The most enticing cyberattacks of 2020

This is part one of a two-part series. To read about the strangest cybersecurity events of 2020, read our second story here. In 2020, we experienced a major shift. Much of the world pitched in to limit the spread of the coronavirus, with people changing their daily routines to include a mixture o...

Phishing Emails Used to Deploy KONNI Malware

Summary This Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK® framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise framework for all referenced threat actor techniques. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has observed cyber actors using emails containi...

Iranian APT Group Targets Governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Today, cybersecurity researchers shed light on an Iranian cyber espionage campaign directed against critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bitdefender said the intelligence-gathering operations were conducted by Chafer APT also known as APT39 or Remix Kitten, a threat actor known fo...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

samba is vulnerable to cross-site scripting XSS. A cross-site scripting XSS flaw was found in the password change page of the Samba Web Administration Tool SWAT. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the SWAT interface, into visiting a specially-crafted URL, it would lead t...

Apache James Server 2.3.2 Insecure User Creation / Arbitrary File Write

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule "Apache James Server 2.3.2 Insecure User Creation Arbitrary File Write", 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability that exists due t...

Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT, a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with...

Cisco Unity Connection File Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Bulk Administration Tool BAT for Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not restrict the maximum size of...

Exploit for OS Command Injection in Webmin

It is an exploit module for CVE-2019-15107, a vulnerability in Webmin. The target product/service is Webmin, a web-based interface for system administration. The vulnerability class/vector is a remote command execution RCE vulnerability. The probable entry point is the "passwordchange.cgi" script...

Fin7 Cybergang Retools With New Malicious Code

The Fin7 cybercrime group has ramped up its offensive capabilities by adding new malicious code to its malware arsenal. Researchers said that this is evidence that Fin7 is still a growing threat despite the arrest of several Fin7 members in 2018. The notorious group has adopted a new dropper samp...

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Cleartext Password Storage

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Cleartext Password Storage Vendor: iWT Ltd. Product web page: http://www.iwt.com.hk Affected version: Firmware 6.4.8 build 264 Algorithm A16 Firmware 5.7.2 build 568 Algorithm A14 Firmware 5.7.0 build 539 Algorithm A14 Summary: FaceSentry 5AN is a...

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 - Remote Command Injection

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote Command Injection Vendor: iWT Ltd. Product web page: http://www.iwt.com.hk Affected version: Firmware 6.4.8 build 264 Algorithm A16 Firmware 5.7.2 build 568 Algorithm A14 Firmware 5.7.0 build 539 Algorithm A14 Summary: FaceSentry 5AN is a revolutionar...

Exclusive: German Police Raid OmniRAT Developer and Seize Digital Assets

The German police yesterday raided the house of the developer of OmniRAT and seized his laptop, computer and mobile phones probably as part of an investigation into a recent cyber attack, a source told The Hacker News. OmniRAT made headlines in November 2015 when its developer launched it as a...

Exclusive: German Police Raid OmniRAT Developer and Seize Digital Assets

The German police yesterday raided the house of the developer of OmniRAT and seized his laptop, computer and mobile phones probably as part of an investigation into a recent cyber attack, a source told The Hacker News. OmniRAT made headlines in November 2015 when its developer launched it as a...

Exploit for Use After Free in Microsoft

CVE-2019-0708 CVE-2019-0708 Scanner PoC by @JaGoTuhttps://...

Wipro Attackers Have Operated Under the Radar for Years

New details are emerging in the April attack on systems consulting behemoth Wipro, which saw its network hacked and used for mounting attacks on a dozen of its customers. In a fresh analysis of the indicators of compromise IOCs, Flashpoint analysts said that the cyberattackers have actually been...

Who’s Behind the RevCode WebMonitor RAT?

The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool RAT implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to co-creating the Blackshades RAT, a similar product that was used to infect more than half a million compute...

Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “Orcus RAT,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate Remote Administration Tool that is...

phpMoAdmin MongoDB GUI 1.1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / Cross-Site Scripting

Exploit Title: phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 - MongoDB GUI | Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: 03.01.2019 Exploit Author: Ozer Goker Vendor Homepage: http://www.phpmoadmin.com Software Link: http://www.phpmoadmin.com/file/phpmoadmin.zip Version: 1.1.5 Introduction phpMoAdmin - MongoDB GUI MongoDB administration...

phpMyAdmin Releases Critical Software Update — Patch Your Sites Now!

Developers of phpMyAdmin, one of the most popular and widely used MySQL database management systems, today released an updated version 4.8.4 of its software to patch several important vulnerabilities that could eventually allow remote attackers to take control of the affected web servers. The...

Cisco Unity Connection Bulk Administration Tool Resource Management Error Vulnerability

Cisco Unity Connection UC is a voice messaging platform from Cisco, Inc. that utilizes voice commands to make calls or listen to messages in a "hands-free" manner. The platform utilizes voice commands to make calls or listen to messages in a "hands-free" manner.Bulk Administration Tool BAT is one...