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Chainalysis report reveals a likely increase in new internet scams this year as fraudsters adapt to increasing enforcement efforts
Daily Archives: August 29, 2024
Iranian Hackers Secretly Aid Ransomware Attacks on US
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CISA and the FBI warned that Iranian APT group, Fox Kitten, has helped ransomware groups to attack US organizations since 2017
‘Big-game hunting’ – Ransomware gangs are focusing on more lucrative attacks
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2024 looks set to be the highest-grossing year yet for ransomware gangs, due – in no small part – to emboldened cybercriminals causing costly disruption at larger companies.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.
Crypto scammers who hacked McDonald’s Instagram account say they stole $700,000
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Hackers who seized control of the official Instagram account of McDonald’s claim that they managed to steal US $700,000 from unsuspecting investors by promoting a fake cryptocurrency.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
apr-1.7.5-1.fc41
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FEDORA-2024-f831fe4030
Packages in this update:
apr-1.7.5-1.fc41
Update description:
Update APR to version 1.7.5.
IT Engineer Charged For Attempting to Extort Former Employer
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A virtual machine specialist was arrested after a foiled data extortion plot targeting his former employer
ZDI-24-1183: Delta Electronics DTN Soft BIN File Parsing Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Delta Electronics DTN Soft. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-8255.
ZDI-24-1184: Progress Software WS_FTP Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Progress Software WS_FTP. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 4.3. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-7744.
ZDI-24-1185: Progress Software WhatsUp Gold HasErrors SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Progress Software WhatsUp Gold. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 9.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-6670.
ZDI-24-1186: Progress Software WhatsUp Gold GetStatisticalMonitorList SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Progress Software WhatsUp Gold. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 9.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-6671.