AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques

Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a recent communication, the FBI pointed out: ‘As technology continues to evolve, so do cybercriminals’ tactics.’ This article explores some of the impacts of this GenAI-fueled acceleration….

Microsoft: Russian-Linked Hackers Using ‘Device Code Phishing’ to Hijack Accounts

Microsoft is calling attention to an emerging threat cluster it calls Storm-2372 that has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks aimed at a variety of sectors since August 2024. The attacks have targeted government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas

RansomHub Becomes 2024’s Top Ransomware Group, Hitting 600+ Organizations Globally

The threat actors behind the RansomHub ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have been observed leveraging now-patched security flaws in Microsoft Active Directory and the Netlogon protocol to escalate privileges and gain unauthorized access to a victim network’s domain controller as part of their post-compromise strategy. “RansomHub has targeted over 600 organizations globally, spanning sectors

Apache OFBiz RCE Attack

FortiGuard Labs continues to observe attack attempts targeting the recent Apache OFBiz vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38856, CVE-2024-45195 and CVE-2024-36104) that can be exploited by threat actors through maliciously crafted unauthorized requests, leading to the remote code execution.

Apache OFBiz RCE Attack

FortiGuard Labs continues to observe attack attempts targeting the recent Apache OFBiz vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38856, CVE-2024-45195 and CVE-2024-36104) that can be exploited by threat actors through maliciously crafted unauthorized requests, leading to the remote code execution.

Microsoft .NET Framework Information Disclosure Vulnerability

What is the Attack?Threat Actors are targeting a Microsoft .NET Framework information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2024-29059) that exposes the ObjRef URI to an attacker, ultimately enabling remote code execution. The security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-29059, has also been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on February 4, 2025.What is the recommended Mitigation?FortiGuard recommends users…

PostgreSQL Vulnerability Exploited Alongside BeyondTrust Zero-Day in Targeted Attacks

Threat actors who were behind the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products in December 2024 likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in PostgreSQL, according to findings from Rapid7. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-1094 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects the PostgreSQL interactive tool psql….