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The Information Highway

Apple backports fix for RTKit iOS zero-day to older iPhones

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Apple has backported security patches released in March to older iPhones and iPads, fixing an iOS Kernel zero-day tagged as exploited in attacks.

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Okta warns of "unprecedented" credential stuffing attacks on customers

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Okta warns of an "unprecedented" spike in credential stuffing attacks targeting its identity and access management solutions, with some customer accounts breached in the attacks.

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Roku warns 576,000 accounts hacked in new credential stuffing attacks

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Roku warns that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks after disclosing another incident that compromised 15,000 accounts in early March.

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Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS firewall zero-day used in attacks

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Today, Palo Alto Networks warns that an unpatched critical command injection vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall is being actively exploited in attacks.

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Retail chain Hot Topic hit by new credential stuffing attacks

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American retailer Hot Topic disclosed that two waves of credential stuffing attacks in November exposed affected customers' personal information and partial payment data.

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New ScreenConnect RCE flaw exploited in ransomware attacks

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The samples seen by Sophos in this week's attacks were a buhtiRansom LockBit variant dropped on 30 different customer networks and a second payload created using the leaked Lockbit builder (and dropped by a different threat actor).


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New Fortinet RCE flaw in SSL VPN likely exploited in attacks

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Fortinet is warning that a new critical remote code execution vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN is potentially being exploited in attacks.


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US Health Dept urges hospitals to patch critical Citrix Bleed bug

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned hospitals this week to patch the critical 'Citrix Bleed' Netscaler vulnerability actively exploited in attacks. 

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New BLUFFS attack lets attackers hijack Bluetooth connections

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 Researchers at Eurecom have developed six new attacks collectively named 'BLUFFS' that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions, allowing for device impersonation and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.

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Cloudflare sees surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks

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Cloudflare says the number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks recorded in the third quarter of 2023 surpasses every previous year, indicating that the threat landscape has entered a new chapter. 

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MATA malware framework exploits EDR in attacks on defense firms

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An updated version of the MATA backdoor framework was spotted in attacks between August 2022 and May 2023, targeting oil and gas firms and the defense industry in Eastern Europe. 

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Apple emergency update fixes new zero-day used to hack iPhones

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Apple released new emergency security updates on Wednesday to patch two new zero-day vulnerabilities known to be exploited in attacks. 

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Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2023

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Google has patched the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year in emergency security updates released today. 

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CISA: New Whirlpool backdoor used in Barracuda ESG hacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has discovered that the backdoor malware named 'Whirlpool' used in attacks on compromised Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) devices. 

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Over 640 Citrix servers backdoored with web shells in ongoing attacks

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Hundreds of Citrix Netscaler ADC and Gateway servers have already been breached and backdoored in a series of attacks targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-3519. 

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