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Multiple new attacks exploiting the explosive Apache Log4j vulnerabilities have been uncovered, including a newly discovered JavaScript WebSocket attack, threat actors injecting Monero miners via Remote Method Invocation and the comeback of an old and relatively inactive ransomware family.
December’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday covers 67 security fixes, one of which is a zero-day vulnerability spreading Emotet malware. Five of the other bugs are listed as publicly known, but not yet exploited. Additionally, Google, Apple and Adobe also released critical updates.
Researchers have identified multiple campaigns leveraging invoice-themed lures to distribute the rarely observed TinyNuke malware, which has not been seen with regularity since 2018. They almost exclusively target French entities and operations in France, according to Proofpoint researchers.
Multiple security researchers have spotted threat actors already exploiting the Apache Log4j vulnerability by deploying Muhstik and Mirai botnets to target Linux devices. Their advice: Ensure to remove any existing compromise before patching, and expect this flaw to be exploited for the long term.
A Russian national has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for aiding a botnet scheme that infected victims' devices with malicious Kelihos malware and ransomware, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
A massive wave of ongoing attacks has been targeting more than 1.6 million WordPress sites, researchers at Wordfence say. So far, they've counted more than 13.7 million individual attacks in just 36 hours, focused on exploiting four different WordPress plug-ins and several Epsilon framework themes.
Researchers have developed and released an urgent "vaccine" for a zero-day vulnerability detected in the Java logging library Apache Log4j on Friday. It is reported that the vulnerability is being exploited by advanced persistent threat-level actors.
A new ongoing malware campaign is currently being distributed in the wild targeting TP-link wireless routers, leveraging a post-authenticated remote command execution, or RCE, vulnerability, according to FortiGuard Labs researchers.
Open-source analytics and interactive visualization solutions provider Grafana Labs has released an emergency security update to patch a high-severity zero-day vulnerability on its dashboard. The company had to issue the fix before schedule to limit exploitation after a researcher reported it.
Two separate, massive cyber incidents recently occurred. One has disrupted services at 200 Nordic Choice Hotels in Europe, and the other - a cyberattack on a major supplier - has caused around 300 SPAR stores to temporarily close in the UK.
A U.S. federal court in Virginia has paved the way for Microsoft to disrupt the activities of China-based hacking group Nickel. Microsoft will target websites that the threat actor uses to gather intelligence from government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations.
A suspected Russian group blamed for the SolarWinds compromise in 2020 is continuing to innovate and is infiltrating technology services and resellers, according to a new report from Mandiant. Mandiant says the group, which it calls UNC2452 and Microsoft calls Nobelium, practices "top-notch operational security."
The FBI warns that the "Cuba" ransomware-wielding attackers have extorted $43.9 million in ransom payments from victims after compromising at least 49 organizations across five critical infrastructure sectors - financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing and IT - since early November.
A former employee of a New York-based technology company, likely to be IoT technology company Ubiquiti, has been arrested for stealing confidential data and extorting his employer for nearly $2 million. If convicted, the suspect faces up to 37 years in prison.
Multiple APT groups from Russia, China and India are adopting a new phishing attack technique using RTF template injection, which makes attacks harder to detect. The template is compatible with Microsoft Office, which makes it easier for an attacker to open or edit these documents.
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