August 2023 - Page 8 of 15

Massive 400,000 proxy botnet built with stealthy malware infections

A new campaign involving the delivery of proxy server apps to Windows systems has been uncovered, where users are reportedly involuntarily acting as residential exit nodes controlled by a private company. […]

16 Aug

Major U.S. energy org targeted in QR code phishing attack

A phishing campaign was observed predominantly targeting a notable energy company in the US, employing QR codes to slip malicious emails into inboxes and bypass security. […]

15 Aug

Ivanti Avalanche impacted by critical pre-auth stack buffer overflows

Two stack-based buffer overflows collectively tracked as CVE-2023-32560 impact Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution designed to manage, monitor, and secure a wide range of mobile devices. […]

15 Aug

LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign

LinkedIn is being targeted in a wave of account hacks resulting in many accounts being locked out for security reasons or ultimately hijacked by attackers. […]

15 Aug

Almost 2,000 Citrix NetScaler servers backdoored in hacking campaign

A threat actor has compromised close to 2,000 thousand Citrix NetScaler servers in a massive campaign exploiting the critical-severity remote code execution tracked as CVE-2023-3519. […]

15 Aug

Raccoon Stealer malware returns with new stealthier version

The developers of Raccoon Stealer information-stealing malware have ended their 6-month hiatus from hacker forums to promote a new 2.3.0 version of the malware to cyber criminals. […]

15 Aug

New CVE-2023-3519 scanner detects hacked Citrix ADC, Gateway devices

Mandiant has released a scanner to check if a Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) or NetScaler Gateway Appliance was compromised in widespread attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability. […]

14 Aug

Threat actors use beta apps to bypass mobile app store security

The FBI is warning of a new tactic used by cybercriminals where they promote malicious “beta” versions of cryptocurrency investment apps on popular mobile app stores that are then used to steal crypto. […]

14 Aug

Discord.io confirms breach after hacker steals data of 760K users

The Discord.io custom invite service has temporarily shut down after suffering a data breach exposing the information of 760,000 members. […]

14 Aug

Over 100K hacking forums accounts exposed by info-stealing malware

Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems that contained credentials for cybercrime forums. Many of the computers belong to hackers, the researchers say. […]

Month: August 2023

Massive 400,000 proxy botnet built with stealthy malware infections

Major U.S. energy org targeted in QR code phishing attack

Ivanti Avalanche impacted by critical pre-auth stack buffer overflows

LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign

Almost 2,000 Citrix NetScaler servers backdoored in hacking campaign

Raccoon Stealer malware returns with new stealthier version

New CVE-2023-3519 scanner detects hacked Citrix ADC, Gateway devices

Threat actors use beta apps to bypass mobile app store security

Discord.io confirms breach after hacker steals data of 760K users

Over 100K hacking forums accounts exposed by info-stealing malware