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Category: Digital Forensics

Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces

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 Arctic Wolf said in an

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Critical Deadline: Update Old .NET Domains Before January 7, 2025 to Avoid Service Disruption

Critical Deadline: Update Old .NET Domains Before January 7, 2025 to Avoid Service Disruption

Microsoft has announced that it’s making an “unexpected change” to the way .NET installers and archives are distributed, requiring developers to update their production and DevOps infrastructure. “We expect that most users will not be directly affected, however, it is critical that you validate if you are affected and to watch for downtime or other

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Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT

Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems. The heavily obfuscated package, named ethereumvulncontracthandler, was published to npm on December 18, 2024, by a user

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North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign

North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign

North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign have been observed dropping a new JavaScript malware called OtterCookie. Contagious Interview (aka DeceptiveDevelopment) refers to a persistent attack campaign that employs social engineering lures, with the hacking crew often posing as recruiters to trick individuals looking for potential job opportunities into downloading malware under the guise

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