Tag: security

Microsoft has identified a new hacking group it now tracks as Flax Typhoon that argets government agencies and education, critical manufacturing, and information technology organizations likely for espionage purposes. […]

Leaseweb, one of the world’s largest cloud and hosting providers, notified people that it’s working on restoring “critical” systems disabled following a recent security breach. […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that patches for a critical Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) remote command injection flaw are “ineffective,” and patched appliances are still being compromised in ongoing attacks. […]

Ransomware threat actors are spending less time on compromised networks before security solutions sound the alarm. In the first half of the year the hackers’ median dwell time dropped to five days from nine in 2022 […]

Two vulnerabilities affecting some version of Jupiter X Core, a premium plugin for setting up WordPress and WooCommerce websites, allow hijacking accounts and uploading files without authentication. […]

Cybercriminals behind the Smoke Loader botnet are using a new piece of malware called Whiffy Recon to triangulate the location of infected devices through WiFi scanning and Google’s geolocation API. […]

Proof-of-concept exploit code is now available for a critical Ivanti Sentry authentication bypass vulnerability that enables attackers to execute code remotely as root on vulnerable systems. […]

Thousands of Openfire servers remain vulnerable to CVE-2023-32315, an actively exploited and path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to create new admin accounts. […]