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Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN and SSH services

Security Affairs

Cisco Talos warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services.

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Okta warns of unprecedented scale in credential stuffing attacks on online services

Security Affairs

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. This method poses a risk of exposing sensitive data or enabling fraudulent activities.

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Cisco Raises Concerns Over Surge in Brute-Force Attacks Targeting VPN and Web Services

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Cisco has sounded the alarm on a widespread increase in brute-force attacks targeting various devices, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services, since March 18, 2024. The attacks appear to originate from TOR exit nodes and other anonymizing tunnels and proxies.

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Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

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Threat actors are exploiting recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN devices to deliver KrustyLoader. The second flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21887 (CVSS score 9.1) The flaw CVE-2023-46805 (CVSS score 8.2) is an Authentication Bypass issue that resides in the web component of Ivanti ICS 9.x,

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CISA orders federal agencies to disconnect Ivanti VPN instances by February 2

Security Affairs

The CISA’s emergency directive orders to disconnect all instances no later than 11:59PM on Friday February 2, 2024. “As soon as possible and no later than 11:59PM on Friday February 2, 2024, disconnect all instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure solution products from agency networks.”

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Experts warn of mass exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure VPN flaws

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Experts warn that recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure vulnerabilities are massively exploited in the wild. The second flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21887 (CVSS score 9.1) CVE-2024-21887 – a command-injection vulnerability found into multiple web components with a CVSS score of 9.1″

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Consumer cyberthreats: predictions for 2024

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Cybercriminals continued targeting gamers’ accounts filled with valuable in-game items or giving access to games on several devices, and often used in-game currency to lure victims to participate in their scams. Unfortunately, this ambiguity sets the stage for an anticipated increase in charity-related scams in 2024.

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