Operation Morpheus took down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by threat actors

Threat actors actively exploit D-Link DIR-859 router flaw CVE-2024-0769.
Experts released PoC exploit code for a critical bug in Progress Telerik Report Servers.
Threat actors may have exploited a zero-day in older iPhones, Apple warns.
Nation-state actors exploited two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls to breach government networks.
Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw.
Threat actors exploited Palo Alto Pan-OS issue to deploy a Python Backdoor.
Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware.
A ransomware attack took 100 Romanian hospitals down.
Multiple malware used in attacks exploiting Ivanti VPN flaws.
Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware.
Threat actors exploit Apache ActiveMQ flaw to deliver the Godzilla Web Shell.
Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware.
Threat actors breached US govt systems by exploiting Adobe ColdFusion flaw.
Threat actors started exploiting critical ownCloud flaw CVE-2023-49103.
Kinsing threat actors probed the Looney Tunables flaws in recent attacks.
Threat actors actively exploit F5 BIG-IP flaws CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748.
Threat actors have been exploiting CVE-2023-4966 in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway devices since August.
Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack.
A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin.
UNC4841 threat actors hacked US government email servers exploiting Barracuda ESG flaw.


This Cyber News was published on securityaffairs.com. Publication date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:13:05 +0000


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