Cyber Security News
LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Charged for Billions in Global Ransomware Damages
A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in or around 2019 through at least February 2024.
Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel earlier this August and is currently awaiting extradition, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a
Published: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:52:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware
The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a "complex infection chain" targeting at least two employees belonging to an unnamed nuclear-related organization within the span of one month in January 2024.
The attacks, which culminated in the deployment of a new modular backdoor referred to as CookiePlus, are
Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:14:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack
The developers of Rspack have revealed that two of their npm packages, @rspack/core and @rspack/cli, were compromised in a software supply chain attack that allowed a malicious actor to publish malicious versions to the official package registry with cryptocurrency mining malware.
Following the discovery, versions 1.1.7 of both libraries have been unpublished from the npm registry. The latest
Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:09:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation
Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain conditions.
Of the three, two are rated Critical in severity. There is currently no evidence that the shortcomings have been exploited in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows -
Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:43:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools
A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk and ScreenConnect.
The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score: 9.3), an SQL injection bug that allows attackers to execute unauthorized code or commands by sending specially crafted
Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:55:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12356 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a command injection flaw that
Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Thousands Download Malicious npm Libraries Impersonating Legitimate Tools
Threat actors have been observed uploading malicious typosquats of legitimate npm packages such as typescript-eslint and @types/node that have racked up thousands of downloads on the package registry.
The counterfeit versions, named @typescript_eslinter/eslint and types-node, are engineered to download a trojan and retrieve second-stage payloads, respectively.
"While typosquatting attacks are
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:26:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords
Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are being targeted as part of a malicious campaign that deploys the Mirai botnet malware.
The company said it's issuing the advisory after "several customers" reported anomalous behavior on their Session Smart Network (SSN) platforms on December 11, 2024.
"These systems have been infected with the Mirai
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:07:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiWLM Flaw That Could Lead to Admin Access Exploits
Fortinet has issued an advisory for a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a maximum of 10.0. It was originally fixed by Fortinet back in September 2023, but without a CVE designation.
"A relative path traversal [CWE-23]
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:01:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
CISA Mandates Cloud Security for Federal Agencies by 2025 Under Binding Directive 25-01
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 25-01, ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their cloud environments and abide by Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) secure configuration baselines.
"Recent cybersecurity incidents highlight the significant risks posed by misconfigurations and weak security controls,
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:30:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Dutch DPA Fines Netflix €4.75 Million for GDPR Violations Over Data Transparency
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined video on-demand streaming service Netflix €4.75 million ($4.93 million) for not giving consumers enough information about how it used their data between 2018 and 2020.
An investigation launched by the DPA in 2019 found that the tech giant did not inform customers clearly enough in its privacy statement about what it does with the data
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:56:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
UAC-0125 Abuses Cloudflare Workers to Distribute Malware Disguised as Army+ App
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed that a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0125 is leveraging Cloudflare Workers service to trick military personnel in the country into downloading malware disguised as Army+, a mobile app that was introduced by the Ministry of Defence back in August 2024 in an effort to make the armed forces go paperless.
Users who visit the
Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:10:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
HubPhish Abuses HubSpot Tools to Target 20,000 European Users for Credential Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new phishing campaign that has targeted European companies with an aim to harvest account credentials and take control of the victims' Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
The campaign has been codenamed HubPhish by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 owing to the abuse of HubSpot tools in the attack chain. Targets include at least 20,000 automotive, chemical,
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:40:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Patch Alert: Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected
Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Struts that could pave the way for remote code execution.
The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-53677, carries a CVSS score of 9.5 out of 10.0, indicating critical severity. The vulnerability shares similarities with another critical bug the project maintainers addressed in December 2023 (CVE-2023-50164, CVSS
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:06:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Not Your Old ActiveState: Introducing our End-to-End OS Platform
Having been at ActiveState for nearly eight years, I’ve seen many iterations of our product. However, one thing has stayed true over the years: Our commitment to the open source community and companies using open source in their code.
ActiveState has been helping enterprises manage open source for over a decade. In the early days, open source was in its infancy. We focused mainly on the
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:25:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
APT29 Hackers Target High-Value Victims Using Rogue RDP Servers and PyRDP
The Russia-linked APT29 threat actor has been observed repurposing a legitimate red teaming attack methodology as part of cyber attacks leveraging malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration files.
The activity, which has targeted governments and armed forces, think tanks, academic researchers, and Ukrainian entities, entails adopting a "rogue RDP" technique that was previously
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:45:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Across small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and managed service providers (MSPs), the top priority for cybersecurity leaders is to keep IT environments up and running. To guard against cyber threats and prevent data breaches, it’s vital to understand the current cybersecurity vendor landscape and continually assess the effectiveness of available solutions. Luckily, the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
BeyondTrust Issues Urgent Patch for Critical Vulnerability in PRA and RS Products
BeyondTrust has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products that could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary commands.
Privileged Remote Access controls, manages, and audits privileged accounts and credentials, offering zero trust access to on-premises and cloud resources by internal, external, and third-party users.
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
INTERPOL Pushes for "Romance Baiting" to Replace "Pig Butchering" in Scam Discourse
INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term "pig butchering," instead advocating for the use of "romance baiting" to refer to online scams where victims are duped into investing in bogus cryptocurrency schemes under the pretext of a romantic relationship.
"The term 'pig butchering' dehumanizes and shames victims of such frauds, deterring people from coming
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:40:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what's the latest financial hit the company has taken for flouting stringent privacy laws.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the data breach impacted approximately 29 million
Published: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:13:00 +0530, Author: info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)