Tag: exploitation techniques
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The Register: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/ Source: The Register Title: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used Feedly Summary: Ransomware ‘not off the table,’ Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Miscreants running a “mass exploitation campaign" against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according…
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The Register: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/24/androxgh0st_botnet_mozi/ Source: The Register Title: How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’ Feedly Summary: Botnet’s operators ‘driven by similar interests as that of the Chinese state’ After the Mozi botnet mysteriously disappeared last year, a new and seemingly more powerful botnet, Androxgh0st, rose from its ashes and has quickly…
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CSA: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity
Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/what-2024-s-saas-breaches-mean-for-2025-cybersecurity Source: CSA Title: What 2024’s SaaS Breaches Mean for 2025 Cybersecurity Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the evolving landscape of SaaS security, driven by an increase in sophisticated attacks and the integration of AI tools by threat actors. It emphasizes the importance of Zero Trust architectures…
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The Register: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/cisa_red_team_exercise/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells Feedly Summary: TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission,…
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The Register: Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/fortinet_vpn_authentication_bypass_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost Feedly Summary: Plus a bonus hard-coded local API key A now-patched, high-severity bug in Fortinet’s FortiClient VPN application potentially allows a low-privilege rogue user or malware on a vulnerable Windows system to gain higher…