Dangerous new botnet targets webcams, routers across the world

Story by Sead Fadilpaši? Security researchers observe new botnet-building campaign called Murdoc Its attacks are targeting IP cameras and routers More than 1,000 devices have been identified as compromised Cybersecurity researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit have observed a new large-scale operation exploiting vulnerabilities in IP cameras and routers to build out a botnet. In a technical analysis, Qualys said the attackers were mostly exploiting CVE-2017-17215 and CVE-2024-7029, seeking to compromise […]

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20th January– Threat Intelligence Report

TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Hotel management platform Otelier has suffered a data breach that resulted in extraction of almost eight terabytes of data. The threat actors compromised company’s Amazon S3 cloud storage, stealing guests’ personal information and reservations for major hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. Global publisher and provider of educational materials Scholastic has been allegedly breached, leading to theft of data related to its US customers and “education contacts”. The […]

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6th January– Threat Intelligence Report

January 6, 2025 For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 6th January, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Check Point elaborated on the US Treasury Department cyber-attack that compromised employee workstations and classified documents. The breach, attributed to a China state-sponsored threat actor, involved unauthorized remote access using a security key from third-party provider BeyondTrust. The attackers exploited two vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust’s remote support software: […]

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Look for the label: White House rolls out ‘Cyber Trust Mark’ for smart devices

Beware the IoT that doesn’t get a security tag Thomas Claburn The White House this week introduced a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for technology products so that consumers can have some assurance their smart devices aren’t spying on them. “The White House launched this bipartisan effort to educate American consumers and give them an easy way to assess the cybersecurity of such products, as well as incentivize companies to produce […]

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Ivanti warns of new Connect Secure flaw used in zero-day attacks

By Lawrence Abrams Ivanti is warning that hackers exploited a Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0282 in zero-day attacks to install malware on appliances. The company says it became aware of the vulnerabilities after the Ivanti Integrity Checker Tool (ICT) detected malicious activity on customers’ appliances. Ivanti launched an investigation and confirmed that threat actors were actively exploiting CVE-2025-0282 as a zero-day. CVE-2025-0282 is a critical (9.0) stack-based buffer […]

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