A French hospital was forced to return to pen and paper and postpone medical treatments after a cyber attack. A cyber attack hit Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) on Tuesday, impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper.…
Tag: Security Affairs
MITRE revealed that nation-state actors breached its systems via Ivanti zero-days
The MITRE Corporation revealed that a nation-state actor compromised its systems in January 2024 by exploiting Ivanti VPN zero-days. In April 2024, MITRE disclosed a security breach in one of its research and prototyping networks. The security team at the…
FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure
China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure warned FBI Director Christopher Wray. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. critical infrastructure, Reuters reported. According to the…
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigates data breach
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated an investigation into an alleged ransomware attack and the subsequent theft of data. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating an alleged ransomware attack that resulted in data theft. The United Nations…
FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker with phishing attacks
BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign.…
FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker phishing attacks
BlackBerry reported that the financially motivated group FIN7 targeted the IT department of a large U.S. carmaker with spear-phishing attacks. In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign.…
Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost
An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service…
Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT
Russia-linked APT Sandworm employed a previously undocumented backdoor called Kapeka in attacks against Eastern Europe since 2022. WithSecure researchers identified a new backdoor named Kapeka that has been used in attacks targeting victims in Eastern Europe since at least mid-2022. The…
Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. PoC publicly available
Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for which publicly available exploit code exists. Cisco has addressed a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability and is aware of a public exploit code for this issue.…
Linux variant of Cerber ransomware targets Atlassian servers
Threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2023-22518 flaw in Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. At the end of October 2023, Atlassian warned of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence…