Threat actors misuse OAuth applications to automate financially driven attacks

Threat actors are misusing OAuth applications as an automation tool in financially motivated attacks. OAuth is an open standard for token-based authentication and authorization that enables applications to get access to data and resources based on permissions set by a user. Threat actors compromi...

Fake Resumes, Real Malware: TA4557 Exploits Recruiters for Backdoor Access

By Waqas TA4557 is a financially motivated threat actor known to distribute the MoreEggs backdoor against recruiters on LinkedIn. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Resumes, Real Malware: TA4557 Exploits Recruiters for Backdoor Access...

CVE-2020-12614

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. If the publisher criteria is selected, it defines the name of a publisher that must be present in the certificate and also requires that the certificate is valid. If an Add Admin token is protected by this...

New MrAnon Stealer Malware Targeting German Users via Booking-Themed Scam

A phishing campaign has been observed delivering an information stealer malware called MrAnon Stealer to unsuspecting victims via seemingly benign booking-themed PDF lures. "This malware is a Python-based information stealer compressed with cx-Freeze to evade detection," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs...

The vulnerability of the frame decoding function in the Netty network programming framework allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the frame decoding function in the Netty network programming framework is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service failures...

CVE-2023-6536

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. This issue may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to send a set of crafted TCP packages when using NVMe over TCP, leading the NVMe driver to a NULL pointer dereference in the NVMe driver, causing kernel panic and a denial of service...

New Microsoft Incident Response team guide shares best practices for security teams and leaders

As enterprise networks grow in both size and complexity, securing them from motivated cyberthreat actors becomes more challenging. The incident response process can be a maze that security professionals must quickly learn to navigate—which is no easy task. Surprisingly, many organizations still...

Star Blizzard Continues to Refine Their Tradecraft for Evasion and Stealth

Summary: The Russia-based threat actor, Star Blizzard, continues to utilize spear-phishing attacks successfully, targeting organizations and individuals across various geographical regions for information-gathering activities. Star Blizzard has improved its detection evasion capabilities since 20...

WordPress Releases Update 6.4.2 to Address Critical Remote Attack Vulnerability

WordPress has released version 6.4.2 with a patch for a critical security flaw that could be exploited by threat actors by combining it with another bug to execute arbitrary PHP code on vulnerable sites. "A remote code execution vulnerability that is not directly exploitable in core; however, the...

Star Blizzard increases sophistication and evasion in ongoing attacks

Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track and disrupt malicious activity attributed to a Russian state-sponsored actor we track as Star Blizzard formerly SEABORGIUM, also known as COLDRIVER and Callisto Group. Star Blizzard has improved their detection evasion capabilities since 2022 while...

Star Blizzard increases sophistication and evasion in ongoing attacks

Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track and disrupt malicious activity attributed to a Russian state-sponsored actor we track as Star Blizzard formerly SEABORGIUM, also known as COLDRIVER and Callisto Group. Star Blizzard has improved their detection evasion capabilities since 2022 while...

CISA and International Partners Release Advisory on Russia-based Threat Actor Group, Star Blizzard

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA—in coordination with the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre UK-NCSC, Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre ASD’s ACSC, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS, New Zealand National Cyber...

Russian FSB Cyber Actor Star Blizzard Continues Worldwide Spear-phishing Campaigns

The Russia-based actor is targeting organizations and individuals in the UK and other geographical areas of interest. OVERVIEW The Russia-based actor Star Blizzard formerly known as SEABORGIUM, also known as Callisto Group/TA446/COLDRIVER/TAG-53/BlueCharlie continues to successfully use...

Novel Tool Set Targeting Entities in the Middle East, Africa, and U.S.

Summary: An undisclosed threat actor has targeted organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S., deploying a newly identified backdoor named Agent Racoon. The attacker utilizes tools like Ntospy and a customized version of Mimikatz called Mimilite to carry out malicious activities. Threa...

CVE-2023-40053

A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 that allows an authenticated actor to insert content on the file share function feature of Serv-U, which could be used maliciously...

CVE-2023-40053

The affected product is SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4. A vulnerability in the file share function allows an authenticated actor to insert content, potentially enabling malicious use. CVSS v3.1 base score 5.0 (Medium) with network access, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and changed scope....

CVE-2023-40053 HTML injection Vulnerability in Serv-U 15.4

A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 that allows an authenticated actor to insert content on the file share function feature of Serv-U, which could be used maliciously...

SugarGh0st RAT A Customized Gh0st Variant in Cyber Espionage

Summary: A malicious campaign deploying the customized SugarGh0st RAT, likely orchestrated by a Chinese-speaking threat actor targeting the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users. SugarGh0st, a variant of Gh0st RAT, exhibits advanced features for remote control, keylogging,...

Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability

Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims' accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called...

WordPress ProfilePress Plugin < 4.13.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The WordPress plugin SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:properfraction:profilepress"; if description...