Multiple Xerox printers (EC80xx, AltaLink, VersaLink, WorkCentre) were affected by an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability which allowed an attacker with administrative web credentials to fully compromise the devices with root privileges on the operating system.
Did you know there’s widespread exploitation of FortiNet products going on using a zero day, and that there’s no CVE? Now you do.
ESET has launched an investigation after the systems of its official product distributor in Israel were abused to send out emails delivering wiper malware.
The targeted users received an email — signed by ESET’s Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) team — informing them about government-backed attackers trying to compromise their devices.
Discover recent attacks using Lynx ransomware, a rebrand of INC, targeting multiple crucial sectors in the U.S. and UK with prevalent double-extortion tactics. Discover recent attacks using Lynx ransomware, a rebrand of INC, targeting multiple crucial sectors in the U.S. and UK with prevalent double-extortion tactics.
If someone asked me what was the best way to make money from a compromised AWS Account (assume root access even) — I would have answered “dump the data and hope that no-one notices you before you finish it up.”
This answer would have been valid until ~8 months ago when I stumbled upon a lesser known feature of AWS KMS which allows an attacker to do devastating ransomware attacks on a compromised AWS account.
Now I know that ransomware attacks using cross-account KMS keys is already known (checkout the article below)— but even then, the CMK is managed by AWS and they can just block the attackers access to the CMK and decrypt data for the victim because the key is OWNED by AWS and attacker is just given API access to it under AWS TOS. Also there’s no way to delete the CMK but only schedule the key deletion (min 7 days) which means there’s ample time for AWS to intervene.Version 1.1: October 18, 2024
On October 16, 2024, Radiant Capital experienced a security breach resulting in the loss of approximately $50 million USD. The attack compromised three Radiant developers, all of whom are…