FBI warns of ProLock ransomware with enhanced capabilities

By Zara Khan The FBI issues a second alert asking private and government entities to vary of ProLock ransomware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI warns of ProLock ransomware with enhanced capabilities...

CVE-2020-3629

u'Stack out of bound issue occurs when making query to DSP capabilities due to wrong assumption was made on determining the buffer size for the DSP attributes' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music,...

CVE-2020-3629

u'Stack out of bound issue occurs when making query to DSP capabilities due to wrong assumption was made on determining the buffer size for the DSP attributes' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music,...

CVE-2020-3629

The CVE-2020-3629 issue affects Qualcomm Snapdragon line (DSP query path) where a stack out-of-bounds occurs due to an incorrect assumption in buffer-size calculation for DSP attributes. Affected: Snapdragon Auto, Compute, Consumer IoT, Industrial IoT, Mobile, Voice & Music, Wearables; devices in...

CVE-2020-14386

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Mitigation If the CAPNETRAW capability disabled by...

API: The Unsung Hero of the DevOps Revolution

Watch this session to dive into the capabilities of APIs, as well as how organizations have used APIs to solve problems and add security to their value stream...

RHEL 8 : Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.2 security update on RHEL 8 (Important) (RHSA-2020:3497)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3497 advisory. Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 is a standalone server, based on the Keycloak project, that provides authentication and standards-based single...

CVE-2020-1380

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully...

The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data

The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely on features disabled by such mitigations, making such safeguards impractical. Users should be aware of these risks and take action bas...

Docker Privileged Container Escape

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework POC modified from https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/19/understanding-docker-container-escapes/ class MetasploitModule 'Docker Privileged Container Escape',...

BlackBerry Phone Cracked

Australia is reporting that a BlackBerry device has been cracked after five years: An encrypted BlackBerry device that was cracked five years after it was first seized by police is poised to be the key piece of evidence in one of the state's longest-running drug importation investigations. In...

Apple Security Research Device Program Draws Mixed Reactions

Apple’s long anticipated Security Research Device program has launched, giving select security researchers access to testable iPhones that will make it easier for them to find iOS vulnerabilities. The program offers security researchers specially configured iPhones with shell access, and special...

Imperva Shields Against Windows DNS Server RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350)

Recently, Check Point researchers found a 17-year-old high-profile flaw, SIGRed CVE-2020-1350. The flaw is a wormable, critical vulnerability in the Windows DNS server, and can be triggered by a malicious DNS response. On a zero to 10 scale, this vulnerability has received a CVSS base score of 10...

capa: Automatically Identify Malware Capabilities

capa is the FLARE team’s newest open-source tool for analyzing malicious programs. Our tool provides a framework for the community to encode, recognize, and share behaviors that we’ve seen in malware. Regardless of your background, when you use capa, you invoke decades of cumulative reverse...

TAU Threat Discovery: Conti Ransomware

Conti is a new family of ransomware observed in the wild by the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU. Unlike most ransomware, Conti contains unique features that separate it in terms of performance and focus on network-based targets. Conti uses a large number of independent threads to perform...

Beyond the Endpoint: Why Organizations are Choosing XDR for Holistic Detection and Response

The endpoint has long been a major focal point for attackers targeting enterprise IT environments. Yet increasingly, security bosses are being forced to protect data across the organization, whether it’s in the cloud, on IoT devices, in email, or on-premises servers. Attackers may jump from one...

ThiefQuest Ransomware for the Mac

There's a new ransomware for the Mac called ThiefQuest or EvilQuest. It's hard to get infected: For your Mac to become infected, you would need to torrent a compromised installer and then dismiss a series of warnings from Apple in order to run it. It's a good reminder to get your software from...

EvilQuest Mac Ransomware Has Keylogger, Crypto Wallet-Stealing Abilities

A rare new ransomware strain targeting macOS users has been discovered, called EvilQuest. Researchers say the ransomware is being distributed via various versions of pirated software. EvilQuest, first discovered by security researcher Dinesh Devadoss, goes beyond the normal encryption capabilitie...

docker: Ambient capability usage in containers

The runc version as used in docker 1.12.2 was incorrectly setting ambient capabilities for all processes executed inside containers. This caused processes of non-root users to run with unexpected privileges, allowing them to escalate their privileges to root...

IndigoDrop spreads via military-themed lures to deliver Cobalt Strike

By Asheer Malhotra. Cisco Talos has observed a malware campaign that utilizes military-themed malicious Microsoft Office documents maldocs to spread Cobalt Strike beacons containing full-fledged RAT capabilities. These maldocs use malicious macros to deliver a multistage and highly modular...