A new Mirai-based botnet is causing internet backbone provider Akamai to sound the alarm. Known as Aquabotv3, the malware exploits a vulnerability in a series of Mitel internet-connected phones. The aim of the threat actors, according to Akamai researchers Larry Cashdollar and Kyle Lefton, is to create a platform for denial-of-service attacks. “Aquabot is a … Read more
New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the largest nonprofit blood centers in the United States, says it is experiencing service disruptions after being hit by a ransomware attack. NYBC said in a statement on Wednesday that the organization detected suspicious activity on its IT systems on January 26, which it has since confirmed was … Read more
Malicious hackers have compromised potentially thousands of organizations by exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities found in widely used software made by cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks said Wednesday that they have observed a “limited set of exploitation activity” related to the two vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the operating system that … Read more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Nov. 7 warned that attackers are exploiting a Palo Alto Expedition missing authentication vulnerability that lets threat actors with network access takeover an Expedition admin account and access configuration secrets and credentials. Expedition is a Palo Alto migration tool that lets security teams convert firewall configurations from … Read more
As the United States of America enters the final days of the race for the White House, the FBI has warned that fraudsters are using the presidential election campaign to scam citizens out of their savings and personal data. According to a public service announcement published by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), scammers who … Read more
