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Iranian Government-Backed Hackers Targeting U.S. Energy and Transit Systems
An Iranian government-backed actor known as Mint Sandstorm has been linked to attacks aimed at critical infrastructure in the U.S. between late 2021 to mid-2022. "This Mint Sandstorm subgroup is technically and operationally mature, capable of developing bespoke tooling and quickly weaponizing...
CVE-2023-29517 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-office-viewer
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The office document viewer macro was allowing anyone to see any file content from the hosting server, provided that the office server was connected and depending on the permissions of the user...
Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomy
April 19, 2023 update – We have published a JSON file mapping old threat actor names with their new names in the updated taxonomy, summarized here: https://aka.ms/threatactors. We also added hunting queries that Microsoft customers can use while transitioning to the new taxonomy. See the Resource...
Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomy
April 19, 2023 update – We have published a JSON file mapping old threat actor names with their new names in the updated taxonomy, summarized here: https://aka.ms/threatactors. We also added hunting queries that Microsoft customers can use while transitioning to the new taxonomy. See the Resource...
Nation-state threat actor Mint Sandstorm refines tradecraft to attack high-value targets
Over the past several months, Microsoft has observed a mature subgroup of Mint Sandstorm, an Iranian nation-state actor previously tracked as PHOSPHORUS, refining its tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs. Specifically, this subset has rapidly weaponized N-day vulnerabilities in common...
Iranian Hackers Using SimpleHelp Remote Support Software for Persistent Access
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater is continuing its time-tested tradition of relying on legitimate remote administration tools to commandeer targeted systems. While the nation-state group has previously employed ScreenConnect, RemoteUtilities, and Syncro, a new analysis from Group-IB h...
Iranian Hackers Using SimpleHelp Remote Support Software for Persistent Access
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater is continuing its time-tested tradition of relying on legitimate remote administration tools to commandeer targeted systems. While the nation-state group has previously employed ScreenConnect, RemoteUtilities, and Syncro, a new analysis from Group-IB h...
CVE-2023-27906
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability which may result in code execution...
CVE-2023-27907
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which may result in code execution...
Out-of-bounds
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an out-of-bounds write vulnerability which may result in code execution...
Remote code execution
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an uninitialized variable which may result in code execution...
Out-of-bounds
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability which may result in code execution...
CVE-2023-25504
A malicious actor who has been authenticated and granted specific permissions in Apache Superset may use the import dataset feature in order to conduct Server-Side Request Forgery attacks and query internal resources on behalf of the server where Superset is deployed. This vulnerability exists in...
Israeli Spyware Vendor QuaDream to Shut Down Following Citizen Lab and Microsoft Expose
Israeli spyware vendor QuaDream is allegedly shutting down its operations in the coming days, less than a week after its hacking toolset was exposed by Citizen Lab and Microsoft. The development was reported by the Israeli business newspaper Calcalist, citing unnamed sources, adding the company...
CVE-2023-25504 Apache Superset: Possible SSRF on import datasets
A malicious actor who has been authenticated and granted specific permissions in Apache Superset may use the import dataset feature in order to conduct Server-Side Request Forgery attacks and query internal resources on behalf of the server where Superset is deployed. This vulnerability exists in...
Google Uncovers APT41's Use of Open Source GC2 Tool to Target Media and Job Sites
A Chinese nation-state group targeted an unnamed Taiwanese media organization to deliver an open source red teaming tool known as Google Command and Control GC2 amid broader abuse of Google's infrastructure for malicious ends. The tech giant's Threat Analysis Group TAG attributed the campaign to ...
CVE-2023-27906
CVE-2023-27906 affects Autodesk Maya USD Plugin prior to 0.23.0. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read in the USD file handling that may lead to code execution when a victim opens a malicious USD file. Connected sources (Nessus ADSK-SA-2023-0003) corroborate multiple vulnerabilities in the a...
CVE-2023-27906
A malicious actor may convince a victim to open a malicious USD file that may trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability which may result in code execution...
