Brain Cipher, a ransomware group that emerged in June 2024, claims to have stolen 1TB of data from Deloitte UK, but this has not been verified. Deloitte, a top professional services firm, is the newest victim listed on Brain Cipher’s dark web site. Hackers claim to have stolen over 1TB …
Read More »Uganda confirms hack of central bank accounts, Refutes $17 Million Claim
Uganda’s finance ministry confirmed media reports that hackers breached the central bank’s systems and stole money, but refuted the claims to steal the money as much as $17 million. Uganda’s Minister of State for Finance, Henry Musasizi, addressed media reports alleging that a Southeast Asian hacker group hacked the Bank …
Read More »CIRT-in flags Critical Flaw in Oracle Agile PLM Framework
CERT-In has flagged a security vulnerability in Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, identified as CVE-2024-21287 and cataloged as CIVN-2024-0350. This high-risk threat was detected on November 26, 2024. CVE-2024-21287 affects Oracle Agile PLM Framework version 9.3.6, which is commonly used by organizations for managing product lifecycles and enhancing …
Read More »Microsoft patches four vulnerabilities in its services
On November 26th, Microsoft patched four vulnerabilities detected in Dynamics 365 Sales, the Partner.Microsoft.Com portal, Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure PolicyWatch. Microsoft Copilot Studio, a platform for developers to create AI agents and speed up coding with automation, had a critical vulnerability rated 9.3 out of 10 (CVE-2024-49038). Microsoft has …
Read More »Cloudflare logs faces major failure, losing 55% of user data
Cloudflare suffered an incident roughly 3.5 hours On November 14, 2024 impacting the majority of customers using Cloudflare Logs. Cloudflare lost about 55% of the logs normally send to customers were not sent and were lost on that incident. Log services are crucial for network operations, helping businesses analyze traffic, …
Read More »RomCom Exploits Firefox and Windows Zero-Day
According to ESET, Russia linked Ramcom exploit the two zero days of Mozilla FireFox and Microsoft Window addressed CVE 2024-9680, and 2024-49039. “In a successful attack, if a victim browses a web page containing the exploit, an adversary can run arbitrary code – without any user interaction required (zero click) …
Read More »MITRE discloses 2024 CWE Top 25 critical software flaw
MITRE identified Cross-site scripting as the most critical software flaw in its recent published report of the past year. The nonprofit published its latest ranking of the Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses on November 20, highlighting critical flaws from the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWEs) catalog between June 2023 and …
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Cisco Talos
Over 60% of Emails with QR Codes are spam
Generally scanning a malicious QR code from an unknown source can be harmful. Cisco Talos research shows that many people underestimate potential threats. Anti-spam filters can’t detect QR codes in images, allowing many spam emails to go unnoticed. While only 1 in 500 emails contains a QR code, around 60% …
Read More »CERT-In Flags Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Zoom app
CERT-In issued a security advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in the Zoom app that could let attackers access sensitive information, escalate privileges, or disrupt service. Vulnerabilities exist in various Zoom products, including the Zoom Workplace App, Zoom Rooms Client, and Zoom Video SDK, across multiple operating systems: macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, …
Read More »“Forces Penpals” exposed US and UK Military Social Network’s 1 Million Records
Renowned cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a non-password-protected database having over 1.1 million records linked to Conduitor Limited (Forces Penpals). This platform provides dating services and social networking for US and UK military personnel and their supporters. Jeremiah Fowler revealed that the publicly accessible database lacked password protection and encryption. …
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