French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany of criminal activity on the popular messaging platform and placed him under formal investigation following his arrest Saturday. Russian-born Durov, who is also a French citizen, has been charged with being complicit in the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as […]

Fortra has addressed a critical security flaw impacting FileCatalyst Workflow that could be abused by a remote attacker to gain administrative access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6633, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, and stems from the use of a static password to connect to a HSQL database. “The default credentials for the setup HSQL […]

The latest encryptor variant identified by researchers at Cisco Talos appends the file extension ‘blackbytent_h’ to encrypted files. This variant also includes the deployment of four vulnerable drivers, an increase from previous reports.

A South Korea-aligned cyber espionage has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Kingsoft WPS Office to deploy a bespoke backdoor dubbed SpyGlace. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor dubbed APT-C-60, according to cybersecurity firms ESET and DBAPPSecurity. The attacks have been found to […]

A new QR code phishing campaign is using Microsoft Sway to steal credentials. The attacks primarily target users in Asia and North America, particularly in the technology, manufacturing, and finance sectors.

The GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) discovered attacker domain names and IP addresses targeting over 130 US organizations through a campaign that begins by stealing credentials and passcodes using social engineering tactics.

Lumen researchers identified the bug and reported it to Versa in June, with active exploitation by Volt Typhoon observed since at least June. The attackers use a Web shell called VersaMem to capture credentials and monitor system activity.