CVE-2025-2516 Use of a weak cryptographic key in the signature verification process in WPS Office

The use of a weak cryptographic key pair in the signature verification process in WPS Office Kingsoft on Windows allows an attacker who successfully recovered the private key to sign components. As older versions of WPS Office did not validate the update server's certificate, an...

CVE-2025-2516

CVE-2025-2516 affects Kingsoft WPS Office on Windows, where signature verification uses a weak cryptographic key pair. If the private key is recovered, an attacker could sign components. The issue is compounded by older WPS Office versions not validating the update server certificate, enabling a ...

New 'Sneaky 2FA' Phishing Kit Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts with 2FA Code Bypass

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new adversary-in-the-middle AitM phishing kit that's capable of Microsoft 365 accounts with an aim to steal credentials and two-factor authentication 2FA codes since at least October 2024. The nascent phishing kit has been dubbed Sneaky 2FA by French...

Phishing-as-a-Service "Rockstar 2FA" Targets Microsoft 365 Users with AiTM Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about malicious email campaigns leveraging a phishing-as-a-service PhaaS toolkit called Rockstar 2FA with an aim to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials. "This campaign employs an AitM adversary-in-the-middle attack, allowing attackers to intercept user...

Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large

Threat actors are increasingly conducting identity-based attacks across a range of operations that are proving highly effective, with credential theft being the main goal in a quarter of incident response engagements. These attacks were primarily facilitated by living-off-the-land binaries LoLBin...

BEC-ware the phish (part 1). Investigating incidents in M365

TL;DR Review the key artefacts to ensure the best possible telemetry is available in the case of a Business Email Compromise BEC. Keep an eye on data retention, where necessary export or forward data for investigations longer than 30 days. Verify and enable Unified Audit Logging, its free and giv...

New QR Code Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Sway to Steal Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing aka quishing campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse of legitimate cloud offerings for malicious purposes. "By using legitimate cloud applications, attacke...

eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners

A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners like XMRig through a long-standing threat codenamed GuptiMiner targeting large corporate networks. Cybersecurity firm Avast said the activity is the...

CVE-2023-6746: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

An insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerability was identified in the log files for a GitHub Enterprise Server back-end service that could permit an adversary in the middle attack when combined with other phishing techniques. To exploit this, an attacker would need access to the...

Intercepting MFA. Phishing and Adversary in The Middle attacks

3 of my last 5 business email compromise investigations have involved an Adversary in The Middle AiTM attack. Even the more security-aware people with bolstered Microsoft 365 M365 configurations are coming up blank as to how their comprehensive MFA policies have been bypassed. It’s a technique we...

New BLUFFS Bluetooth Attack Expose Devices to Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks

New research has unearthed multiple novel attacks that break Bluetooth Classic's forward secrecy and future secrecy guarantees, resulting in adversary-in-the-middle AitM scenarios between two already connected peers. The issues, collectively named BLUFFS, impact Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2...

Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives

Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service PhaaS toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies. According to Proofpoint, an ongoing hybrid campaign has leveraged the service to target thousands of Microsoft...

CISA and NSA Issue New Guidance to Strengthen 5G Network Slicing Against Threats

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have released a set of recommendations to address security concerns with 5G standalone network slicing and harden them against possible threats. "The threat landscape in 5G is dynamic; due to this, advanced monitoring, auditing, and other analytical...

Adversary-in-the-Middle Attack Campaign Hits Dozens of Global Organizations

"Dozens" of organizations across the world have been targeted as part of a broad business email compromise BEC campaign that involved the use of adversary-in-the-middle AitM techniques to carry out the attacks. "Following a successful phishing attempt, the threat actor gained initial access to on...

CVE-2023-2885

Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel vulnerability in CBOT Chatbot allows Adversary in the Middle AiTM. This issue affects Chatbot: before Core: v4.0.3.4 Panel: v4.0.3.7...

Design/Logic Flaw

Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel vulnerability in CBOT Chatbot allows Adversary in the Middle AiTM.This issue affects Chatbot: before Core: v4.0.3.4 Panel: v4.0.3.7...

CVE-2023-2885

CVE-2023-2885 affects CBOT Chatbot: improper enforcement of message integrity during transmission in a non-endpoint channel, enabling adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks. Affected: Core before v4.0.3.4 and Panel before v4.0.3.7. Exploitation status not stated in the provided docs. Remediation:...

CVE-2023-2885 Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint in CBOT's Chatbot

Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel vulnerability in CBOT Chatbot allows Adversary in the Middle AiTM. This issue affects Chatbot: before Core: v4.0.3.4 Panel: v4.0.3.7...

Token tactics: How to prevent, detect, and respond to cloud token theft

As organizations increase their coverage of multifactor authentication MFA, threat actors have begun to move to more sophisticated techniques to allow them to compromise corporate resources without needing to satisfy MFA. Recently, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team DART has seen an increa...