New StrelaStealer Phishing Attacks Hit Over 100 Organizations in E.U. and U.S.

Cybersecurity researchers have detected a new wave of phishing attacks that aim to deliver an ever-evolving information stealer referred to as StrelaStealer. The campaigns impact more than 100 organizations in the E.U. and the U.S., Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said in a new report...

Microsoft Warns of New Tax Returns Phishing Scams Targeting You

By Waqas About to pay your taxes? Watch out for tax return phishing and malware campaigns targeting individual taxpayers and businesses. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Warns of New Tax Returns Phishing Scams Targeting You...

APT28 Hacker Group Targeting Europe, Americas, Asia in Widespread Phishing Scheme

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 has been linked to multiple ongoing phishing campaigns that employ lure documents imitating government and non-governmental organizations NGOs in Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and North and South America. "The uncovered lures include a...

PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know

A new type of malware is being used by ransomware gangs in their attacks, and its name is PikaBot. A relatively new trojan that emerged in early 2023, PikaBot is the apparent successor to the infamous QakBot QBot trojan that was shut down in August 2023. QBot was used by many ransomware gangs in...

Banking Trojans Target Latin America and Europe Through Google Cloud Run

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a spike in email phishing campaigns that are weaponizing the Google Cloud Run service to deliver various banking trojans such as Astaroth aka Guildma, Mekotio, and Ousaban aka Javali to targets across Latin America LATAM and Europe. "The infection chain...

New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of Chinas top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of Chinas many state-sponsored hacking groups. Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign...

Astaroth, Mekotio & Ousaban abusing Google Cloud Run in LATAM-focused malware campaigns

Google Cloud Run is currently being abused in high-volume malware distribution campaigns, spreading several banking trojans such as Astaroth aka Guildma, Mekotio and Ousaban to targets across Latin America and Europe. The volume of emails associated with these campaigns has significantly increase...

Design/Logic Flaw

When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM policy with a Request Body Handling option is attached to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the BD process to terminate. The condition results from setting the Request Body Handling option in the Header-Based Content Profile for an Allowed U...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Advanced WAF and BIG-IP ASM vulnerability (K000137416)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 17.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K000137416 advisory. - When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM policy with a Request Body Handling option is attached to a virtual server,...

PT-2024-19799 · F5 · Big-Ip

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: BIG-IP affected versions not specified Description: When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM policy with a Request Body Handling option is attached to a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the BD process to terminate. The condition...

Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse

A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, ai...

Nitrogen shelling malware from hacked sites

Nitrogen is the name given to a campaign and associated malware that have been distributed via malicious search ads. Its signature move is using Python and DLL side-loading to connect to the attackers command and control server. In this blog post, we look at a recent Nitrogen campaign and...

IR Q4 2023 trends: Significant increase in ransomware activity found in engagements, while education remains one of the most-targeted sectors

First time ransomware was the top threat in 2023, according to Q4 2023 Talos Incident Response report Ransomware, including pre-ransomware activity, was the top observed threat in the fourth quarter of 2023, accounting for 28 percent of engagements, according to Cisco Talos Incident Response Talo...

Mandiant's X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack

The compromise of Mandiant's X formerly Twitter account last week was likely the result of a "brute-force password attack," attributing the hack to a drainer-as-a-service DaaS group. "Normally, two-factor authentication would have mitigated this, but due to some team transitions and a change in X...

Alert: Water Curupira Hackers Actively Distributing PikaBot Loader Malware

A threat actor called Water Curupira has been observed actively distributing the PikaBot loader malware as part of spam campaigns in 2023. "PikaBot's operators ran phishing campaigns, targeting victims via its two components — a loader and a core module — which enabled unauthorized remote access...

MetaStealer a $125 Ticket to Digital Chaos

Summary: MetaStealer, a nefarious information-stealing malware, initially surfaced in discreet online marketplaces with a pricing structure of USD 125 per month or USD 1000 for an unlimited subscription, subsequently becoming entangled in malvertising campaigns. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report...

Cybercrooks leveraging anti automation toolkit for phishing campaigns

Cybercrooks Leveraging Anti Automation Toolkit for Phishing Campaigns By Vihar Shah and Rohan Shah · December 18, 2023 Threat actors have a track record of abusing tools hosted on GitHub for malicious purposes. Last year we showed how attackers abused Python’s tarfile module. Trellix Advanced...

Cybercrooks leveraging anti automation toolkit for phishing campaigns

Cybercrooks Leveraging Anti Automation Toolkit for Phishing Campaigns By Vihar Shah and Rohan Shah · December 18, 2023 Threat actors have a track record of abusing tools hosted on GitHub for malicious purposes. Last year we showed how attackers abused Python’s tarfile module. Trellix Advanced...

PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads

During this past year, we have seen an increase in the use of malicious ads malvertising and specifically those via search engines, to drop malware targeting businesses. In fact, browser-based attacks overall have been a lot more common if we include social engineering campaigns. Criminals have...

Microsoft Busts Black Market for 100s of Millions of Fraudulent Accounts

By Deeba Ahmed The internet's underbelly is thriving on stolen identities and fake accounts, fueling mass phishing campaigns, identity theft rings, and DDoS attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Busts Black Market for 100s of Millions of Fraudulent Accounts...