Threat hunters are calling attention to a new campaign that has targeted Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed on the public internet. “The campaign involved unauthorized administrative logins… Read More »Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces
The Telegram-based online marketplace known as HuiOne Guarantee and its vendors have cumulatively received at least $24 billion in cryptocurrency, dwarfing the now-defunct Hydra to become the largest online illicit… Read More »Illicit HuiOne Telegram Market Surpasses Hydra, Hits $24 Billion in Crypto Transactions
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a second security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited… Read More »CISA Adds Second BeyondTrust Flaw to KEV Catalog Amid Active Attacks
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm… Read More »Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners
In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers reached alarming levels, with the average ransom demand skyrocketing to $5 million. With approximately 8,000 ESXi hosts exposed directly to the internet… Read More »Ransomware on ESXi: The mechanization of virtualized attacks
The cyber world’s been buzzing this week, and it’s all about staying ahead of the bad guys. From sneaky software bugs to advanced hacking tricks, the risks are real, but… Read More »⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [13 January]
No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as $20 per… Read More »Expired Domains Allowed Control Over 4,000 Backdoors on Compromised Systems
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new stealthy credit card skimmer campaign that targets WordPress e-commerce checkout pages by inserting malicious JavaScript code into a database table associated with the… Read More »WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander… Read More »DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence… Read More »Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation