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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw to infect 3,300 sites with malware
2024-03-10 15:38

Hackers are breaching WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting over 3,300 websites with malicious code. Sucuri says the exact actions of the code may vary, but the primary purpose of the injections appears to be redirecting visitors of infected sites to malicious destinations such as phishing pages and malware-dropping sites.

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured YARN, Docker, Confluence, Redis Servers for Crypto Mining
2024-03-06 16:58

Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to...

Hackers Exploit ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaws to Deploy TODDLERSHARK Malware
2024-03-05 16:18

North Korean threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in ConnectWise ScreenConnect to deploy a new malware called TODDLERSHARK. According to a report shared by Kroll with...

Exploit available for new critical TeamCity auth bypass bug, patch now
2024-03-04 22:42

A critical vulnerability in the TeamCity On-Premises CI/CD solution from JetBrains can let a remote unauthenticated attacker take control of the server with administrative permissions. "Compromising a TeamCity server allows an attacker full control over all TeamCity projects, builds, agents and artifacts, and as such is a suitable vector to position an attacker to perform a supply chain attack" - Rapid7.

Lazarus Exploits Typos to Sneak PyPI Malware into Dev Systems
2024-02-29 08:17

The notorious North Korean state-backed hacking group Lazarus uploaded four packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with the goal of infecting developer systems with malware. The...

Hackers exploit 14-year-old CMS editor on govt, edu sites for SEO poisoning
2024-02-26 19:59

Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison search results with malicious sites or scams. Search engine crawlers index the redirects and list them on Google Search results, making them an effective strategy for SEO poisoning campaigns, leveraging a trusted domain to rank malicious URLs higher for specific queries.

ScreenConnect critical bug now under attack as exploit code emerges
2024-02-21 17:18

CISA has assigned CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709 identifiers to the the two security issues, which the vendor assessed as a maximum severity authentication bypass and a high-severity path traversal flaw that impact ScreenConnect servers 23.9.7 and earlier. Threat actors have compromised multiple ScreenConnect accounts, as confirmed by the company in an update to its advisory, based on incident response investigations.

Hackers exploit critical RCE flaw in Bricks WordPress site builder
2024-02-19 17:55

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw impacting the Brick Builder Theme to run malicious PHP code on vulnerable sites. The Bricks Builder Theme is a premium WordPress theme described as an innovative, community-driven visual site builder.

New critical Microsoft Outlook RCE bug is trivial to exploit
2024-02-14 20:08

Microsoft says remote unauthenticated attackers can trivially exploit a critical Outlook security vulnerability that also lets them bypass the Office Protected View.Unauthenticated attackers can exploit CVE-2024-21413 remotely in low-complexity attacks that don't require user interaction.

Hackers exploit Ivanti SSRF flaw to deploy new DSLog backdoor
2024-02-12 16:20

Hackers are exploiting a server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateways to deploy the new DSLog backdoor on vulnerable devices. The flaw impacts the SAML component of the mentioned products and allows attackers to bypass authentication and access restricted resources on Ivanti gateways running versions 9.x and 22.x. The updates that fix the problem are Ivanti Connect Secure versions 9.1R14.4, 9.1R17.2, 9.1R18.3, 22.4R2.2, 22.5R1.1 and 22.5R2.2, Ivanti Policy Secure version 22.5R1.1, and ZTA version 22.6R1.3.