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Cisco Patches Critical ISE Vulnerabilities Enabling Root CmdExec and PrivEsc

Cisco Patches Critical ISE Vulnerabilities Enabling Root CmdExec and PrivEsc

Feb 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananUnited States Cisco has released updates to address two critical security flaws Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges on susceptible devices. The… 

Cross-Platform JavaScript Stealer Targets Crypto Wallets in New Lazarus Group Campaign

Cross-Platform JavaScript Stealer Targets Crypto Wallets in New Lazarus Group Campaign

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Data Breach The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been linked to an active campaign that leverages fake LinkedIn job offers in the cryptocurrency and travel sectors to deliver malware capable… 

Cybercriminals Use Go Resty and Node Fetch in 13 Million Password Spraying Attempts

Cybercriminals Use Go Resty and Node Fetch in 13 Million Password Spraying Attempts

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Cloud Security Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging legitimate HTTP client tools to facilitate account takeover (ATO) attacks on Microsoft 365 environments. Enterprise security company Proofpoint said it observed campaigns using HTTP… 

Silent Lynx Using PowerShell, Golang, and C++ Loaders in Multi-Stage Cyberattacks

Silent Lynx Using PowerShell, Golang, and C++ Loaders in Multi-Stage Cyberattacks

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware A previously undocumented threat actor known as Silent Lynx has been linked to cyber attacks targeting various entities in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. “This threat group has previously targeted… 

New Veeam Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Man-in-the-Middle Attack

New Veeam Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Man-in-the-Middle Attack

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Veeam has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability,… 

AsyncRAT Campaign Uses Python Payloads and TryCloudflare Tunnels for Stealth Attacks

AsyncRAT Campaign Uses Python Payloads and TryCloudflare Tunnels for Stealth Attacks

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security A malware campaign has been observed delivering a remote access trojan (RAT) named AsyncRAT by making use of Python payloads and TryCloudflare tunnels. “AsyncRAT is a remote access… 

CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog, Urges Fixes by Feb 25

CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog, Urges Fixes by Feb 25

Feb 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the… 

Malicious Go Package Exploits Module Mirror Caching for Persistent Remote Access

Malicious Go Package Exploits Module Mirror Caching for Persistent Remote Access

Feb 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a software supply chain attack targeting the Go ecosystem that involves a malicious package capable of granting the adversary remote access to… 

Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections

Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections

Feb 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Espionage A recently patched security vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiver tool was exploited in the wild to deliver the SmokeLoader malware. The flaw, CVE-2025-0411 (CVSS score: 7.0), allows remote…