Weekly Threat Digest: October 07 – October 13, 2024
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Summary
HiveForce Labs has recently made significant advancements in identifying cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, detected thirteen attacks, reported eleven vulnerabilities, and identified three active adversaries. These findings underscore the relentless and escalating danger of cyber intrusions.
Additionally, GorillaBot, an advanced botnet, executed 300,000+ DDoS attacks across 113 countries in September 2024, using diverse vectors and encryption, posing a severe global threat. Microsoft’s October 2024 Patch Tuesday addresses 117 vulnerabilities, including 3 critical and 2 actively exploited zero-day flaws (CVE-2024-43572 and CVE-2024-43573).
Furthermore, this week, GoldenJackal, a skilled APT group, launched advanced cyberattacks on government and diplomatic targets in Europe, aiming to breach air-gapped systems and steal sensitive data. Mozilla fixed the critical zero-day flaw CVE-2024-9680 in Firefox, which is actively exploited to execute arbitrary code. These rising threats pose significant and immediate dangers to users worldwide.
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