The Week in Ransomware – April 21st 2023
A lot of news broke this week related to ransomware, with the discovery of LockBit testing macOS encryptors to an outage on NCR, causing massive…
Category: Bleeping Computer
Critical infrastructure also hit by supply chain attack behind 3CX breach
The X_Trader software supply chain attack that led to last month’s 3CX breach has also impacted at least several critical infrastructure organizations in the United…
GhostToken GCP flaw let attackers backdoor Google accounts
Google has addressed a Cloud Platform (GCP) security vulnerability impacting all users and allowing attackers to backdoor their accounts using malicious OAuth applications installed from…
Kubernetes RBAC abused to create persistent cluster backdoors
Hackers use a novel method involving RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) to create persistent backdoor accounts on Kubernetes clusters and hijack their resources for Monero crypto-mining.…
American Bar Association data breach hits 1.4 million members
The American Bar Association (ABA) has suffered a data breach after hackers compromised its network and gained access to older credentials for 1,466,000 members. The…
University websites using MediaWiki, TWiki hacked to serve Fortnite spam
Websites of multiple U.S. universities are serving Fortnite and ‘gift card’ spam. Researchers observed Wiki and documentation pages being hosted by universities including Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, Caltech, among…
Attackers use abandoned WordPress plugin to backdoor websites
Attackers are using Eval PHP, an outdated legitimate WordPress plugin, to compromise websites by injecting stealthy backdoors. Eval PHP is an old WordPress plugin that allows…
Ukraine targeted by 60% of Russian phishing attacks in 2023
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been monitoring and disrupting Russian state-backed cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in 2023. Google reports that from January to…
VMware fixes vRealize bug that let attackers run code as root
VMware addressed a critical vRealize Log Insight security vulnerability that allows remote attackers to gain remote execution on vulnerable appliances. Now known as VMware Aria Operations…
Lazarus hackers now push Linux malware via fake job offers
A new Lazarus campaign considered part of “Operation DreamJob” has been discovered targeting Linux users with malware for the first time. This new targeting was…
Microsoft 365 outage blocks access to web apps and services
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage blocking customers worldwide from accessing and using web apps and online services. The list of affected services includes Microsoft…
Capita confirms hackers stole data in recent cyberattack
London-based professional outsourcing giant Capita has published an update on the cyber-incident that impacted it at the start of the month, now admitting that hackers…