First off, I'm not alluding to a gift from the hackers. They're continually generous by sharing their talents with the internet's billions of users.
This is a gift to the black hats of the security population, this Log4j vulnerability. Log4j is a technology product that is within the wider suite of Apache Logging Services.
FBI: Hackers are actively exploiting this flaw on ManageEngine Desktop Central servers | ZDNet
Zoho didn't provide further details of the attacks at the time, which occurred after activity this year targeting previously patched flaws in ManageEngine products that are tracked as CVE-2021-40539 and CVE-2021-44077 .
"Since at least late October 2021, APT actors have been actively exploiting a zero-day, now identified as CVE-2021-44515, on ManageEngine Desktop Central servers," the FBI alert said.
RIPTA cyberattack: Hackers get employee health plan information
A security breach involving the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's health plan may have affected 5,015 people, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Letters to affected individuals were mailed out on Tuesday, the agency said. Anyone who does not receive a letter by Jan. 20 but believes their personal information may have been compromised should call (855) 604-1668.
What the Modi Twitter breach tells us about hackers | Commentary | The Seattle Times
Earlier this month some smart alecks managed to breach the defenses of one of the most ubiquitous media platforms, access the mouthpiece of the leader of one of the world’s most populous countries, and grab the opportunity to broadcast whatever they wanted to 73 million followers.
It’s almost laughable that yet another Twitter hack — this time on the account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — should become the vehicle for spruiking bitcoin. “India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender,” the tweet sent by hackers from his account read.
Growing Army of Hackers Helps Keep Kim Jong Un in Power
According to the U.S.
Meta Sues Hackers Behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Phishing Attacks
Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms on Monday said it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. state of California against bad actors who operated more than 39,000 phishing websites that impersonated its digital properties to mislead unsuspecting users into divulging their login credentials.
Simjacking: Mark Donnelly lost EVERYTHING to hackers who cloned his phone | Daily Mail Online
A devastated nurse has been left penniless and will have to change his name after sneaky 'simjacking' hackers stole almost everything - including his identity.
Within a matter of minutes, they had drained $34,000 out of his savings and credit cards and transferred it into untraceable cryptocurrency.
Tropic Trooper Cyber Espionage Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector
"The group tried to access some internal documents (such as flight schedules and documents for financial plans) and personal information on the compromised hosts (such as search histories)," Trend Micro researchers Nick Dai, Ted Lee, and Vickie Su said in a report published last week.
Active Directory Bugs Could Let hackers Take Over Windows Domain Controllers
Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12.
The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum of 10 and concern a privilege escalation flaw affecting the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) component.
Log4J and ransomware: How hackers are taking advantage - Tech Monitor
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