Cybersecurity

Novel Ahoi attacks could compromise confidential VMs

Confidential virtual machines could be breached through two different types of novel Ahoi attacks, reports SecurityWeek. Intrusions leveraging the first technique, dubbed “Heckler,” involved the targeting of hardware-based trusted execution environments running on Intel’s Trust Domain Extensions and AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging technologies with malicious hypervisors that sought to facilitate authentication evasion and […]

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CISA forced to take two systems offline last month after Ivanti compromise

Hackers breached the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in February through vulnerabilities in Ivanti products, officials said. A CISA spokesperson confirmed to Recorded Future News that the agency “identified activity indicating the exploitation of vulnerabilities in Ivanti products the agency uses” about a month ago. “The impact was limited to two […]

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South Korea says semiconductor industry targeted by cyber-spies from North

North Korean hackers breached at least two South Korean microchip equipment companies in recent months, stealing product design drawings and facility site photos, according to South Korea’s spy agency. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) did not disclose the names of the victims but said that hackers used living-off-the-land techniques to attack them. This approach involves […]

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Ukrainian hackers claim attack on Russian scientific research center

Pro-Ukraine hackers have reportedly breached a Russian scientific research center, Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said. According to GUR’s report on Wednesday, the hacker group called “BO Team” attacked the State Research Center on Space Hydrometeorology, also known as “Planeta,” and destroyed its database and valuable equipment. Planeta is a Russian state enterprise that receives […]

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INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2023 The INC RANSOM ransomware group claims to have hacked the American multinational corporation Xerox Corp. Xerox Corp provides document management solutions worldwide. The company’s Document Technology segment offers desktop monochrome and color printers, multifunction printers, copiers, digital printing presses, and […]

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Pro-Palestinian operation claims dozens of data breaches against Israeli firms

Pro-Palestinian hackers say they breached dozens of Israeli entities amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which has also extended into cyberspace. A group calling itself Cyber Toufan said it launched an operation against Israel at the end of November, promising to publish leaked information from hacked websites every day throughout the month. Earlier this week, […]