law enforcement agencies, and local self-government… 

CISA Adds CrushFTP Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Following Confirmed Active Exploitation

CISA Adds CrushFTP Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Following Confirmed Active Exploitation

Apr 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting CrushFTP has been added by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after…