Red Cross-Themed Phishing Attacks Distributing DangerAds and AtlasAgent Backdoors

A new threat actor known as AtlasCross has been observed leveraging Red Cross-themed phishing lures to deliver two previously undocumented backdoors named DangerAds and AtlasAgent. NSFOCUS Security Labs described the adversary as having a "high technical level and cautious attack attitude," addin...

China Accuses U.S. of Decade-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign Against Huawei Servers

China's Ministry of State Security MSS has accused the U.S. of breaking into Huawei's servers, stealing critical data, and implanting backdoors since 2009, amid mounting geopolitical tensions between the two countries. In a message posted on WeChat, the government authority said U.S. intelligence...

CVE-2022-47558

Devices ekorCCP and ekorRCI are vulnerable due to access to the FTP service using default credentials. Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to modify critical files that could allow the creation of new users, delete or modify existing users, modify configuration files, install...

CVE-2022-47558

Affected products: Ormazabal ekorCCP and ekorRCI. The vulnerability arises from FTP service access using default credentials, allowing an attacker to modify critical files, create/delete users, alter configuration files, and potentially install rootkits or backdoors. Documents from multiple sourc...

CVE-2022-47558 Improper Access Control in Ormazabal products

Devices ekorCCP and ekorRCI are vulnerable due to access to the FTP service using default credentials. Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to modify critical files that could allow the creation of new users, delete or modify existing users, modify configuration files, install...

The main causes of ransomware reinfection

A few months ago, we wrote about a ransomware reinfection incident. Ransomware reinfection arguably could be even worse than being a first time victim. Unfortunately it happens more often than you may think. Research shows that in 2022, more than a third 38% of surveyed organizations fell victim ...

A secondhand account of the worst possible timing for a scammer to strike

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Up until last week, I had never considered the timing of a scam to be important. Im so used to just swiping away emails or text messages at random times during the day that Id never considered what would happen if an adversary happene...

CISA Releases Malware Analysis Reports on Barracuda Backdoors

Updated September 7, 2023 CISA has published an additional malware analysis report associated with malicious Barracuda activity. The report provides analysis on the following malware samples: SUBMARINE – SUBMARINE is a backdoor that exploits a vulnerability on the target environment where the...

Earth Estries' Espionage Campaign Targets Governments and Tech Titans Across Continents

A hacking outfit nicknamed Earth Estries has been attributed to a new, ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting government and technology industries based in the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, and the U.S. "The threat actors behind Earth Estries are working with high-leve...

编号撤回

rkhunter Rootkit Hunter is rkhunter Rootkit Hunter open source a Unix-based tool. It can scan for Rootkit, backdoors and possible local vulnerability exploits. This CVE number has been withdrawn...

Researchers Shed Light on APT31's Advanced Backdoors and Data Exfiltration Tactics

The Chinese threat actor known as APT31 aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, or Violet Typhoon has been linked to a set of advanced backdoors that are capable of exfiltrating harvested sensitive information to Dropbox. The malware is part of a broader collection of more than 15 implants that hav...

CERT-UA Uncovers Gamaredon's Rapid Data Exfiltration Tactics Following Initial Compromise

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon has been observed conducting data exfiltration activities within an hour of the initial compromise. "As a vector of primary compromise, for the most part, emails and messages in messengers Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal are used, in most cases, using...

Malicious code in williams-quest (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware c31737ea0cc10de7ea3d9e48d1e5b6aad6efbf755ab10d4c64ca6eef9f8ebb3d Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Researchers Discover New Sophisticated Toolkit Targeting Apple macOS Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a set of malicious artifacts that they say is part of a sophisticated toolkit targeting Apple macOS systems. "As of now, these samples are still largely undetected and very little information is available about any of them," Bitdefender researchers Andrei...

Researchers Discover New Sophisticated Toolkit Targeting Apple macOS Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a set of malicious artifacts that they say is part of a sophisticated toolkit targeting Apple macOS systems. "As of now, these samples are still largely undetected and very little information is available about any of them," Bitdefender researchers Andrei...

Understanding Malware-as-a-Service

Money is the root of all evil, including cybercrime. Thus, it was inevitable that malware creators would one day begin not only to distribute malicious programs themselves, but also to sell them to less technically proficient attackers, thereby lowering the threshold for entering the cybercrimina...

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 CVSS score: 3.9, "enabled the execution of privileged commands...

Malicious Package

Overview obao-digital-pnm-ui is a malicious package. This package was discovered to use one or several malicious techniques such as: 1. Typosquatting: This technique involves registering domain names or package names that closely resemble legitimate ones, with the intention of deceiving users who...

New Ransomware Strain 'CACTUS' Exploits VPN Flaws to Infiltrate Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware strain called CACTUS that has been found to leverage known flaws in VPN appliances to obtain initial access to targeted networks. "Once inside the network, CACTUS actors attempt to enumerate local and network user accounts in addition ...

Malicious code in noor_ul_iman_tarjuma_quran_pdf_free_free__kv (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 16c6edd2df35820cb6c1d38a3fe06c9c836fe349e1aaacbc55af1a13620d4a14 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...