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  • September 19, 2024

Hackers Exploit Default Credentials in FOUNDATION Software to Breach Construction Firms

Threat actors have been observed targeting the construction sector by infiltrating the FOUNDATION Accounting Software, according to new findings from Huntress. “Attackers have been observed brute-forcing the software at scale, and gaining access simply by using the product’s default credentials,” the cybersecurity company said. Targets of the emerging threat include plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and […]

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  • September 19, 2024

FBI Shuts Down Chinese Botnet

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives. Those devices were used to help infiltrate sensitive networks related to universities, government agencies, telecommunications providers, and media organizations…. […]

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  • September 19, 2024

New Brazilian-Linked SambaSpy Malware Targets Italian Users via Phishing Emails

A previously undocumented malware called SambaSpy is exclusively targeting users in Italy via a phishing campaign orchestrated by a suspected Brazilian Portuguese-speaking threat actor. “Threat actors usually try to cast a wide net to maximize their profits, but these attackers are focused on just one country,” Kaspersky said in a new analysis. “It’s likely that […]

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  • September 19, 2024

New TeamTNT Cryptojacking Campaign Targets CentOS Servers with Rootkit

The cryptojacking operation known as TeamTNT has likely resurfaced as part of a new campaign targeting Virtual Private Server (VPS) infrastructures based on the CentOS operating system. “The initial access was accomplished via a Secure Shell (SSH) brute force attack on the victim’s assets, during which the threat actor uploaded a malicious script,” Group-IB researchers […]

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  • September 19, 2024

Healthcare’s Diagnosis is Critical: The Cure is Cybersecurity Hygiene

Cybersecurity in healthcare has never been more urgent. As the most vulnerable industry and largest target for cybercriminals, healthcare is facing an increasing wave of cyberattacks. When a hospital’s systems are held hostage by ransomware, it’s not just data at risk — it’s the care of patients who depend on life-saving treatments. Imagine an attack […]

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  • September 19, 2024

Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting U.S. Healthcare Sector

Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been observed using a ransomware strain called INC for the first time to target the healthcare sector in the U.S. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the activity under the name Vanilla Tempest (formerly DEV-0832). “Vanilla Tempest receives hand-offs from GootLoader infections by […]

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  • September 19, 2024

GitLab Patches Critical SAML Authentication Bypass Flaw in CE and EE Editions

GitLab has released patches to address a critical flaw impacting Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that could result in an authentication bypass. The vulnerability is rooted in the ruby-saml library (CVE-2024-45409, CVSS score: 10.0), which could allow an attacker to log in as an arbitrary user within the vulnerable system. It was addressed […]

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  • September 18, 2024

Smashing Security podcast #385: TFL security derailed, and is Trump the king of crypto?

Transport for London (TfL) suffers a cybersecurity incident and tells its 30,000 staff they will all have to their identities verified… in-person. Who might have been behind the attack and why? Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s curious relationship with cryptocurrency is explored. All this and Demi Moore is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” […]

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  • September 18, 2024

New “Raptor Train” IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The sophisticated botnet, dubbed Raptor Train by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, is believed to have been operational since at […]

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