Cynet Log4Shell Webinar: A Thorough – And Clear – Explanation

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Most security practitioners are now aware of the Log4Shell vulnerability discovered toward the end of 2021. No one knows how long the vulnerability existed before it was discovered. The past couple of months have had security teams scrambling to patch …

Russian Gamaredon Hackers Targeted ‘Western Government Entity’ in Ukraine

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The Russia-linked Gamaredon hacking group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity operating in Ukraine last month amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions between the two countries. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intelligence team, in a new report publicized on February 3, …

U.S. Authorities Charge 6 Indian Call Centers Scamming Thousands of Americans

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A number of India-based call centers and their directors have been indicted for their alleged role in placing tens of millions of scam calls aimed at defrauding thousands of American consumers. The indictment charged Manu Chawla, Sushil Sachdeva, Nitin Kumar …

Another Israeli Firm, QuaDream, Caught Weaponizing iPhone Bug for Spyware

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A now-patched security vulnerability in Apple iOS that was previously found to be exploited by Israeli company NSO Group was also separately weaponized by a different surveillance vendor named QuaDream to hack into the company’s devices. The development was reported …

New SEO Poisoning Campaign Distributing Trojanized Versions of Popular Software

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An ongoing search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning attack campaign has been observed abusing trust in legitimate software utilities to trick users into downloading BATLOADER malware on compromised machines. “The threat actor used ‘free productivity apps installation’ or ‘free software development …

Critical Flaws Discovered in Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers

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Cisco has patched multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting its RV Series routers that could be weaponized to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems, while also warning of the existence of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code targeting some of these bugs. …

Hackers Exploited 0-Day Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Platform to Spy on Users

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A threat actor, likely Chinese in origin, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform as part of spear-phishing campaigns that commenced in December 2021. The espionage operation — codenamed “EmailThief” — was detailed …

CISA Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Airspan Networks Mimosa

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday published an Industrial Controls Systems Advisory (ICSA) warning of multiple vulnerabilities in the Airspan Networks Mimosa equipment that could be abused to gain remote code execution, create a denial-of-service (DoS) …

New Malware Used by SolarWinds Attackers Went Undetected for Years

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The threat actor behind the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds has continued to expand its malware arsenal with new tools and techniques that were deployed in attacks as early as 2019, once indicative of the elusive nature of the campaigns …

Cynet’s Keys to Extend Threat Visibility

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We hear about the need for better visibility in the cybersecurity space – detecting threats earlier and more accurately. We often hear about the dwell time and the time to identify and contain a data breach. Many of us are …