Red Heron Exploits Gitea RCE to Compromise 13 Organizations Across Six Countries
A suspected Chinese threat actor tracked as Red Heron has been attributed to the rapid exploitation of a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Gitea to compromise internet-facing instances as part of a multi-national campaign.
"Red Heron scanned 1,386 Gitea instances across seven countries and maintained a separate dataset of 477 Taiwan-based systems," Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU)
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Raghib Awan
Raghib Awan is an Information Security and Technology professional with expertise spanning cybersecurity, cloud security, IT infrastructure, information risk, regulatory compliance, and enterprise security. He is also an author at TeQManch, a technology and cybersecurity news platform covering cyber threats, artificial intelligence, BFSI technology, data privacy, digital risk, and emerging technology trends.
