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Craft CMS RCE exploit chain used in zero-day attacks to steal data
Two vulnerabilities impacting Craft CMS were chained together in zero-day attacks to breach servers and steal data, with exploitation ongoing, according to CERT Orange Cyberdefense. The vulnerabilities were discovered by Orange Cyberdefense’s CSIRT, which was called in to investigate a compromised server. As part of the investigation, they discovered that two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Craft CMS were exploited to breach the…
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Critical Erlang/OTP SSH pre-auth RCE is ‘Surprisingly Easy’ to exploit, patch now
A critical vulnerability in the Erlang/OTP SSH, tracked as CVE-2025-32433, has been disclosed that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable devices. The flaw was discovered by Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Marcel Maehren, and Jörg Schwenk of the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and given a maximum severity score of 10.0. All devices running the Erlang/OTP SSH daemon are impacted by the…
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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin auth bypass hours after disclosure
Hackers started exploiting a high-severity flaw that allows bypassing authentication in the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin for WordPress just hours after public disclosure. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version of OttoKit/SureTriggers, currently 1.0.79, released at the beginning of the month. The OttoKit WordPress plugin allows users to connect plugins and external tools like WooCommerce, Mailchimp, and Google Sheets,…
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Ransomware gangs exploit Paragon Partition Manager bug in BYOVD attacks
Microsoft had discovered five Paragon Partition Manager BioNTdrv.sys driver flaws, with one used by ransomware gangs in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges in Windows. The vulnerable drivers were exploited in ‘Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver’ (BYOVD) attacks where threat actors drop the kernel driver on a targeted system to elevate privileges. “An attacker with local access to a device can exploit these vulnerabilities…
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Russian phishing campaigns exploit Signal’s device-linking feature
Russian threat actors have been launching phishing campaigns that exploit the legitimate “Linked Devices” feature in the Signal messaging app to gain unauthorized access to accounts of interest. Over the past year, researchers observed phishing operations attributed to Russian state-aligned groups that used multiple methods to trick targets into linking their Signal account to a device controlled by the attacker.…
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Hackers exploit authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Hackers are launching attacks against Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls by exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) that allows bypassing authentication. The security issue received a high-severity score and impacts the PAN-OS management web interface and allows an unauthenticated attacker on the network to bypass authentication and invoke certain PHP scripts, potentially compromising integrity and confidentiality. In a security bulletin on February 12,…
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SonicWall firewall bug leveraged in attacks after PoC exploit release
Attackers are now targeting an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SonicWall firewalls shortly after the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. This security flaw (CVE-2024-53704), tagged by CISA as critical severity and found in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism, impacts SonicOS versions 7.1.x (up to 7.1.1-7058), 7.1.2-7019, and 8.0.0-8035, used by multiple models of Gen 6 and Gen 7 firewalls and SOHO…
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Hackers exploit SimpleHelp RMM flaws to deploy Sliver malware
Hackers are targeting vulnerable SimpleHelp RMM clients to create administrator accounts, drop backdoors, and potentially lay the groundwork for ransomware attacks. The flaws are tracked as CVE-2024-57726, CVE-2024-57727, and CVE-2024-57728 and were reported as potentially actively exploited by Arctic Wolf last week. However, the cybersecurity firm could not confirm for sure if the flaws were used. Cybersecurity firm Field Effect has confirmed…
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Hackers exploit Cityworks RCE bug to breach Microsoft IIS servers
Software vendor Trimble is warning that hackers are exploiting a Cityworks deserialization vulnerability to remotely execute commands on IIS servers and deploy Cobalt Strike beacons for initial network access. Trimble Cityworks is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-centric asset management and work order management software designed primarily for local governments, utilities, and public works organizations. The product helps municipalities and infrastructure…
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Cisco warns of denial of service flaw with PoC exploit code
Cisco has released security updates to patch a ClamAV denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, which has proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. Tracked as CVE-2025-20128, the vulnerability is caused by a heap-based buffer overflow weakness in the Object Linking and Embedding 2 (OLE2) decryption routine, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to trigger a DoS condition on vulnerable devices. If this vulnerability is successfully exploited, it…
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