FortiOS Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day in Attacks on Government and Organizations

FortiOS Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day in Attacks on Government and Organizations,

A zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN that Fortinet addressed last month was exploited by unknown actors in attacks targeting the government and other large organizations.
« The complexity of the exploit suggests an advanced actor and that it is highly targeted at governmental or government-related targets, » Fortinet researchers said in a post-mortem analysis published this week.
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A zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN that Fortinet addressed last month was exploited by unknown actors in attacks targeting the government and other large organizations.
« The complexity of the exploit suggests an advanced actor and that it is highly targeted at governmental or government-related targets, » Fortinet researchers said in a post-mortem analysis published this week.
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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/fortios-flaw-exploited-as-zero-day-in.html

IcedID Malware Strikes Again: Active Directory Domain Compromised in Under 24 Hours

IcedID Malware Strikes Again: Active Directory Domain Compromised in Under 24 Hours,

A recent IcedID malware attack enabled the threat actor to compromise the Active Directory domain of an unnamed target less than 24 hours after gaining initial access.
« Throughout the attack, the attacker followed a routine of recon commands, credential theft, lateral movement by abusing Windows protocols, and executing Cobalt Strike on the newly compromised host, » Cybereason researchers said in

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A recent IcedID malware attack enabled the threat actor to compromise the Active Directory domain of an unnamed target less than 24 hours after gaining initial access.
« Throughout the attack, the attacker followed a routine of recon commands, credential theft, lateral movement by abusing Windows protocols, and executing Cobalt Strike on the newly compromised host, » Cybereason researchers said in

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/icedid-malware-strikes-again-active.html

Over 100 Siemens PLC Models Found Vulnerable to Firmware Takeover

Over 100 Siemens PLC Models Found Vulnerable to Firmware Takeover,

Security researchers have disclosed multiple architectural vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC and SIPLUS S7-1500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that could be exploited by a malicious actor to stealthily install firmware on affected devices and take control of them.
Discovered by Red Balloon Security, the issues are tracked as CVE-2022-38773 (CVSS score: 4.6), with the low severity

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Security researchers have disclosed multiple architectural vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC and SIPLUS S7-1500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that could be exploited by a malicious actor to stealthily install firmware on affected devices and take control of them.
Discovered by Red Balloon Security, the issues are tracked as CVE-2022-38773 (CVSS score: 4.6), with the low severity

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/over-100-siemens-plc-models-found.html

Experts Detail Chromium Browser Security Flaw Putting Confidential Data at Risk

Experts Detail Chromium Browser Security Flaw Putting Confidential Data at Risk,

Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that, if successfully exploited, could have made it possible to siphon files containing confidential data.
« The issue arose from the way the browser interacted with symlinks when processing files and directories, » Imperva researcher Ron Masas said. « Specifically, the browser did not properly check

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Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that, if successfully exploited, could have made it possible to siphon files containing confidential data.
« The issue arose from the way the browser interacted with symlinks when processing files and directories, » Imperva researcher Ron Masas said. « Specifically, the browser did not properly check

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/experts-detail-chromium-browser.html

Patch where it Hurts: Effective Vulnerability Management in 2023

Patch where it Hurts: Effective Vulnerability Management in 2023,

A recently published Security Navigator report data shows that businesses are still taking 215 days to patch a reported vulnerability. Even for critical vulnerabilities, it generally takes more than 6 months to patch.
Good vulnerability management is not about being fast enough in patching all potential breaches. It’s about focusing on the real risk using vulnerability prioritization to correct

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A recently published Security Navigator report data shows that businesses are still taking 215 days to patch a reported vulnerability. Even for critical vulnerabilities, it generally takes more than 6 months to patch.
Good vulnerability management is not about being fast enough in patching all potential breaches. It’s about focusing on the real risk using vulnerability prioritization to correct

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/patch-where-it-hurts-effective.html

Twitter Denies Hacking Claims, Assures Leaked User Data Not from its System

Twitter Denies Hacking Claims, Assures Leaked User Data Not from its System,

Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found « no evidence » that users’ data sold online was obtained by exploiting any security vulnerabilities in its systems.
« Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems, » the company said in a statement. « The data

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Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found « no evidence » that users’ data sold online was obtained by exploiting any security vulnerabilities in its systems.
« Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems, » the company said in a statement. « The data

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/twitter-denies-hacking-claims-assures.html

Alert: Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical « Control Web Panel » RCE Vulnerability

Alert: Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical « Control Web Panel » RCE Vulnerability

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Malicious actors are actively attempting to exploit a recently patched critical vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP) that enables elevated privileges and unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on susceptible servers.
Tracked as CVE-2022-44877 (CVSS score: 9.8), the bug impacts all versions of the software before 0.9.8.1147 and was patched by its maintainers on October 25, 2022.
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Malicious actors are actively attempting to exploit a recently patched critical vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP) that enables elevated privileges and unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on susceptible servers.
Tracked as CVE-2022-44877 (CVSS score: 9.8), the bug impacts all versions of the software before 0.9.8.1147 and was patched by its maintainers on October 25, 2022.
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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/alert-hackers-actively-exploiting.html

Les plaques d’immatriculation numériques aux États-Unis ont déjà été hackées

Les plaques d’immatriculation numériques aux États-Unis ont déjà été hackées,

Une équipe de chercheurs en cybersécurité est parvenue à hacker les plaques d’immatriculation numériques récemment mises en place en Californie.

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Une équipe de chercheurs en cybersécurité est parvenue à hacker les plaques d’immatriculation numériques récemment mises en place en Californie.

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https://www.01net.com/actualites/les-plaques-dimmatriculation-numeriques-aux-etats-unis-ont-deja-ete-deja-hackees.html

New Analysis Reveals Raspberry Robin Can be Repurposed by Other Threat Actors

New Analysis Reveals Raspberry Robin Can be Repurposed by Other Threat Actors,

A new analysis of Raspberry Robin’s attack infrastructure has revealed that it’s possible for other threat actors to repurpose the infections for their own malicious activities, making it an even more potent threat.
Raspberry Robin (aka QNAP worm), attributed to a threat actor dubbed DEV-0856, is malware that has increasingly come under the radar for being used in attacks aimed at finance,

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A new analysis of Raspberry Robin’s attack infrastructure has revealed that it’s possible for other threat actors to repurpose the infections for their own malicious activities, making it an even more potent threat.
Raspberry Robin (aka QNAP worm), attributed to a threat actor dubbed DEV-0856, is malware that has increasingly come under the radar for being used in attacks aimed at finance,

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/new-analysis-reveals-raspberry-robin.html

Australian Healthcare Sector Targeted in Latest Gootkit Malware Attacks

Australian Healthcare Sector Targeted in Latest Gootkit Malware Attacks,

A wave of Gootkit malware loader attacks has targeted the Australian healthcare sector by leveraging legitimate tools like VLC Media Player.
Gootkit, also called Gootloader, is known to employ search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning tactics (aka spamdexing) for initial access. It typically works by compromising and abusing legitimate infrastructure and seeding those sites with common keywords

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A wave of Gootkit malware loader attacks has targeted the Australian healthcare sector by leveraging legitimate tools like VLC Media Player.
Gootkit, also called Gootloader, is known to employ search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning tactics (aka spamdexing) for initial access. It typically works by compromising and abusing legitimate infrastructure and seeding those sites with common keywords

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/australian-healthcare-sector-targeted.html