Tag: malicious actors

  • The Register: Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/bengal_cat_australia/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason Feedly Summary: In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a curious story about users…

  • The Register: Criminals open DocuSign’s Envelope API to make BEC special delivery

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/docusigns_envelope_bec/ Source: The Register Title: Criminals open DocuSign’s Envelope API to make BEC special delivery Feedly Summary: Why? Because that’s where the money is Business email compromise scammers are trying to up their success rate by using a DocuSign API.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a rise in business…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/04/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8957 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras OS Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2024-8956 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras Authentication Bypass Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors…

  • The Register: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/03/6_it_contractors_arrested_for/ Source: The Register Title: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions Feedly Summary: Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more in brief The US Department of Justice has charged six people with two separate schemes to defraud Uncle Sam…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: NVIDIA shader out-of-bounds and eleven LevelOne router vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/nvidia-shader-out-of-bounds-and-level1-2/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: NVIDIA shader out-of-bounds and eleven LevelOne router vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently discovered five Nvidia out-of-bounds access vulnerabilities in shader processing, as well as eleven LevelOne router vulnerabilities spanning a range of possible exploits.For Snort coverage that can detect the exploitation of these…

  • Hacker News: The Karma Connection in Chrome Web Store

    Source URL: https://palant.info/2024/10/30/the-karma-connection-in-chrome-web-store/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Karma Connection in Chrome Web Store Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a significant security concern related to Chrome extensions that have transitioned into malicious actors, particularly focusing on the behaviors of the “Hide YouTube Shorts” extension and other associated extensions…

  • The Register: Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/russia_china_iran_election_disinfo/ Source: The Register Title: Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos Feedly Summary: Plus: Iran’s IRGC probes election-related websites in swing states Russian, Iranian, and Chinese trolls are all ramping up their US election disinformation efforts ahead of November 5, but – aside from undermining faith in the democratic process and confidence…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/24/cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-20481 Cisco ASA and FTD Denial-of-Service Vulnerability CVE-2024-37383 RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious…

  • The Register: Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/samsung_phone_eop_attacks/ Source: The Register Title: Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns Feedly Summary: Don’t ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG A nasty bug in Samsung’s mobile chips is being exploited by miscreants as part of an exploit chain to escalate privileges and then remotely execute arbitrary code, according to Google…

  • Cloud Blog: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575)

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/fortimanager-zero-day-exploitation-cve-2024-47575/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575) Feedly Summary: Written by: Foti Castelan, Max Thauer, JP Glab, Gabby Roncone, Tufail Ahmed, Jared Wilson Summary In October 2024, Mandiant collaborated with Fortinet to investigate the mass exploitation of FortiManager appliances across 50+ potentially compromised FortiManager devices in various industries. The vulnerability,…