October 13, 2023 at 10:12AM The US cybersecurity agency CISA has released two new resources to help organizations identify and eliminate security flaws targeted by ransomware groups. The resources include a column in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog that flags flaws associated with ransomware campaigns, and a table on the StopRansomware project’s website listing misconfigurations … Read more
October 11, 2023 at 08:54AM The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-21608, is a use-after-free bug that allows for remote code execution. Adobe released a patch for the flaw in January 2023, but details … Read more
October 10, 2023 at 11:54AM A variant of the Mirai botnet, known as IZ1H9, has updated its tools with 13 new exploits targeting vulnerabilities in IoT devices from various manufacturers, including D-Link, TP-Link, Zyxel, and others. This variant is highly active in exploiting these vulnerabilities for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Fortinet observed thousands of attack … Read more