Planned Parenthood confirms cyberattack as RansomHub claims breach
Planned Parenthood has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack affecting its IT systems, forcing it to take parts of its infrastructure offline to contain the damage.…
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Red team tool ‘MacroPack’ abused in attacks to deploy Brute Ratel
The MacroPack framework, initially designed for Red Team exercises, is being abused by threat actors to deploy malicious payloads, including Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhatomCore.…
Microchip Technology confirms data was stolen in cyberattack
American semiconductor supplier Microchip Technology Incorporated has confirmed that employee information was stolen from systems compromised in an August cyberattack, which was later claimed by…
US cracks down on Russian disinformation before 2024 election
Image: MidjourneyToday, the U.S. Justice Department said the FBI seized 32 web domains used by the Doppelgänger Russian-linked influence operation network in a disinformation campaign…
Cisco warns of backdoor admin account in Smart Licensing Utility
Cisco has removed a backdoor account in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) that can be used to log into unpatched systems with administrative privileges.…
Cisco fixes root escalation vulnerability with public exploit code
Cisco has fixed a command injection vulnerability with public exploit code that lets attackers escalate privileges to root on vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2024-20469, the…
New Eucleak attack lets threat actors clone YubiKey FIDO keys
A new “EUCLEAK” flaw found in FIDO devices using the Infineon SLE78 security microcontroller, like Yubico’s YubiKey 5 Series, allows attackers to extract Elliptic Curve Digital…
Hackers inject malicious JS in Cisco store to steal credit cards, credentials
Cisco’s site for selling company-themed merchandise is currently offline and under maintenance due to hackers compromising it with JavaScript code that steals sensitive customer details…
Google backports fix for Pixel EoP flaw to other Android devices
Google has released the September 2024 Android security updates to fix 34 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-32896, an actively exploited elevation of privilege flaw that was previously…
Criminal IP Earns PCI DSS v4.0 Certification for Top-Level Security
AI SPERA, a leading Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) company, has achieved PCI DSS v4.0 certification for its flagship search engine solution, Criminal IP. This accomplishment…
Revival Hijack supply-chain attack threatens 22,000 PyPI packages
Threat actors are utilizing an attack called “Revival Hijack,” where they register new PyPi projects using the names of previously deleted packages to conduct supply…
Zyxel warns of critical OS command injection flaw in routers
Zyxel has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting multiple models of its business routers, potentially allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform OS command…