Recent Security News
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Hackers Earn $1.3M for Tesla, EV Charger, Infotainment Exploits at Pwn2Own Automotive
January 26, 2024 at 03:51AM Cybersecurity researchers and bug bounty hunters earned over $1.3 million from hacking Teslas, EV chargers, and infotainment systems at the Pwn2Own Automotive competition. The Synacktiv team won, earning $450,000 by exploiting vulnerabilities. ZDI is preparing for Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, with a prize pool exceeding $1 million. Last year’s competition in…
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Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs
January 26, 2024 at 01:21AM Microsoft has reported that Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November 2023 are now targeting other organizations. The group, known as APT29 or BlueBravo, primarily targets governments, diplomatic entities, and IT service providers in the U.S. and Europe. They utilize legitimate but…
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Russian TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for Cybercrime Spree
January 26, 2024 at 12:57AM Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for creating and distributing the TrickBot malware, causing tens of millions of dollars in losses to victims including hospitals and businesses. The malware evolved into a tool for delivering ransomware and its developer had provided…
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Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems
January 26, 2024 at 12:57AM Cisco has released patches for a critical security flaw (CVE-2024-20253) affecting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The flaw impacts various products including Unified Communications Manager and Unity Connection. Users are advised to set up access control lists while awaiting updates. Cisco…
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Trickbot malware scumbag gets five years for infecting hospitals, businesses
January 25, 2024 at 07:08PM Former Trickbot developer Vladimir Dunaev from Russia sentenced to five years and four months in the US for infecting American hospitals and businesses with ransomware and other malware, causing millions in losses. He provided specialized services for the criminal gang, including recruiting coders, managing servers, and developing browser modifications to…