Security News

Ukraine claims it hacked Russian Ministry of Defense servers
2024-03-04 15:41

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense and stole sensitive documents. Software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense for protecting and encrypting data.

LockBit ransomware returns to attacks with new encryptors, servers
2024-02-28 18:31

The LockBit ransomware gang is once again conducting attacks, using updated encryptors with ransom notes linking to new servers after last week's law enforcement disruption. Last week, the NCA, FBI, and Europol conducted a coordinated disruption called 'Operation Cronos' against the LockBit ransomware operation.

LockBit ransomware returns, restores servers after police disruption
2024-02-25 19:41

The LockBit gang is relaunching its ransomware operation on a new infrastructure less than a week after law enforcement hacked their servers, and is threatening to focus more of their attacks on the government sector. On Saturday, LockBit announced it was resuming the ransomware business and released damage control communication saying admitting that "Personal negligence and irresponsibility" led to law enforcement disrupting its activity in Operation Cronos.

ScreenConnect servers hacked in LockBit ransomware attacks
2024-02-22 18:34

Attackers are exploiting a maximum severity authentication bypass vulnerability to breach unpatched ScreenConnect servers and deploy LockBit ransomware payloads on compromised networks. Today, Sophos X-Ops revealed that threat actors have been deploying LockBit ransomware on victims' systems after gaining access using exploits targeting these two ScreenConnect vulnerabilities.

New Migo malware disables protection features on Redis servers
2024-02-20 19:38

Security researchers discovered a new campaign that targets Redis servers on Linux hosts using a piece of malware called 'Migo' to mine for cryptocurrency. Hackers are always looking for exposed and potentially vulnerable Redis servers to hijack resources, steal data, and other malicious purposes.

New Migo Malware Targeting Redis Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining
2024-02-20 15:20

A novel malware campaign has been observed targeting Redis servers for initial access with the ultimate goal of mining cryptocurrency on compromised Linux hosts. "This particular campaign involves...

Over 28,500 Exchange servers vulnerable to actively exploited bug
2024-02-19 18:46

Up to 97,000 Microsoft Exchange servers may be vulnerable to a critical severity privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2024-21410 that hackers are actively exploiting. Currently, 28,500 servers have been identified as being vulnerable.

Microsoft says it fixed a Windows Metadata server issue that’s still broken
2024-02-15 20:03

Microsoft claims to have fixed Windows Metadata connection issues which continue to plague customers, causing problems for users trying to manage their printers and other hardware. When new hardware is added to a Windows computer, the operating system connects to a Microsoft-operated website called the Windows Metadata and Internet Services to download metadata packages associated with the particular hardware.

Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation
2024-02-15 05:19

Microsoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as...

Just one bad packet can bring down a vulnerable DNS server thanks to DNSSEC
2024-02-13 23:27

A 20-plus-year-old security vulnerability in the design of DNSSEC could allow a single DNS packet to exhaust the processing capacity of any server offering the system for domain-name resolution, effectively disabling the machine. Yes, a single DNS packet can take out a remote DNSSEC server.