Mac Zero Day Targets Apple Devices in Hong Kong

Since at least late August, attackers have been using flaws in macOS and iOS – including in-the-wild use of what was then a zero-day flaw – to install a backdoor on the Apple devices of users who visited Hong Kong-based media and pro-democracy sites. This isn’t a finely targeted campaign, but it’...

Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk from BotenaGo Malware

Newly surfaced malware that is difficult to detect and written in Google’s open-source programming language has the potential to exploit millions of routers and IoT devices, researchers have found. Discovered by researchers at AT&T AlienLabs, BotenaGo can exploit more than 30 different...

Hackers Exploit macOS Zero-Day to Hack Hong Kong Users with new Implant

Google researchers on Thursday disclosed that it found a watering hole attack in late August exploiting a now-patched zero-day in macOS operating system and targeting Hong Kong websites related to a media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy labor and political group to deliver a never-before-see...

Experts Detail Malicious Code Dropped Using ManageEngine ADSelfService Exploit

At least nine entities across the technology, defense, healthcare, energy, and education industries were compromised by leveraging a recently patched critical vulnerability in Zoho's ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus self-service password management and single sign-on SSO solution. The spying...

Exploit for OS Command Injection in Vsftpd_Project Vsftpd

CVE-2011-2523 - vsftpd 2.3.4 Exploit Description - vsftpd...

Backdoor.Win32.Ncx.b Buffer Overflow

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/885e74a43b4f7caec3cfb4dba0787de4.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Ncx.b Vulnerability: Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Description: The malware listens on...

Admin can abuse grantSlingshot and steal user funds

Handle kenzo Vulnerability details After user has .approved ApprovalHandler, admin can grantSlingshot himself, and then call ApprovalHandler.transferFrom with parameters that will transfer all tokens to himself before the user calls Slingshot's executeTrades. Although this vulnerability requires ...

Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.afjk Directory Traversal

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/80b0fc8c0657c0ae7971f09af45c706b.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.afjk Vulnerability: Directory Traversal Description: The malware deploys a We...

Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.acio Unauthenticated Open Proxy

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/21f324a6a62d8125bc83b8d1865e17f9B.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.acio Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Open Proxy Description: The malware...

Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.acio Unquoted Service Path

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/21f324a6a62d8125bc83b8d1865e17f9.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.acio Vulnerability: Insecure Service Path Description: The malware creates a...

FIN7 Lures Unwitting Security Pros to Carry Out Ransomware Attacks

The financially motivated cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak backdoor malware, FIN7, has hit upon a genius idea for maximizing profit from ransomware: Hire real pen-testers to do some of their dirty work instead of striking partnerships with other criminals. According to a report from Gemini...

PortBender - TCP Port Redirection Utility

PortBender is a TCP port redirection utility that allows a red team operator to redirect inbound traffic destined for one TCP port e.g., 445/TCP to another TCP port e.g., 8445/TCP. PortBender includes an aggressor script that operators can leverage to integrate the tool with Cobalt Strike. Howeve...

This Week in Security News – October 22, 2021

In this week in security news, learn about a new backdoor from PurpleFox that utilizes WebSockets for more secure communication the link between the Sinclair ransomware attack and the cybercrime group Evil Corp...

This Week in Security News – October 21, 2021

In this week in security news, learn about a new backdoor from PurpleFox that utilizes WebSockets for more secure communication the link between the Sinclair ransomware attack and the cybercrime group Evil Corp...

PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets

In September 2021, the Trend Micro Managed XDR MDR team looked into suspicious activity related to a PurpleFox operator. Our findings led us to investigate an updated PurpleFox arsenal, which included an added vulnerability CVE-2021-1732 and optimized rootkit capabilities leveraged in their attac...

PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets

In September 2021, the Trend Micro Managed XDR MDR team looked into suspicious activity related to a PurpleFox operator. Our findings led us to investigate an updated PurpleFox arsenal, which included an added vulnerability CVE-2021-1732 and optimized rootkit capabilities leveraged in their attac...

Security Risks of Client-Side Scanning

Even before Apple made its announcement, law enforcement shifted their battle for backdoors to client-side scanning. The idea is that they wouldnt touch the cryptography, but instead eavesdrop on communications and systems before encryption or after decryption. Its not a cryptographic backdoor, b...

Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems

By Deeba Ahmed According to ESET's researchers, components of FontOnLake malware are divided into three groups: Trojamized app, Rootkit, and Backdoor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems...

ESPecter Bootkit Malware Haunts Victims with Persistent Espionage

A rare Windows UEFI bootkit malware has been discovered, offering attackers a path to cyber-espionage, researchers are warning. According to ESET, the bootkit’s goal is to install a full featured backdoor on a target PC, which “supports a rich set of commands and contains various automatic data...

Backdoor.Win32.Prorat.lkt Man-In-The-Middle

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/dec8f9042986d64e29d62effb482290bB.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Prorat.lkt Vulnerability: Port Bounce Scan MITM Description: The ProSpy Server V1.9...