The international non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children International was recently hit with a cyberattack. The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware…
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Adobe fixed actively exploited zero-day in Acrobat and Reader
Software giant Adobe is warning of a critical security vulnerability in the PDF Acrobat and Reader that is actively exploited in the wild. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates (APSB23-34) addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild in…
A new Repojacking attack exposed over 4,000 GitHub repositories to hack
A critical vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed more than 4,000 code packages to Repojacking attack. Checkmarx researchers discovered a new vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed over 4,000 packages to repojacking attacks. In the RepoJacking attack, attackers claim the old…
MGM Resorts hit by a cyber attack
Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was hit by a cyber attack that shut down its systems at MGM Hotels and Casinos. Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was the victim of a cyber attack, the IT infrastructure across the…
Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram
Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram after the company suspended the account of the group. The hacker collective Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Telegram in retaliation for the suspension of their…
Iranian Charming Kitten APT targets various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a new backdoor
Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten used a previously undocumented backdoor named Sponsor in attacks against entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. ESET researchers observed a series of attacks, conducted by the Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten (aka Ballistic Bobcat APT, APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, TA453, and Ajax…
GOOGLE FIXED THE FOURTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023
Google rolled out emergency security updates to address a new Chrome zero-day (CVE-2023-4863) actively exploited in the wild. Google rolled out emergency security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks in the wild since…
CISA adds recently discovered Apple zero-days to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
U.S. CISA adds vulnerabilities in Apple devices exploited to install NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on iPhones to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the security vulnerabilities chained in the zero-click iMessage exploit BLASTPASS to its Known Exploited…
UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang
The U.K. and U.S. governments sanctioned 11 more individuals who were alleged members of the Russia-based TrickBot cybercrime gang. The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned eleven more individuals who are members of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime…
New HijackLoader malware is rapidly growing in popularity in the cybercrime community
Zscaler ThreatLabz detailed a new malware loader, named HijackLoader, which has grown in popularity over the past few months HijackLoader is a loader that is gaining popularity among the cybercriminal community. The malware is not sophisticated, however, unlike other loaders,…