Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a “major cybersecurity incident” that allowed suspected Chinese threat actors to remotely access some computers and unclassified documents. “On December 8, 2024, Treasury was notified by a third-party software Read more…
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: Read more…
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 Read more…
Critical Mitel MiCollab Flaw Exposes Systems to Unauthorized File and Admin Access Cybersecurity researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that strings together a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Mitel MiCollab with an arbitrary file read zero-day, granting an attacker the ability to access files from susceptible instances. The critical Read more…
Critical SailPoint IdentityIQ Vulnerability Exposes Files to Unauthorized Access A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in SailPoint’s IdentityIQ identity and access management (IAM) software that allows unauthorized access to content stored within the application directory. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-10905, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. Read more…
Over Two Dozen Flaws Identified in Advantech Industrial Wi-Fi Access Points – Patch ASAP Nearly two dozen security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Advantech EKI industrial-grade wireless access point devices, some of which could be weaponized to bypass authentication and execute code with elevated privileges. “These vulnerabilities pose significant risks, Read more…
HPE Issues Critical Security Patches for Aruba Access Point Vulnerabilities Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting Aruba Networking Access Point products, including two critical bugs that could result in unauthenticated command execution. The flaws affect Access Points running Instant AOS-8 and AOS-10 – Read more…
Sailing the Seven Seas Securely from Port to Port – OT Access Security for Ships and Cranes Oct 28, 2024The Hacker NewsOperational Technology / Cybersecurity Operational Technology (OT) security has affected marine vessel and port operators, since both ships and industrial cranes are being digitalized and automated at a rapid Read more…
Gophish Framework Used in Phishing Campaigns to Deploy Remote Access Trojans Russian-speaking users have become the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages an open-source phishing toolkit called Gophish to deliver DarkCrystal RAT (aka DCRat) and a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed PowerRAT. “The campaign involves modular infection Read more…
Critical Kubernetes Image Builder bug allows SSH root access • The Register A critical bug in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines (VMs) thanks to default credentials being enabled during the image build process. Image Builder is a tool used to build Kubernetes VM images Read more…