April 29, 2022

WhatsApp is Currently Down with Users Reporting Connection Issues WhatsApp is down according to user reports mentioning issues connecting to the messaging platform and the inability to send messages although still connected. Starting roughly one hour ago, users have been describing how they can no longer connect to WhatsApp’s servers, with the Read more…

Russian Govt Impersonators Target Telcos in Phishing Attacks A previously unknown and financially motivated hacking group is impersonating a Russian agency in a phishing campaign targeting entities in Eastern European countries. The phishing emails pretend to come from the Russian Government’s Federal Bailiffs Service and are written in the Russian language, Read more…

Cybersecurity Agencies Reveal Top Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2021 In partnership with the NSA and the FBI, cybersecurity authorities worldwide have released today a list of the top 15 vulnerabilities routinely exploited by threat actors during 2021. The cybersecurity authorities urged organizations in a joint advisory to promptly patch these security Read more…

RIG Exploit Kit Drops RedLine Malware via Internet Explorer Bug Threat analysts have uncovered yet a new campaign that uses the RIG Exploit Kit to deliver the RedLine stealer malware. Exploit kits (EKs) have dropped drastically in popularity as they targeted vulnerabilities in web browsers introduced by plug-in software such Read more…

Chinese State-backed Hackers Now Target Russian State Officers Security researchers analyzing a phishing campaign targeting Russian officials found evidence that points to the China-based threat actor tracked as Mustang Panda (also known as HoneyMyte and Bronze President). The threat group was previously seen orchestrating intelligence collection campaigns against European targets, employing Read more…

Redis, MongoDB, and Elastic: 2022’s Top Exposed Databases Security researchers have noticed an increase in the number of databases publicly exposed to the Internet, with 308,000 identified in 2021. The growth continued quarter over quarter, peaking in the first months of this year. In the first quarter of 2022, the amount Read more…

New Nimbuspwn Linux Vulnerability Gives Hackers Root Privileges A new set of vulnerabilities collectively tracked as Nimbuspwn could let local attackers escalate privileges on Linux systems to deploy malware ranging from backdoors to ransomware. Security researchers at Microsoft disclosed the issues in a report today noting that they can be Read more…