Over 178K SonicWall firewalls vulnerable to DoS, potential RCE attacks
Security researchers have found over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) with the management interface exposed online are vulnerable to denial-of-service…
The Week in Ransomware – January 12th 2024 – Targeting homeowners’ data
Mortgage lenders and related companies are becoming popular targets of ransomware gangs, with four companies in this sector recently attacked.…
Over 150k WordPress sites at takeover risk via vulnerable plugin
Two vulnerabilities impacting the POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin, an email delivery tool used by 300,000 websites, could help attackers take…
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices
The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups.…
Stealthy AsyncRAT malware attacks targets US infrastructure for 11 months
A campaign delivering the AsyncRAT malware to select targets has been active for at least the past 11 months, using…
Hackers target Apache RocketMQ servers vulnerable to RCE attacks
Security researchers are detecting hundreds of IP addresses on a daily basis that scan or attempt to exploit Apache RocketMQ services…
Zeppelin ransomware source code sold for $500 on hacking forum
A threat actor announced on a cybercrime forum that they sold the source code and a cracked version of the…
Blockchain dev’s wallet emptied in “job interview” using npm package
A blockchain developer shares his ordeal over the holidays when he was approached on LinkedIn by a "recruiter" for a web development…
Ivanti releases patches for 13 critical Avalanche RCE flaws
Ivanti has released security updates to fix 13 critical security vulnerabilities in the company's Avalanche enterprise mobile device management (MDM)…
Iranian ‘Seedworm’ Cyber Spies Target African Telcos & ISPs
Seedworm, aka MuddyWater, drops PowerShell-based malware on victims using living-off-the-land techniques.