L’explosion des attaques web sur les sites de e-commerce pendant les fêtes
Durant les vacances du Nouvel An, une augmentation inquiétante des cyberattaques a été observée. Les sites de e-commerce ont particulièrement été visés par des scanners robotisés cherchant à exploiter leurs vulnérabilités.
Russian-Linked Hackers Target Kazakhstan in Espionage Campaign with HATVIBE Malware
Russia-linked threat actors have been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting Kazakhstan as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. The campaign has been assessed to be the work of an intrusion set dubbed UAC-0063, which likely shares overlap with APT28, a nation-state group affiliated with […]
4 Reasons Your SaaS Attack Surface Can No Longer be Ignored
What do identity risks, data security risks and third-party risks all have in common? They are all made much worse by SaaS sprawl. Every new SaaS account adds a new identity to secure, a new place where sensitive data can end up, and a new source of third party risk. Learn how you can protect […]
Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces
Threat hunters are calling attention to a new campaign that has targeted Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed on the public internet. « The campaign involved unauthorized administrative logins on management interfaces of firewalls, creation of new accounts, SSL VPN authentication through those accounts, and various other configuration changes, » cybersecurity firm
Illicit HuiOne Telegram Market Surpasses Hydra, Hits $24 Billion in Crypto Transactions
The Telegram-based online marketplace known as HuiOne Guarantee and its vendors have cumulatively received at least $24 billion in cryptocurrency, dwarfing the now-defunct Hydra to become the largest online illicit marketplace to have ever operated. The figures, released by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, show that monthly inflows have increased by 51% since July 2024. Huione […]
CISA Adds Second BeyondTrust Flaw to KEV Catalog Amid Active Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a second security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-12686 (CVSS score: 6.6), a medium-severity bug that could
Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said it’s currently responding to « multiple incidents » involving the weaponization of CVE-2024-50603 (CVSS score: 10.0), a maximum severity bug that could result in
Bulletin d’actualité CERTFR-2025-ACT-002 (13 janvier 2025)
Ce bulletin d’actualité du CERT-FR revient sur les vulnérabilités significatives de la semaine passée pour souligner leurs criticités. Il ne remplace pas l’analyse de l’ensemble des avis et alertes publiés par le CERT-FR dans le cadre d’une analyse de risques pour prioriser l’application des…
Sonia Cissé – Avocate : « NIS 2 implique de revoir les documents contractuels pour obtenir des garanties de conformité »
Avocate spécialiste TMT au sein du cabinet Linklaters Paris, Sonia Cissé dresse pour Silicon la liste des exigences juridiques pour les entreprises concernées par la directive NIS 2 dont la transposition en droit français attend le vote des parlementaires français. Elle aborde notamment l’article 21 du texte, présenté en conseil des ministres, qui liste l’ensemble […]
Ransomware on ESXi: The mechanization of virtualized attacks
In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers reached alarming levels, with the average ransom demand skyrocketing to $5 million. With approximately 8,000 ESXi hosts exposed directly to the internet (according to Shodan), the operational and business impact of these attacks is profound. Most of the Ransomware strands that are attacking ESXi servers nowadays, are […]