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2019 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report
Today Imperva Research Labs, made up of senior researchers and industry experts who have been delivering sound and valid advice for over 15 years, is releasing a brand new Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report. The report is a statistical analysis of 3,643 network layer DDoS attacks throughout 2019...
Advanced Obfuscation Marks Widespread Info-Stealing Campaign
A large-scale spam campaign bent on spreading info-stealing malware is applying advanced obfuscation techniques to get around security scanning and maximize infection rates. According to Lastline researchers, a large botnet is distributing malicious rich text format RTF documents that act as...
Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale
Remember the recent payment card breach at Wawa convenience stores? If you're among those millions of customers who shopped at any of 850 Wawa stores last year but haven't yet hotlisted your cards, it's high time to take immediate action. That's because hackers have finally put up payment card...
16Shop Phishing Gang Goes After PayPal Users
A prolific phishing gang known as 16Shop has added PayPal customers to its target set. According to researchers at the ZeroFOX Alpha Team, the latest version of the group’s phishing kit is designed with a number of features that are aimed to steal as much personally identifiable information PII a...
This Week in Security News: INTERPOL Collaboration Reduces Cryptojacking by 78% and Three Malicious Apps Found on Google Play May be Linked to SideWinder APT Group
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how Trend Micro’s collaboration with INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation helped reduce cryptojacking by 78% in Southeast...
asia-pr.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1050540 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website...
APT33 Mounts Focused, Highly Targeted Botnet Attacks Against U.S. Victims
The Iran-linked, espionage-focused advanced threat group known as APT33 has been spotted using more than a dozen obfuscated botnets to carry out narrowly targeted attacks against government and academic targets in the Middle East, the U.S. and Asia. Each botnet, linked to its own...
Titanium: the Platinum group strikes again
Platinum is one of the most technologically advanced APT actors with a traditional focus on the APAC region. During recent analysis we discovered Platinum using a new backdoor that we call Titanium named after a password to one of the self-executable archives. Titanium is the final result of a...
Starbucks: Open Redirect on Greater Asia domains
l00ph0le discovered open redirects on a few out of scope Greater Asia domains. @l00ph0le — thank you for reporting this vulnerability and for confirming the resolution...
Brand-New SystemBC Proxy Malware Spotted Using SOCKS5 for Stealth
A previously undocumented proxy malware, dubbed “SystemBC,” is upping the stealth game by using SOCKS5 to evade detection. It’s being distributed by the Fallout and RIG exploit kits EKs, according to researchers. Proofpoint researchers said on Thursday that in the most recently tracked example, t...
CB TAU Technical Analysis: DLTMiner Campaign Targeting Corporations in Asia
A CB customer recently provided a series of commands that they had observed for analysis. The customer felt that the associated attacker activity may have been attempting to tamper with the Carbon Black product. It turned out they were not, but the attackers were specifically looking for the...
Trend Micro Named Best Company To Work For In Taiwan
Trend Micro prides itself on caring first about people – both in our external mission and internally with our employees. As this issue is close to the hearts of our executives, we are always very proud to be recognized by related awards. The HR Asia Awards Taiwan recently named Trend Micro as one...
Sodin ransomware exploits Windows vulnerability and processor architecture
When Sodin also known as Sodinokibi and REvil appeared in the first half of 2019, it immediately caught our attention for distributing itself through an Oracle Weblogic vulnerability and carrying out attacks on MSP providers. In a detailed analysis, we discovered that it also exploits the...
BD Alaris Gateway Workstation
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit Vendor: BD Becton, Dickinson and Company Equipment: Alaris Gateway Workstation Vulnerabilities: Improper Access Control, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type 2. RISK EVALUATION Exploitation of...
Government Sector in Central Asia Targeted With New HAWKBALL Backdoor Delivered via Microsoft Office Vulnerabilities
FireEye Labs recently observed an attack against the government sector in Central Asia. The attack involved the new HAWKBALL backdoor being delivered via well-known Microsoft Office vulnerabilities CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802. HAWKBALL is a backdoor that attackers can use to collect...
BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world
Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...
BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world
Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...
Chinese Spy Group Mixes Up Its Malware Arsenal with Brand-New Loaders
The Chinese-language cyber-espionage group known as APT10 has apparently added to its malware bag of tricks, with two never-before-seen malware loader variants used in April campaigns against government and private organizations in Southeast Asia. Also, the campaigns featured modified versions of...
IT threat evolution Q1 2019
Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Go Zebrocy Zebrocy was first observed being used as a Sofacy backdoor in 2015. However, the collection of cases where this tool has been used mean that we consider it a subset of activity in its own right. On the basis of this threat actor's past behaviour, ...
A week in security (April 22 – 28)
Last week on Labs, we looked at security threats to headphones, privacy options in the world of law, and wandered through the FBI’s 2018 IC3 online crime report. We also explored another MageCart attack, and we released our 2019 Q1 Crime Tactics and Techniques report. Other cybersecurity news...