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Cryptojacking via CVE-2023-22527: Dissecting a Full-Scale Cryptomining Ecosystem
/in General NewsCVE-2023-22527 is a critical vulnerability exploited for cryptojacking activities. Attack tactics include shell scripts, XMRig miners, targeting SSH endpoints, and establishing persistence through cron jobs.
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How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack
/in General NewsThe lessons learned from the 2016 election hacking made US officials more open about the recent Iranian hack targeting presidential campaigns.
The post How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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South Korean APT Group Exploits WPS Office Zero-Day for Espionage
/in General NewsESET uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign tied to a South Korean APT group that used a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows to deploy a custom backdoor called “SpyGlace.”
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Critical Apache OFBiz Vulnerability CVE-2024-38856 Identified and Actively Exploited
/in General NewsThis flaw allows attackers to execute remote code without authentication, posing a serious risk. Versions up to 18.12.14 are affected, and organizations are advised to upgrade to version 18.12.15 to mitigate the issue.
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950,000 Impacted by Young Consulting Data Breach
/in General NewsThe personal information of over 950,000 people was compromised in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on Young Consulting.
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Second Apache OFBiz Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
/in General NewsCISA is warning organizations that a second Apache OFBiz flaw is being exploited in the wild shortly after the release of PoC exploits.
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Zimbabwe Trains Government Officials in Cybersecurity Skills
/in General NewsAfrican nation’s proactive approach to cybersecurity comes amid a rise in painful cyberattacks including the breach of a major bank.
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New QR Code Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Sway to Steal Credentials
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing (aka quishing) campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse of legitimate cloud offerings for malicious purposes.
“By using legitimate cloud applications, attackers provide credibility to victims, helping them to trust the content it serves,” Netskope Threat
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CISA Flags Critical Apache OFBiz Flaw Amid Active Exploitation Reports
/in General NewsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw affecting the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-38856, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating critical severity.
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Critical WPML Plugin Flaw Exposes WordPress Sites to Remote Code Execution
/in General NewsA critical security flaw has been disclosed in the WPML WordPress multilingual plugin that could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code remotely under certain circumstances.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6386 (CVSS score: 9.9), impacts all versions of the plugin before 4.6.13, which was released on August 20, 2024.
Arising due to missing input validation and sanitization,
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