North Korean Hackers Shift from Cyber Espionage to Ransomware Attacks
A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the deployment of ransomware, setting it apart from other nation-state hacking groups linked to the country. Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity cluster under a new moniker APT45, which overlaps with names such as Andariel, Nickel Hyatt,
Vulnérabilité dans Spring Cloud Skipper (25 juillet 2024) (CERT-FR)
Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Spring Cloud Skipper. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance.
Multiples vulnérabilités dans GitLab (25 juillet 2024) (CERT-FR)
De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans GitLab. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une atteinte à la confidentialité des données, une injection de code indirecte à distance (XSS) et un contournement de la politique de sécurité.
Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Mitel (25 juillet 2024) (CERT-FR)
De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits Mitel. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance et une élévation de privilèges.
Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice (Krebs on Security)
The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that .top was the most common suffix in phishing websites over the past year, second only to domains ending in “.com.” Image: Shutterstock. On July 16, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sent a letter to the owners of the .top domain registry. ICANN has filed hundreds of enforcement actions against domain registrars over the years, but in this case ICANN singled out a domain registry responsible for maintaining an entire top-level domain (TLD).…
Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams
Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target people with financial sextortion scams. "These included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts that we were able to link to a group of around 20 individuals," the company said. "They targeted primarily adult men in the U.S. and used fake accounts to mask