Malicious Package

Overview All versions of carloprojectlesang contain obfuscated malware that uploads Discord user tokens to a remote server. This allows attackers to make purchases on behalf of users if they have credit cards linked to their Discord accounts. Recommendation Remove the package from your environmen...

Wipro Attackers Have Operated Under the Radar for Years

New details are emerging in the April attack on systems consulting behemoth Wipro, which saw its network hacked and used for mounting attacks on a dozen of its customers. In a fresh analysis of the indicators of compromise IOCs, Flashpoint analysts said that the cyberattackers have actually been...

Data: E-Retail Hacks More Lucrative Than Ever

For many years and until quite recently, credit card data stolen from online merchants has been worth far less in the cybercrime underground than cards pilfered from hacked brick-and-mortar stores. But new data suggests that over the past year, the economics of supply-and-demand have helped to...

April 25, 2019—KB4493453 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)

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FBI: BEC Scam Losses Almost Double To Reach $1.2 Billion

Business email compromise BEC scams are squeezing more money than ever out of victims, with losses from the attacks almost doubling year-over-year in 2018 to reach $1.2 billion. That’s according to the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report IC3 for 2018, which records the number of complaints, losses...

Building a VPN for Mobile Devices at the Network Level

By David Balaban In 2019, there is still surprisingly little information about such an old, simple, convenient, and secure technology, as mobile VPN - Virtual Private Network. In this article, I will describe how you can provide access to your virtual private network to any device with a SIM card...

Alleged Chief of Romanian ATM Skimming Gang Arrested in Mexico

An alleged top boss of a Romanian crime syndicate that U.S. authorities say is responsible for deploying card-skimming devices at Automated Teller Machines ATMs throughout North America was arrested in Mexico last week on firearms charges. The arrest comes months after the accused allegedly order...

In-Depth Analysis of JS Sniffers Uncovers New Families of Credit Card-Skimming Code

In a world that's growing increasingly digital, Magecart attacks have emerged as a key cybersecurity threat to e-commerce sites. Magecart, which is in the news a lot lately, is an umbrella term given to 12 different cyber criminal groups that are specialized in secretly implanting a special piece...

In-Depth Analysis of JS Sniffers Uncovers New Families of Credit Card-Skimming Code

In a world that's growing increasingly digital, Magecart attacks have emerged as a key cybersecurity threat to e-commerce sites. Magecart, which is in the news a lot lately, is an umbrella term given to 12 different cyber criminal groups that are specialized in secretly implanting a special piece...

Is Flawless Anonymity Possible?

By David Balaban The condition of being anonymous is called anonymity - Let’s suppose you want to post the most anonymous comment on a social network imaginable. What kind of tools do you need for that? VPN? Tor? SSH tunnel? In fact, none of the above. It suffices to purchase a burner SIM card an...

Gamers Beware: Nvidia Fixes High-Severity GeForce Experience Bug

Nvidia, a maker of gaming-friendly graphics processing units GPU, has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its GeForce Experience software, which could lead to code execution or denial-of-service of products if exploited. The vulnerability CVE‑2019‑5674 has a CVSS score of 8.8, making it high...

What Hacker History Can Tell Enterprises About Future Attack Strategy

There's an oft-quoted saying: "History repeats itself." For those that believe in the cyclical patterns that sometimes emerge over time, this aphorism definitely rings true. Today, we'll be applying this type of thinking to the cybercrime realm. Over the course of hacker history, numerous trends...

Want Apple Card’s Security Benefits? Just Use Apple Pay

Apple says Apple Card offers "a new level" of security, but nearly all those protections are already available if you use Apple Pay...

Mastercard Wades Into Murky Waters With Its New Digital ID

The credit card company has more details about its plan for a decentralized, universal digital ID, but questions remain...

New MageCart Attacks Target Bedding Retailers My Pillow and Amerisleep

Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of two newly identified Magecart attacks targeting online shoppers of bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep. Magecart is an umbrella term researchers gave to at least 11 different hacking groups that are specialized in implanting malware code ...

GlitchPOS Malware Appears to Steal Credit-Card Numbers

A new insidious malware bent on siphoning credit-card numbers from point-of-sale PoS systems has recently been spotted on a crimeware forum. Researchers at Cisco Talos said in a Wednesday analysis that they discovered the malware, dubbed “GlitchPOS,” being peddled on the Dark Web for $250. The...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.104 and fixes at least the following security issue: Linux kernel version at least v4.8 onwards, probably well before contains a Insufficient input validation vulnerability in bnx2x network card driver that can result in DoS: Network card firmware...

MGASA-2019-0107 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.104 and fixes at least the following security issue: Linux kernel version at least v4.8 onwards, probably well before contains a Insufficient input validation vulnerability in bnx2x network card driver that can result in DoS: Network card firmware...

GlitchPOS: New PoS malware for sale

Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres authored this post with contributions from Ben Baker. Executive summary Point-of-sale malware is popular among attackers, as it usually leads to them obtaining credit card numbers and immediately use that information for financial gain. This type of malware is...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4570)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4570 advisory. - mm: cleancache: fix corruption on missed inode invalidation Pavel Tikhomirov Orabug: 29364665 CVE-2018-16862 - btrfs: Verify that every chunk has...