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UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

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The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February.

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Malware dev lures child exploiters into honeytrap to extort them

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You rarely root for a cybercriminal, but a new malware campaign targeting child exploiters doesn't make you feel bad for the victims.

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Critical Forminator plugin flaw impacts over 300k WordPress sites

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The Forminator WordPress plugin used in over 500,000 sites is vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to perform unrestricted file uploads to the server.


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GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs

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A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with a Microsoft repository, making the files appear trustworthy.

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CrushFTP warns users to patch exploited zero-day “immediately”

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CrushFTP warned customers today in a private memo of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability fixed in new versions released today, urging them to patch their servers immediately.

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HelloKitty ransomware rebrands, releases CD Projekt and Cisco data

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An operator of the HelloKitty ransomware operation announced they changed the name to 'HelloGookie,' releasing passwords for previously leaked CD Projekt source code, Cisco network information, and decryption keys from old attacks.

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MITRE says state hackers breached its network via Ivanti zero-days

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The MITRE Corporation says that a state-backed hacking group breached its systems in January 2024 by chaining two Ivanti VPN zero-days.

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22,500 Palo Alto firewalls "possibly vulnerable" to ongoing attacks

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Approximately 22,500 exposed Palo Alto GlobalProtect firewall devices are likely vulnerable to the CVE-2024-3400 flaw, a critical command injection vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks since at least March 26, 2024.

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Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack

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American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack.

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Active exploit of Atlassian Confluence

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Threat update

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory details the exploitation of the critical vulnerability CVE-2023-22518 in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. Attackers are deploying a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. This allows unauthenticated attackers to reset Confluence and create administrator accounts, granting them complete control over affected systems.

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LayerSlider SQL injection vulnerability

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An unauthenticated Structured Query Language (SQL) injection vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-2879, has been found in the WordPress plugin LayerSlider.

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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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LastPass: Hackers targeted employee in failed deepfake CEO call

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LastPass revealed this week that threat actors targeted one of its employees in a voice phishing attack, using deepfake audio to impersonate Karim Toubba, the company's Chief Executive Officer.

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Palo Alto Networks zero-day exploited since March to backdoor firewalls

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Suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewalls tracked as CVE-2024-3400 since March 26, using the compromised devices to breach internal networks, steal data and credentials.

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Critical flaws in Ivanti

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Recent flaws found in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways can lead to remote code execution (RCE) attacks. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn additional details and recommendations to keep your organization secure. 

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D-Link NAS vulnerabilities

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Two vulnerabilities were found in legacy D-Link products that have reached end-of-life (EoL) status. The vulnerabilities can cause command injection and backdoor account to these devices. This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory discusses the impact of the threat, as well as recommendations to mitigate risks these vulnerabilities may cause.

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XZ Utils supply chain vulnerability

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A supply chain vulnerability was found in XZ Utils that creates a backdoor into OpenSSH and can lead to remote code execution (RCE). Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn about this supply chain vulnerability and how to reduce your risks. 

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Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account

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A threat researcher has disclosed a new arbitrary command injection and hardcoded backdoor flaw in multiple end-of-life D-Link Network Attached Storage (NAS) device models.. 

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Fake Facebook MidJourney AI page promoted malware to 1.2 million people

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Hackers are using Facebook advertisements and hijacked pages to promote fake Artificial Intelligence services, such as MidJourney, OpenAI's SORA and ChatGPT-5, and DALL-E, to infect unsuspecting users with password-stealing malware.

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024