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β€ŠWP Fastest Cache plugin bug exposes 600K WordPress sites to attacks

The WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of the site's database. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wp-fastest-cache-plugin-bug-exposes-600k-wordpress-sites-to-attacks/
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β€ŠIPStorm botnet with 23,000 proxies for malicious traffic dismantled

The U.S. Department of Justive announced today that Federal Bureau of Investigation took down the network and infrastructure of a botnet proxy service called IPStorm. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ipstorm-botnet-with-23-000-proxies-for-malicious-traffic-dismantled/
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β€ŠFraud researchers impersonated on X to push crypto-stealing sites

Multiple fake accounts impersonating cryptocurrency scam investigators and blockchain security companies are promoting phishing pages to drain wallets in an ongoing campaign on X (former Twitter). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fraud-researchers-impersonated-on-x-to-push-crypto-stealing-sites/
β€ŠToronto Public Library confirms data stolen in ransomware attack

The Toronto Public Library (TPL) confirmed that the personal information of employees, customers, volunteers, and donors was stolen from a compromised file server during an October ransomware attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toronto-public-library-confirms-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/
β€ŠRansomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation has taken extortion to a new level by filing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission complaint against one of their alleged victims for not complying with the four-day rule to disclose a cyberattack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-files-sec-complaint-over-victims-undisclosed-breach/
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β€ŠHow DDoS attacks are taking down even the largest tech companies

DDoS attacks are increasingly taking down even the largest tech companies. Learn more Specops Software on these types of attacks and how you can protect your devices from being recruited into botnets. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-ddos-attacks-are-taking-down-even-the-largest-tech-companies/
β€ŠFortinet warns of critical command injection bug in FortiSIEM

Fortinet is alerting customers of a critical OS command injection vulnerability in FortiSIEM report server that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute commands through specially crafted API requests. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-warns-of-critical-command-injection-bug-in-fortisiem/
β€ŠFBI shares tactics of notorious Scattered Spider hacker collective

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory about the evasive threat actor tracked as Scattered Spider, a loosely knit hacking collective that now collaborates with the ALPHV/BlackCat Russian ransomware operation.. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-shares-tactics-of-notorious-scattered-spider-hacker-collective/