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CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows and iOS bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US CISA added actively exploited flaws in Cacti framework, Microsoft Office, Windows, and iOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. US CISA added the following actively exploited flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: CVE-2022-46169 – Cacti is an open-source platform that provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. The flaw […]

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February 17, 2023
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Mirai V3G4 botnet exploits 13 flaws to target IoT devices

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022.  Below is the list […]

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February 17, 2023
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Over 500 ESXiArgs Ransomware infections in one day, but they dropped the day after

ESXiArgs ransomware continues to spread in Europe, most of the recent infections were observed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ukraine Researchers from Censys reported that more than 500 hosts have been infected in a new wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, most of which are in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.K.. […]

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February 16, 2023
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New MortalKombat ransomware employed in financially motivated campaign

Talos researchers observed a financially motivated threat actor using a new ransomware dubbed MortalKombat and a clipper malware named Laplas. Since December 2022, Cisco Talos researchers have been observing an unidentified financially motivated threat actor deploying two new malware, the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware and a GO variant of the Laplas Clipper malware. The threat actor […]

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February 16, 2023
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Hyundai and Kia to patch a flaw that allows the theft of the cars with a USB cable

Hyundai and Kia car makers are releasing an emergency software update to fix a flaw that can allow stealing a car with a USB cable. Carmakers Hyundai and KIA are rolling out an emergency update for the software shipped with several car models. The update addresses a bug that can be exploited by thieves to […]

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February 16, 2023
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City of Oakland issued a local state of emergency after recent ransomware attack

The City of Oakland has declared a local state of emergency due to the effect of the ransomware attack that hit the city on February 8, 2023. The City of Oakland disclosed last week a ransomware attack, the security breach began on February 8, 2023. In an abundance of caution, the City of Oakland has […]

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February 15, 2023
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Citrix released security updates for multiple High-Severity flaws in its products

Citrix released security updates for multiple High-Severity flaws in Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Workspace apps for Windows and Linux. Citrix released security patches to fix multiple vulnerabilities in Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Workspace apps for Windows and Linux. The first issue listed in the support Knowledge Center of the company, tracked as CVE-2023-24483, […]

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February 15, 2023
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Adobe addressed critical bugs in Illustrator, After Effects Software

Adobe Patch Tuesday addressed at least a half dozen vulnerabilities, including critical issues that expose Windows and macOS to hack. Adobe released security updates to address at least a half dozen vulnerabilities impacting Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects for both Windows and macOS users. Adobe addressed four critical issues (CVE-2022-24094, CVE-2022-24095, CVE-2022-24096, and CVE-2022-24097) affecting […]

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February 15, 2023
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Beep, a new highly evasive malware appeared in the threat landscape

Experts detected a new evasive malware dubbed Beep, it implements many anti-debugging and anti-sandbox techniques. Researchers from Minerva recently discovered a new evasive malware dubbed Beep, which implements many anti-debugging and anti-sandbox techniques. The name Beep comes from the use of techniques involved in delaying the execution through the use of the Beep API function. The experts […]

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February 15, 2023
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Community Health Systems data breach caused by GoAnywhere MFT hack

Community Health Systems (CHS) disclosed a data breach, attackers exploited the zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT platform. Community Health Systems (CHS) is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. CHS operates 79 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, […]

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February 15, 2023
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