Security News

Over 10,000 Cisco devices hacked in IOS XE zero-day attacks
2023-10-17 13:15

Attackers have exploited a recently disclosed critical zero-day bug to compromise and infect more than 10,000 Cisco IOS XE devices with malicious implants. According to threat intelligence company VulnCheck, the maximum severity vulnerability has been extensively exploited in attacks targeting Cisco IOS XE systems with the Web User Interface feature enabled, that also have the HTTP or HTTPS Server feature toggled on.

Thousands of Cisco IOS XE devices hacked in widespread attacks
2023-10-17 13:15

Attackers have exploited a recently disclosed critical zero-day bug to compromise and infect thousands of Cisco IOS XE devices with malicious implants. According to threat intelligence company VulnCheck, the maximum severity vulnerability has been extensively exploited in attacks targeting Cisco IOS XE routers and switches with the Web User Interface feature enabled, that also have the HTTP or HTTPS Server feature toggled on.

Over 17,000 WordPress sites hacked in Balada Injector attacks last month
2023-10-09 19:23

Multiple Balada Injector campaigns have compromised and infected over 17,000 WordPress sites using known flaws in premium theme plugins. Balada Injector is a massive operation discovered in December 2022 by Dr. Web, which has been leveraging various exploits for known WordPress plugin and theme flaws to inject a Linux backdoor.

PEACHPIT: Massive Ad Fraud Botnet Powered by Millions of Hacked Android and iOS
2023-10-09 16:07

An ad fraud botnet dubbed PEACHPIT leveraged an army of hundreds of thousands of Android and iOS devices to generate illicit profits for the threat actors behind the scheme. The botnet is part of...

Has Sony been hacked again?
2023-09-26 10:04

Vc, a relatively new ransomware / cyber extortion group, claims to have hacked Sony and made off with valuable data. "We have successfully compromissed all of sony systems. We wont ransom them! we will sell the data. due to sony not wanting to pay. DATA IS FOR SALE," the group wrote on their leak site on Sunday.

TransUnion denies it was hacked, links leaked data to 3rd party
2023-09-20 19:34

Credit reporting firm TransUnion has denied claims of a security breach after a threat actor known as USDoD leaked data allegedly stolen from the company's network. "At this time, we and our internal and external experts have found no indication that TransUnion systems have been breached or that data has been exfiltrated from our environment."

Using Hacked LastPass Keys to Steal Cryptocurrency
2023-09-18 11:02

Remember last November, when hackers broke into the network for LastPass-a password database-and stole password vaults with both encrypted and plaintext data for over 25 million users? Well, they're now using that data break into crypto wallets and drain them: $35 million and counting, all going into a single wallet.

Spyware Vendor Hacked
2023-09-01 11:07

In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several security vulnerabilities that allowed them to compromise WebDetetive's servers and access its user databases. By exploiting other flaws in the spyware maker's web dashboard-used by abusers to access the stolen phone data of their victims-the hackers said they enumerated and downloaded every dashboard record, including every customer's email address.

LogicMonitor customers hacked in reported ransomware attacks
2023-08-31 18:24

Network monitoring company LogicMonitor confirmed today that certain customers of its SaaS platform have fallen victim to cyberattacks linked to ransomware. While LogicMonitor did not confirm that ransomware attacks hit its affected customers, anonymous sources familiar with the incidents told BleepingComputer that the threat actors hacked customer accounts and "Were able to create local accounts and deploy ransomware."

US govt email servers hacked in Barracuda zero-day attacks
2023-08-29 12:00

Suspected Chinese hackers disproportionately targeted and breached government and government-linked organizations worldwide in recent attacks targeting a Barracuda Email Security Gateway zero-day, with a focus on entities across the Americas. Barracuda warned customers that the vulnerability was being exploited to breach ESG appliances on May 20, when it also patched all vulnerable devices remotely.