Twitter hacker sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses

A U.K. citizen, who was involved in the attack on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses.  Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe (24),... Read more »

Security Affairs newsletter Round 425 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new... Read more »

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel

U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division warns that US military personnel have reported receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail. The U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division reported that service members across the military... Read more »

CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added six new security... Read more »

VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server

VMware addressed multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in vCenter Server that can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. VMware released security updates to five memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20892, CVE-2023-20893,... Read more »

Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap

Fortinet addressed a critical remote command execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-33299, affecting FortiNAC solution. FortiNAC is a network access control (NAC) solution designed by Fortinet that is used by... Read more »

More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking

Researchers reported that millions of GitHub repositories are likely vulnerable to an attack called RepoJacking. A study conducted by Aqua researchers revealed that millions of GitHub repositories are potentially... Read more »

New Mirai botnet targets tens of flaws in popular IoT devices

Since March 2023, Unit 42 researchers have observed a variant of the Mirai botnet spreading by targeting tens of flaws in D-Link, Zyxel, and Netgear devices. Since March 2023,... Read more »

Researchers released a PoC exploit for CVE-2023-20178 flaw in Cisco AnyConnect Secure

The proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-20178) in Cisco AnyConnect Secure was published online. A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the high-severity... Read more »

Norton parent firm Gen Digital, was victim of a MOVEit ransomware attack too

Norton parent firm, Gen Digital, was the victim of a ransomware attack that exploited the recently disclosed MOVEit zero-day vulnerability. Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock) is a multinational software company that provides cybersecurity software and... Read more »
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