What the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East means for security

Cisco Talos works with many organizations around the world, monitoring and protecting against sophisticated threats every day. As such, we are watching the current state of events in the Middle East very closely for our customers and partners who may be impacted by the ongoing situation. We are...

CVE-2019-19984

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed users with editpost capabilities to manage plugin settings and email campaigns...

CVE-2019-19984

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed users with editpost capabilities to manage plugin settings and email campaigns...

‘Highly Competitive' Buer Loader Emerges in Underground Markets

A previously undocumented modular loader has emerged as a lucrative tool for cybercriminals in a variety of campaigns. Researchers say the “highly competitive” loader, dubbed Buer, is intended for use by actors seeking a turn-key, off-the-shelf solution. Researchers say they have spotted the load...

IT threat evolution Q3 2019

Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Mobile espionage targeting the Middle East At the end of June we reported the details of a highly targeted campaign that we dubbed 'Operation ViceLeaker' involving the spread of malicious Android samples via instant messaging. The campaign affected several...

Enterprise Threat Protector as a Security Enabler in 2020

In the early 2000s, security was mostly focused on perimeter separation between the trusted corporate internal network and the untrusted everything else. Separation was very clear, as most corporate applications were inside the perimeter and users were office based, with a very low amount of remo...

New Group of Hackers Targeting Businesses with Financially Motivated Cyber Attacks

Security researchers have tracked down activities of a new group of financially-motivated hackers that are targeting several businesses and organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States in an attempt to infect them with backdoor, banking Trojan, or ransomware malware. Though the new...

Internet Explorer RCE through scripting engine memory corruption (IE 9, 10, 11)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka ‘Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability’. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1426, CVE-2019-1427, CVE-2019-1428. Recent assessments: busterb at November...

What’s So Dangerous About Spear Phishing?

Spear phishing is one of the most common and most effective cyberattack vectors seen today. Delivered through email, spear phishing campaigns aim either to infect devices with malware, or to steal important information—like credentials and bank numbers. Spear phishing is targeted at specific grou...

DarkUniverse APT Emerges to Deliver Sophisticated, Targeted Spy Attacks

A sophisticated espionage APT that was active for at least eight years before receding into the shadows has been uncovered — and researchers said that it may still be active. In April 2017, ShadowBrokers published one of their many leaks of cyberweapons used by the National Security Agency NSA an...

Google Analytics Emerges as a Phishing Tool

Cybercriminals are leveraging key technical markers used in web analytics—particularly Google Analytics—to create more sophisticated and targeted phishing attacks, new research has found. However, this also makes them more susceptible to detection by organizations defending their sites against...

Free Tools Boost 2020 Election Security, but Not Enough

More companies than ever are offering low-cost security services for election bureaus and campaigns. It’s still not clear how much they’ll actually help...

7M Adobe Creative Cloud Users Exposed to Hackers

Nearly 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users are left open to phishing campaigns after their records were left exposed to the internet. Adobe Creative Cloud, which has an estimated 15 million subscribers, is a monthly service that gives users access to a suite of popular Adobe products such as...

YouPHPTube 'id' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

YouPHPTube is a PHP-based video website system. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the 'id' parameter of the /plugin/ADServer/view/campaignsVideos.json file in YouPHPTube version 7.6. The vulnerability stems from a lack of validation of externally entered SQL statements in database-based...

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service - Crescendo

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – Crescendo By Jessica Saavedra-Morales · October 20, 2019 Episode 4: Crescendo This is the final installment of the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR analysis of Sodinokibi and its connections to GandGrab, the most prolific...

Microsoft Tackles Election Security with Bug Bounties

As the 2020 presidential election draws closer and primary season looms around the corner, Microsoft has launched a bug-bounty program specifically aimed at its ElectionGuard product, which the software giant has positioned as performing “end-to-end verification of elections.” ElectionGuard is a...

Threat Roundup for October 4 to October 11

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 4 and Oct. 11. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

SugarCRM 9.0.1 Broken Access Controls

---------------------------------------------------------------- SugarCRM = 9.0.1 Multiple Broken Access Control Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Software Link: https://www.sugarcrm.com - Affected Versions: Version 9.0.1 and prior versions, 8.0.3...

Sophisticated Spy Kit Targets Russians with Rare GSM Plugin

A sophisticated cyberespionage platform called Attor has come to light, sporting an unusual capability for fingerprinting mobile devices as part of its attacks on government and diplomatic victims. According to researchers at ESET, Attor, which has flown under the radar since at least 2013, also...

SugarCRM PHP code injection vulnerability (CNVD-2019-34427)

SugarCRM is a set of open source customer relationship management software . A PHP code injection vulnerability exists in the Campaigns module of SugarCRM. The vulnerability stems from a lack of input validation. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code...