Iranian Hackers Spotted Using a new DNS Hijacking Malware in Recent Attacks

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor tracked under the moniker Lyceum has turned to using a new custom .NET-based backdoor in recent campaigns directed against the Middle East. "The new malware is a .NET based DNS Backdoor which is a customized version of the open source tool 'DIG.net,'"...

CVE-2022-32740: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

A reply to a forwarded email article by a 3rd party could unintensionally expose the email content to the ticket customer under certain circumstances...

Potent Emotet Variant Spreads Via Stolen Email Credentials

Emotet’s resurgence in April seems to be the signal of a full comeback for what was once dubbed “the most dangerous malware in the world,” with researchers spotting various new malicious phishing campaigns using hijacked emails to spread new variants of the malware. The “new and improved” version...

New Emotet Variant Stealing Users' Credit Card Information from Google Chrome

--- Image Source: Toptal The notorious Emotet malware has turned to deploy a new module designed to siphon credit card information stored in the Chrome web browser. The credit card stealer, which exclusively singles out Chrome, has the ability to exfiltrate the collected information to different...

Microsoft Seizes 41 Domains Used in Spear-Phishing Attacks by Bohrium Hackers

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit DCU last week disclosed that it had taken legal proceedings against an Iranian threat actor dubbed Bohrium in connection with a spear-phishing operation. The adversarial collective is said to have targeted entities in tech, transportation, government, and education...

State-Backed Hackers Exploit Microsoft 'Follina' Bug to Target Entities in Europe and U.S

A suspected state-aligned threat actor has been attributed to a new set of attacks exploiting the Microsoft Office "Follina" vulnerability to target government entities in Europe and the U.S. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said it blocked attempts at exploiting the remote code execution flaw...

Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor

An "extremely sophisticated" Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT actor dubbed LuoYu has been observed using a malicious Windows tool called WinDealer that's delivered by means of man-on-the-side attacks. "This groundbreaking development allows the actor to modify network traffic...

Microsoft Blocks Iran-linked Lebanese Hackers Targeting Israeli Companies

Microsoft on Thursday said it took steps to disable malicious activity stemming from abuse of OneDrive by a previously undocumented threat actor it tracks under the chemical element-themed moniker Polonium. In addition to removing the offending accounts created by the Lebanon-based activity group...

CVE-2022-26497

BigBlueButton Greenlight 2.11.1 allows XSS. A threat actor could have a username containing a JavaScript payload. The payload gets executed in the browser of the victim in the "Share room access" dialog if the victim has shared access to the particular room with the attacker previously...

Design/Logic Flaw

BigBlueButton Greenlight 2.11.1 allows XSS. A threat actor could have a username containing a JavaScript payload. The payload gets executed in the browser of the victim in the "Share room access" dialog if the victim has shared access to the particular room with the attacker previously...

SideWinder Hackers Use Fake Android VPN Apps to Target Pakistani Entities

The threat actor known as SideWinder has added a new custom tool to its arsenal of malware that's being used in phishing attacks against Pakistani public and private sector entities. "Phishing links in emails or posts that mimic legitimate notifications and services of government agencies and...

CVE-2022-26497

BigBlueButton Greenlight 2.11.1 allows XSS. A threat actor could have a username containing a JavaScript payload. The payload gets executed in the browser of the victim in the "Share room access" dialog if the victim has shared access to the particular room with the attacker previously...

CISA Releases Security Advisory on Illumina Local Run Manager

CISA has released an Industrial Controls Systems Advisory ICSA detailing multiple vulnerabilities in Illumina Local Run Manager. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to take control of the affected product remotely and take any action at th...

CVE-2022-26497

BigBlueButton Greenlight 2.11.1 allows XSS. A threat actor could have a username containing a JavaScript payload. The payload gets executed in the browser of the victim in the "Share room access" dialog if the victim has shared access to the particular room with the attacker previously...

Design/Logic Flaw

github-action-merge-dependabot is an action that automatically approves and merges dependabot pull requests PRs. Prior to version 3.2.0, github-action-merge-dependabot does not check if a commit created by dependabot is verified with the proper GPG key. There is just a check if the actor is set t...

CVE-2022-29220 No verification of commits origin in github-action-merge-dependabot

github-action-merge-dependabot is an action that automatically approves and merges dependabot pull requests PRs. Prior to version 3.2.0, github-action-merge-dependabot does not check if a commit created by dependabot is verified with the proper GPG key. There is just a check if the actor is set t...

New 'GoodWill' Ransomware Forces Victims to Donate Money and Clothes to the Poor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new ransomware strain called GoodWill that compels victims into donating for social causes and provide financial assistance to people in need. "The ransomware group propagates very unusual demands in exchange for the decryption key," researchers from...

Researchers Find New Malware Attacks Targeting Russian Government Entities

An unknown advanced persistent threat APT group has been linked to a series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian government entities since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war in late February 2022. "The campaigns ... are designed to implant a Remote Access Trojan RAT that can be used to...

Information disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in GitHub repository jgraph/drawio prior to 18.1.2...

CVE-2022-1815

Drawio (jgraph/drawio) prior to version 18.1.2 is affected by a server-side request forgery (SSRF) via the /service endpoint. The Nuclei template and related sources confirm an SSRF that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information, modify data, or perform unauthorized administrative a...