Month: October 2024

Fog and Akira ransomware operators are increasingly breaching corporate networks through SonicWall VPN accounts, with the threat actors believed to be exploiting CVE-2024-40766, a critical SSL VPN access control flaw. SonicWall fixed the SonicOS flaw in late August 2024, and roughly a week later, it warned that it was already under active exploitation. At the […]

Cisco has added new security features that significantly mitigate brute-force and password spray attacks on Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), helping protect the network from breaches and reducing resource utilization on devices. Password spray and brute force attacks are similar in that they both attempt to gain unauthorized access to an online account by guessing […]

Attackers can downgrade Windows kernel components to bypass security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement and deploy rootkits on fully patched systems. This is possible by taking control of the Windows Update process to introduce outdated, vulnerable software components on an up-to-date machine without the operating system changing the fully patched status. Downgrading Windows SafeBreach […]

The fourth day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 marked the end of the hacking competition with more than $1 million in prizes for over 70 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in fully patched devices. The hacking contest pits security researchers against various software and hardware products, in an attempt earn the “Master of Pwn” title by compromising targets in eight categories […]

The BlackBasta ransomware operation has moved its social engineering attacks to Microsoft Teams, posing as corporate help desks contacting employees to assist them with an ongoing spam attack. Black Basta is a ransomware operation active since April 2022 and responsible for hundreds of attacks against corporations worldwide. After the Conti cybercrime syndicate shut down in […]

Russia has sentenced four members of the REvil ransomware operation to over 4 years in prison for distributing malware and illegal circulation of means of payment. REvil ransomware (aka Sodin and Sodinokibi) was launched in April 2019 as a direct successor of the GandCrab operation. In less than a year, the gang became the most prolific ransomware group, asking […]

The third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 continued to showcase the expertise of white hat hackers as they exposed 11 zero-day vulnerabilities, adding $124,750 to the total prize pool, which now stands at $874,875. Pwn2Own, a global hacking competition, challenges top security researchers to exploit a range of software and hardware devices, with the ultimate […]