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Citrix warns admins to kill NetScaler user sessions to block hackers

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Citrix reminded admins today that they must take additional measures after patching their NetScaler appliances against the CVE-2023-4966 'Citrix Bleed' vulnerability to secure vulnerable devices against attacks. 

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DarkGate and Pikabot malware emerge as Qakbot’s successors

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A sophisticated phishing campaign pushing the DarkGate malware infections has recently added the PikaBot malware into the mix, making it the most advanced phishing campaign since the Qakbot operation was dismantled. 

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Kinsing malware exploits Apache ActiveMQ RCE to plant rootkits

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The Kinsing malware operator is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-46604 critical vulnerability in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker to compromise Linux systems. 

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Lumma Stealer malware now uses trigonometry to evade detection

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The Lumma information-stealing malware is now using an interesting tactic to evade detection by security software - the measuring of mouse movements using trigonometry to determine if the malware is running on a real machine or an antivirus sandbox. 

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Researchers extract RSA keys from SSH server signing errors

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A team of academic researchers from universities in California and Massachusetts demonstrated that it's possible under certain conditions for passive network attackers to retrieve secret RSA keys from naturally occurring errors leading to failed SSH (secure shell) connection attempts. 

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FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. 

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Exploit for CrushFTP RCE chain released, patch now

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A proof-of-concept exploit was publicly released for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise suite, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access files on the server, execute code, and obtain plain-text passwords. 

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Bloomberg Crypto X account snafu leads to Discord phishing attack

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The official Twitter account for Bloomberg Crypto was used earlier today to redirect users to a deceptive website that stole Discord credentials in a phishing attack.  

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CISA warns of actively exploited Windows, Sophos, and Oracle bugs

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The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) three security issues that affect Microsoft devices, a Sophos product, and an enterprise solution from Oracle. 

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Toyota confirms breach after Medusa ransomware threatens to leak data

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Toyota Financial Services (TFS) has confirmed that it detected unauthorized access on some of its systems in Europe and Africa after Medusa ransomware claimed an attack on the company. 

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Fortinet warns of critical command injection bug in FortiSIEM

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Fortinet is alerting customers of a critical OS command injection vulnerability in FortiSIEM report server that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute commands through specially crafted API requests. 

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Toronto Public Library confirms data stolen in ransomware attack

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The Toronto Public Library (TPL) confirmed that the personal information of employees, customers, volunteers, and donors was stolen from a compromised file server during an October ransomware attack. 

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WP Fastest Cache plugin bug exposes 600K WordPress sites to attacks

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The WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of the site's database. 

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LockBit ransomware exploits Citrix Bleed in attacks, 10K servers exposed

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The Lockbit ransomware attacks use publicly available exploits for the Citrix Bleed vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966) to breach the systems of large organizations, steal data, and encrypt files. 

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VMware discloses critical VCD Appliance auth bypass with no patch

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VMware disclosed a critical and unpatched authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cloud Director appliance deployments. 

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Microsoft November 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 5 zero-days, 58 flaws

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Today is Microsoft's November 2023 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for a total of 58 flaws and five zero-day vulnerabilities. 

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McLaren Health Care says data breach impacted 2.2 million people

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McLaren Health Care (McLaren) is notifying nearly 2.2 million people of a data breach that occurred between late July and August this year, exposing sensitive personal information. 

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Cloudflare website downed by DDoS attack claimed by Anonymous Sudan

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Cloudflare confirmed that the outage resulted from a DDoS attack that only affected the www.cloudflare.com website without impacting other products or services. The company didn't attribute the attack to a specific threat actor. 

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World’s largest commercial bank ICBC confirms ransomware attack

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"On November 8, 2023, U.S. Eastern Time (November 9, 2023, Beijing Time), ICBC Financial Services (FS) experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in disruption to certain FS systems. Immediately upon discovering the incident, ICBC FS disconnected and isolated impacted systems to contain the incident," said the bank. 

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Google ads push malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site

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A threat actor has been abusing Google Ads to distribute a trojanized version of the CPU-Z tool to deliver the Redline info-stealing malware. 

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

HEALTHCARE
FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024