CVE-2021-21361 Sensitive information disclosure via log in com.bmuschko:gradle-vagrant-plugin

The com.bmuschko:gradle-vagrant-plugin Gradle plugin contains an information disclosure vulnerability due to the logging of the system environment variables. When this Gradle plugin is executed in public CI/CD, this can lead to sensitive credentials being exposed to malicious actors. This is fixe...

Fake Google reCAPTCHA Phishing Attack Swipes Office 365 Passwords

Microsoft users are being targeted with thousands of phishing emails, in an ongoing attack aiming to steal their Office 365 credentials. The attackers add an air of legitimacy to the campaign by leveraging a fake Google reCAPTCHA system and top-level domain landing pages that include the logos of...

Microsoft Exchange Cyber Attack — What Do We Know So Far?

Microsoft on Friday warned of active attacks exploiting unpatched Exchange Servers carried out by multiple threat actors, as the hacking campaign is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government entities in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. The company said "it continues to see...

Microsoft Exchange Cyber Attack — What Do We Know So Far?

Microsoft on Friday warned of active attacks exploiting unpatched Exchange Servers carried out by multiple threat actors, as the hacking campaign is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government entities in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. The company said "it continues to see...

McAfee ATR Thinks in Graphs | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY McAfee ATR Thinks in Graphs By Valentine Mairet · MAR 08, 2021 · 19 MIN READ 0. Introduction John Lambert, a distinguished researcher specializing in threat intelligence at Microsoft, once said these words that changed perspectives: “Defenders think in lists. Attackers think in...

Threat actors hijacking Bitbucket and Docker Hub for Monero mining

By Waqas According to researchers, both developer resources were also targeted last year for Monero mining but now the campaign has resurfaced. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Threat actors hijacking Bitbucket and Docker Hub for Monero mining...

Mazafaka — Elite Hacking and Cybercrime Forum — Got Hacked!

In what's a case of hackers getting hacked, a prominent underground online criminal forum by the name of Maza has been compromised by unknown attackers, making it the fourth forum to have been breached since the start of the year. The intrusion is said to have occurred on March 3, with informatio...

Cyberattackers Target Top Russian Cybercrime Forums

Maza, a place online for fraudsters and extorters to connect to pull off their operations, has been breached by an unknown attacker, in just the latest in a series of attacks targeting elite Russian-language cybercrime forums. Members are worried that their data is being used by researchers and l...

CISA Issues Emergency Directive on In-the-Wild Microsoft Exchange Flaws

Following Microsoft's release of out-of-band patches to address multiple zero-day flaws in on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has issued an emergency directive warning of "active exploitation" of the vulnerabilities. T...

Update to Alert on Mitigating Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

CISA is aware of threat actors using open source tools to search for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers and advises entities to investigate for signs of a compromise from at least September 1, 2020. CISA has updated the Alert on the Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities with additional...

Identity at Microsoft Ignite: Strengthening Zero Trust defenses in the era of hybrid work

We’re now a year into our new reality, and two trends stand out. First, people need even more flexibility as we work, learn, and collaborate in a world without perimeters. And second, bad actors are getting even more sophisticated. They’re adding new attack vectors and combining them in new...

Amazon Dismisses Claims Alexa 'Skills' Can Bypass Security Vetting Process

Researchers warn Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is vulnerable to malicious third-party “skills” – voice assistant capabilities developed by third parties – that could leave smart-speaker owners vulnerable to a wide range of cyberattacks. The security-threat claim is roundly dismissed by Amazon...

Becoming resilient by understanding cybersecurity risks: Part 3—a security pro’s perspective

In part two of this blog series on aligning security with business objectives and risk, we explored the importance of thinking and acting holistically, using the example of human-operated ransomware, which threatens every organization in every industry. As we exited 2020, the Solorigate attack...

Software Engineering, Vulnerability and Risk Management: Revolutionizing the Security Landscape at Rapid7

At Rapid7, our software engineers defend the digital world and design the future of security. With a supportive, collaborative team, immense learning and development opportunities to fine-tune and hone in on skills and knowledge, opportunities to work with innovative technology, and the pursuance...

Microsoft: SolarWinds Attackers Downloaded Azure, Exchange Code

Threat actors downloaded some Microsoft Exchange and Azure code repositories during the sprawling SolarWinds supply-chain attack but did not use the company’s internal systems or products to attack other victims. That’s the final verdict this week by the tech giant now that it’s completed a...

Beyond Clubhouse: Vulnerable Agora SDKs Still in Widespread Use | McAfee Blogs

Beyond Clubhouse: Vulnerable Agora SDKs Still in Widespread Use Steve Povolny · FEB 18, 2021 On February 17th, 2021, McAfee disclosed findings based on a 10-month long disclosure process with major video conferencing vendor Agora, Inc. As we disclosed the findings to Agora in April 2020, this...

Researchers Unmask Hackers Behind APOMacroSploit Malware Builder

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new kind of Office malware distributed as part of a malicious email campaign that targeted more than 80 customers worldwide in an attempt to control victim machines and steal information remotely. The tool — dubbed "APOMacroSploit" — is a macro exploit...

Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report

Last year, threat actors took advantage of the COVID-19 public health crisis in a way previously considered unimaginable, not only preying on uncertainty and fear during the initial months of the global pandemic, but retooling attack methods, reneging on promises, strengthening malware, and...

Slack: Lack of URL normalization renders Blocked-Previews feature ineffectual

Slack has a feature known as Blocked Previewsblocked-previews, which allows Workspace Owners and Admins to specify a list of URLs for which no link preview should occur. The point of this feature is to reduce clutter and prevent harmful content from getting embedded in the workspace. However, whe...

mHealth Apps Expose Millions to Cyberattacks

Some 23 million mobile health mHealth application users are exposed to application programming interface API attacks that could expose sensitive information, according to researchers. Generally speaking, APIs are an intermediary between applications that defines how they can talk to one another a...