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Insights of Post-Exploitation from Citrix Bleed - CVE-2023-4966
CVE-2023-4966, known as Citrix Bleed, remains a pressing threat, with over 20,000 exploitations noted by Kevin Beaumont and continued activity from 64 IPs according to GreyNoise. Mandiant's findings highlight the vulnerability's impact across sectors, including government and legal, with four UNC groups exploiting it for session hijacking and credential theft.
BHI Energy Offers Insights into their Breach from Akira
BHI Energy, associated with Westinghouse Electric Company, has announced a breach by the Akira ransomware group. The incident, which began on May 30th, 2023, involved compromised VPN credentials from a third-party contractor, allowing the attackers to gain access to BHI's network.
Privacy Concerns in Philadelphia: City Announces Data Breach from May 2023
The City of Philadelphia has issued a notice about a data breach initially detected on May 24th, 2023, due to suspicious activity within its email system. An unauthorized user accessed certain email accounts between May 26th and July 28th, potentially compromising protected health information, which was confirmed on August 22nd. The compromised data includes demographic details, medical diagnoses, treatment information, and some financial data.
Red Canary Offers Detection Insights for Gootloader Malware
Red Canary has released a threat emulation report offering detection insights for the Gootloader malware, a JScript-based threat. Gootloader is notorious for its use in SEO poisoning attacks and has a pattern of targeting through opportunistic means.
BeyondTrust Discloses Limited Impact from Okta Incident
BeyondTrust, a leading identity security company, reported minimal impact from the Okta incident first disclosed on October 20th, 2023. The breach initially occurred on October 2nd when BeyondTrust submitted an HTTP Archive (HAR) file containing sensitive data to Okta during a customer support engagement. The file was quickly compromised by a threat actor who attempted to create a backdoor user account.
Octo Tempest's Advanced Social Engineering Drives Monetary Goals
Microsoft has issued an alert on Octo Tempest, a financially driven threat actor with advanced social engineering techniques, believed to be linked to the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang. Octo Tempest is known for its effective use of social engineering to manipulate employees within targeted organizations, including those in financial, technology, and telecommunications industries.
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