Cyber Attack

On September 16, 2024, Globe Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a major pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, was hit by a ransomware attack detected by the BCSI Threat Intelligence Platform, highlighting ongoing cyber vulnerabilities in established firms. The Attack Unfolds: Globe Pharmaceuticals experienced a ransomware attack on September 16th, but the method of attack …

The FBI has alerted that cyber actors have compromised over 260,000 internet-connected devices, mainly routers, to form a large botnet for malicious activities, including distributed denial of service attacks and identity concealment. The FBI advisory states that a botnet, managed by the China-based Integrity Technology Group, has been active since …

Broadcom has fixed a serious VMware vCenter Server vulnerability that allows attackers to execute remote code on unpatched servers through network packets. vCenter Server is the main management hub for VMware’s vSphere suite, enabling administrators to oversee and monitor virtualized infrastructure. The vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) identified by TZL security researchers at …

Ransomware groups like BianLian and Rhysida use Microsoft’s Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy to steal data from hacked networks and store it in Azure Blob storage. Storage Explorer is a GUI tool for managing Microsoft Azure, while AzCopy is a command-line tool for large data transfers to and from Azure …

A recent dark web scan revealed that customer data from Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) has been exposed. The breach affects 110,856 users and includes sensitive information like Customer Number, Name, Email, Address, and Mobile Number. The exposure of this data on the dark web poses several risks like: …

Tenable Research found and fixed a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, called CloudImposer, in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This flaw could have let attackers hijack a pre-installed software dependency in Google Cloud Composer. Additionally, Tenable identified concerning guidance in GCP documentation that customers should note. The Hacker News reported, quoted …

Fortinet confirmed a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen 440GB of files from its Microsoft SharePoint server. Fortinet told two international media that, “An individual gained unauthorized access to a limited number of files stored on Fortinet’s instance of a third-party cloud-based shared file drive, which …

Threatdown Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team has discovered the RansomHub ransomware gang using a new attack method wityh two tools: TDSKiller, to disable EDR system, and LaZagne, for stealing credentials. Although both TDSSKiller and LaZagne have been used by attackers for years, this is the first record of RansomHub …

The CTO of Razz Security, Mukesh, recently exploited CI/CD pipelines to gain full server access which has its origins in the presence of an exposed .git directory on a publicly available web server. For this flaw, anyone could read and download the entire version control. It is examined that, this …

Researchers at Fortinet unveiled hackers to exploit GeoServer RCE vulnerability deploying malware relating to the vulnerability tracked as “CVE-2024-36401, has a CVSS score of 9.8. The report said, for the poor design of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards, the published …