1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp

A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices. Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the...

International students in UK targeted by visa scammers

A new visa scam has come to light targeting international students from China studying in the UK. At least, it’s being presented as new. In truth, it comes around every so often and has been on the radar for a few years. The scam works by presenting a threat to students’ immigration status and us...

contemporary_chinese_culture.enacademic.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-973782 Security Researcher Hchabik Helped patch 2468 vulnerabilities Received 5 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 2 recommendations , a holder of 5 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting...

A week in security (September 2 – 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a smart social engineering toolkit, delved into TrickBot tampering with trusted texts, and explained five ways to help keep remote workers safe. Other cybersecurity news A new Chinese Deepfake app is under fire for privacy concerns related to the use o...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Winnti Malware 4.0

Winnti is a family of malware used by multiple Chinese threat actors like APT41. Carbon Black’s Threat Analysis Unit TAU is providing this technical analysis, YARA rules, IOCs and product rules for the research community. Behavioral Summary Winnti malware is installed manually with stolen...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: State-Sponsored Espionage Group Targeting Multiple Verticals with ‘Crosswalk’

FireEye recently reported on APT41, a Chinese state-sponsored espionage group. The group has been documented as targeting healthcare, high-tech, and telecommunications companies for traditional corporate espionage purposes. Additionally this group has also targeted companies in the video game...

A Secure “Smart” Kettle?

We haven’t looked at smart kettles for a long time, mostly as the UK market leader, Smarter, fixed their security with the iKettle 3.0. So I got quite excited when a colleague pointed out the Xiaomi ‘smart’ kettle a few weeks back. It’s the first kettle with a mobile app that we’ve seen for a...

Healthcare: Research Data and PII Continuously Targeted by Multiple Threat Actors

The healthcare industry faces a range of threat groups and malicious activity. Given the critical role that healthcare plays within society and its relationship with our most sensitive information, the risk to this sector is especially consequential. It may also be one of the major reasons why we...

APT41: A Dual Espionage and Cyber Crime Operation

Today, FireEye Intelligence is releasing a comprehensive report detailing APT41, a prolific Chinese cyber threat group that carries out state-sponsored espionage activity in parallel with financially motivated operations. APT41 is unique among tracked China-based actors in that it leverages...

Trivial Bug Turns Home Security Cameras Into Listening Posts

A vulnerability in the consumer-grade Amcrest IP2M-841B IP home security video camera would allow an attacker to remotely listen to the camera’s audio over the internet, without authentication. “Essentially, if this thing is connected directly to the internet, it’s anyone’s listening device,”...

CVE-2019-10189

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.7.1, 3.6.5, 3.5.7. Teachers in an assignment group could modify group overrides for other groups in the same assignment. Recent assessments: gwillcox-r7 at October 20, 2020 6:57pm UTC reported: This is now supposedly being exploited in the wild by...

Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks

Reuters has a long article on the Chinese government APT attack called Cloud Hopper. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as "Cloud Hopper," was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud...

Cell Networks Hacked by (Probable) Nation-State Attackers

A sophisticated attacker has successfuly infiltrated cell providers to collect information on specific users: The hackers have systematically broken in to more than 10 cell networks around the world to date over the past seven years to obtain massive amounts of call records -- including times and...

GoBotKR Targets Pirate Torrents to Build a DDoS Botnet

A botnet dubbed GoBotKR is targeting fans of Korean TV, compromising computers via pirated copies of South Korean movies, games and TV shows available via Korean and Chinese torrent sites. Ultimately, the cybercriminals are building a network that can then be used to perform DDoS attacks of vario...

A week in security (July 1 – 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we explained what to do when you find stalkerware, how cooperating apps and automatic permissions are setting you up for failure, and why you should steer clear of Bitcoin Cash generators. Other cybersecurity news: A former Chief Information Officer CIO of Equifax...

China's Border Guards Secretly Installing Spyware App on Tourists' Phones

Chinese authorities are secretly installing surveillance apps on smartphones of foreigners at border crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, an international investigation revealed. Xinjiang XUAR is an autonomous territory and home to many Muslim ethnic...

Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Earlier this month, Google disclosed that a supply chain attack by one of its vendors resulted in malicious software being pre-installed on millions of new budget Android devices. Google didn't exactly name those responsible, but said it believes the offending vendor uses the nicknames "Yehuo" or...

A Likely Chinese Hacker Crew Targeted 10 Phone Carriers to Steal Metadata

In one case, they stole the location and call record data of 20 specific individuals...

TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The TP-Link TL-WR1043ND is a wireless router from China P&L TP-Link. The TP-Link TL-WR1043ND suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a buffer overflow or heap overflow, among others...

CVE-2019-1040

A tampering vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a man-in-the-middle attacker is able to successfully bypass the NTLM MIC Message Integrity Check protection, aka ‘Windows NTLM Tampering Vulnerability’. Recent assessments: gwillcox-r7 at October 20, 2020 6:01pm UTC reported: This is now...