Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 18 December to 24 December 2023

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Summary

HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of 15 executed attacks, 4 instances of adversary activity, and 7 exploited vulnerabilities, highlighting the ever-present danger of cyberattacks.

Furthermore, HiveForce Labs uncovered Iranian espionage group Muddywater, which targeted telecommunications companies in Egypt, Sudan, and Tanzania as part of their espionage efforts.

Meanwhile, a high severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-7024), in Google Chrome that can lead to program crashes or enable arbitrary code execution. These observed attacks have been on the rise, posing a significant threat worldwide.

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