Pig Butchering Scam: From Tinder and TikTok to WhatsApp and Telegram, How Scammers Are Stealing Millions in a Long Con
February 14, 2024In part one of a two-part series on Pig butchering, we detail the pervasive scam that has impacted thousands of victims around the world, resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. This blog highlights the who and the how of Pig butchering scams, and details the Pig butchering playbook.
Pig Butchering Scam: How Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Spot Gold (XAUUSD) Investments Are Used in Romance Scams to Steal Hundreds of Millions
February 14, 2024This is the second part of a two-part series based on firsthand research into pig butchering scams from the end of 2022 into early 2024. In this post, we delve into the types of investment scams perpetrated by pig butchers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from victims, including in the form of cryptocurrency and spot gold.
Microsoft’s February 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 73 CVEs (CVE-2024-21351, CVE-2024-21412)
February 13, 2024Microsoft addresses 73 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild.
CVE-2024-21762: Critical Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write SSL VPN Vulnerability
February 9, 2024Fortinet warns of “potentially” exploited flaw in the SSL VPN functionality of FortiOS, as government agencies warn of pre-positioning by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors in U.S. critical infrastructure through exploitation of known vulnerabilities
Frequently Asked Questions on Security Incident at AnyDesk
February 2, 2024Frequently asked questions relating to a security incident at AnyDesk that was publicly disclosed on February 2.
CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-21888 and CVE-2024-21893: Frequently Asked Questions for Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways
January 31, 2024Frequently asked questions for five CVEs affecting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways, with three of the vulnerabilities having been exploited in the wild as zero-days.
CVE-2024-0204: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
January 23, 2024Proof-of-concept exploit details are available for a newly disclosed critical vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT), a product historically targeted by ransomware
CVE-2023-22527: Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection Exploited in the Wild
January 23, 2024In the wild exploitation has begun for a recently disclosed, critical severity flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server
Oracle January 2024 Critical Patch Update Addresses 191 CVEs
January 17, 2024Oracle addresses 191 CVEs in its first quarterly update of 2024 with 389 patches, including 37 critical updates.
CVE-2023-6548, CVE-2023-6549: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway
January 16, 2024Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway have been exploited in the wild. Urgent patching is required to address these flaws.
CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways
January 10, 2024Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure have been exploited in the wild, with at least one attack attributed to nation-state actors.
Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 48 CVEs (CVE-2024-20674)
January 9, 2024Microsoft addresses 48 CVEs in its January 2024 Patch Tuesday release with no zero-day or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.