Researchers demonstrated a new side-channel attack, named GoFetch, against Apple CPUs that could allow an attacker to obtain secret keys. A team of researchers from several US universities demonstrated a new microarchitectural side-channel attack named GoFetch that could allow attackers…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Russia-linked…
Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr
During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams. During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions. Middle…
Russia-linked APT29 targeted German political parties with WINELOADER backdoor
Russia-linked threat actors employ the WINELOADER backdoor in recent attacks targeting German political parties. In late February, Mandiant researchers spotted the Russia-linked group APT29 using a new variant of the WINELOADER backdoor to target German political parties with a CDU-themed…
Mozilla fixed Firefox zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024
Mozilla addressed two Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities exploited during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. Mozilla has done an amazing job addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser exploited during the recent Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. The researcher…
Large-scale Sign1 malware campaign already infected 39,000+ WordPress sites
A large-scale malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. Sucurity researchers at Sucuri spotted a malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, which has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six…
German police seized the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market
The German police seized the infrastructure of the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market disrupting its operation. An operation conducted by the Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (BKA) and the Frankfurt cybercrime combating unit (ZIT) led to the seizure of the…
Unsaflok flaws allow to open millions of doors using Dormakaba Saflok electronic locks
A flaw in Dormakaba Saflok electronic locks, dubbed Unsaflok, can allow threat actors to open millions of doors worldwide. Researchers Lennert Wouters, Ian Carroll, rqu, BusesCanFly, Sam Curry, sshell, and Will Caruana discovered a series of vulnerabilities, collectively named Unsaflok, in Dormakaba Saflok electronic RFID locks.…
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024: participants earned $1,132,500 for 29 unique 0-days
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition has ended, and participants earned $1,132,500 for demonstrating 29 unique zero-days. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that participants earned $1,132,500 on the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition for demonstrating 29 unique zero-days. On…
Critical Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS flaw actively exploited in the wild
Researchers released a PoC exploit for a critical flaw in Fortinet’s FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is actively exploited. Security researchers at Horizon3 have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score…