Monthly Archive: March 2024

UK and US Accuse China of Election Hacking

On March 25th, the United Kingdom and the United States formally accused China of cyberattacks on democratic institutions, linking Chinese intelligence services to incidents at the Electoral Commission in 2021 and attempting to hack...

Say Goodbye to Lag: Chrome Update Tailored for Snapdragon

Google and Qualcomm have announced the introduction of a Chrome browser optimized for Arm architecture Windows PCs equipped with Snapdragon processors, promising an enhanced browsing experience. This refinement is set to elevate the user...

MuddyWater Phishing: Atera Used to Spy on Israel

The cybersecurity firm Proofpoint has uncovered a new phishing campaign orchestrated by the Iranian faction MuddyWater. This operation disseminates legitimate remote monitoring and management software, Atera, among Israeli organizations within the global manufacturing, technology,...

UNC5174 Exploits Zero-Days: F5, Connectwise Hit

Mandiant specialists report that Chinese hackers, identified as UNC5174, are exploiting vulnerabilities in widely-used products to disseminate malicious software capable of installing additional backdoors on compromised Linux hosts. The attacks orchestrated by UNC5174 have...

Massive Sign1 Malware Campaign Targets WordPress

Over the last six months, tens of thousands of web resources have fallen victim to a large-scale campaign deploying the previously unknown malicious program Sign1. Perpetrators have been embedding this malware into WordPress sites,...

Fortinet Vulnerability Exploited: Patch Now! PoC Published

Security researchers at Horizon3 have disclosed a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS, which is currently being actively exploited by hackers. The SQL injection vulnerability, CVE-2023-48788 (with a CVSS...

Unsafe Hotels? Millions of Rooms Vulnerable to Attack

Annually in August, thousands of cybersecurity professionals gather in Las Vegas for an event often dubbed the “hackers’ summer camp.” This period marks the convening of two of the largest information security conferences: Black...