Category: News

Cisco ASA Bug Now Actively Exploited as PoC Drops

In-the-wild XSS attacks have commenced against the security appliance (CVE-2020-3580), as researchers publish exploit code on Twitter.

My Book Live Users Wake Up to Wiped Devices, Active RCE Attacks

“I am totally screwed,” one user wailed after finding years of data nuked. Western Digital advised yanking the NAS storage devices offline ASAP: There’s an exploit.

Hackers Crack Pirated Games with Cryptojacking Malware

Threat actors have so far made about $2 million from Crackonosh, which secretly mines Monero cryptocurrency from affected devices.

Spam Downpour Drips New IcedID Banking Trojan Variant

The primarily IcedID-flavored banking trojan spam campaigns were coming in at a fever pitch: Spikes hit more than 100 detections a day.

Oh FCUK! Fashion Label, Medical Diagnostics Firm Latest REvil Victims

The infamous ransomware group hit two big-name companies within hours of each other.  

Musk-Themed ‘$SpaceX’ Cryptoscam Invades YouTube Advertising

Beware: The swindle uses legitimately purchased YouTube ads, real liquidity, legitimate DEX Uniswap, and the real wallet extension MetaMask to create an entirely convincing fake coin gambit.

Critical VMware Carbon Black Bug Allows Authentication Bypass

The 9.4-rated bug in AppC could give attackers admin rights, no authentication required, letting them attack anything from PoS to industrial control systems.

Tulsa’s Police-Citation Data Leaked by Conti Gang

A May 6 ransomware attack caused disruption across several of the municipality’s online services and websites.

30M Dell Devices at Risk for Remote BIOS Attacks, RCE

Four separate security bugs would give attackers almost complete control and persistence over targeted devices, thanks to a faulty update mechanism.

Atlassian Bugs Could Have Led to 1-Click Takeover

A supply-chain attack could have siphoned sensitive information out of Jira, such as security issues on Atlassian cloud, Bitbucket and on-prem products.