ICS Patch Tuesday: Advisories Released by Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, Aveva

ICS Patch Tuesday advisories have been published by Siemens, Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation, Aveva and CISA.

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Exploiting pfsense Flaw for Remote Code Execution

During a recent security audit by Laburity researchers, an application with a vulnerability related to pfblockerNG was identified. Attempts using default credentials failed, but an exploit from exploit-db was unsuccessful.

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New Banshee MacOS Stealer Attacking Users to Steal Keychain Data

The Banshee Stealer can rob sensitive data, including passwords from macOS Keychain, system information, and data from popular web browsers like Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. It can also access cryptocurrency wallets and plugins.

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Vulnerability in Windows Driver Leads to System Crashes

A vulnerability in the Windows CLFS.sys driver, identified as CVE-2024-6768, allows an unprivileged user to crash the system, leading to a Blue Screen of Death. The flaw is due to improper input validation and affects Windows 10 and 11.

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DDoS Attacks Surge 46% in First Half of 2024, Gcore Report Reveals

Monitoring evolving DDoS trends is essential for anticipating threats and adapting defensive strategies. The comprehensive Gcore Radar Report for the first half of 2024 provides detailed insights into DDoS attack data, showcasing changes in attack patterns and the broader landscape of cyber threats. Here, we share a selection of findings from the full report.
Key Takeaways
The number of DDoS

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China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa

The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022.
Newly targeted countries as part of the activity include Italy, Germany, the U.A.E., and Qatar, with suspected attacks also detected in Georgia and Romania. Governments, media and communications, telecoms,

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Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Day Exploits

Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 90 security flaws, including 10 zero-days, of which six have come under active exploitation in the wild.
Of the 90 bugs, seven are rated Critical, 79 are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. This is also in addition to 36 vulnerabilities that the tech giant resolved in its Edge browser since last month.
The Patch Tuesday

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Critical Flaw in Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Could Allow Rogue Admin Access

Ivanti has rolled out security updates for a critical flaw in Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) that could be exploited to achieve an authentication bypass and create rogue administrative users.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7593, has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0.
“Incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm in Ivanti vTM other than versions 22.2R1 or 22.7R2

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What We Know About Suspected Iranian Cyber Intrusion in the US Presidential Race

U.S. State Department officials declined to speculate on allegations that Iran was behind the hack, but a spokesperson said it would be in keeping with Tehran’s past use of cyberattacks and deception.

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Gold Mining Company Struck by Ransomware Attack

Australia’s Evolution Mining said its IT systems were infected with ransomware in an Aug. 8 cyber incident.

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