Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: July 2023
Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: July 2023
| Vulnerabilities Exploited | Adversaries in Action | Attacks Executed | Top Targeted Countries | Top Targeted Industries | MITRE ATT&CK TTPs |
| 21 | 9 | 30 | Ukraine Turkey Cyprus Poland Georgia | Technology Government Financial Defence Cryptocurrency | 168 |
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Summary
In July, the cybersecurity community witnessed significant attention drawn to the discovery of sixteen zero-day vulnerabilities. Among them was the Celebrity Vulnerability, exploited by LokiBot Data Exfiltrating Trojan Targets Windows Systems, which heightened the sense of urgency among security teams to patch their systems.
The month of July saw a rise in ransomware attacks, with various strains such as Crysis, Venus, Big Head, Noberus, and Kanti actively targeting victims. As ransomware continues to evolve and grow in sophistication, organizations must take steps to protect themselves by implementing comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies and training employees on how to recognize and avoid phishing attacks.
Finally, the Zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, was exploited by the Storm-0978 threat actor to deploy RomCom Backdoor.
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