Threat Roundup for May 5 to May 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between May 5 and May 12. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

LimeRAT Malware Analysis: Extracting the Config

Remote Access Trojans RATs have taken the third leading position in ANY. RUN's Q1 2023 report on the most prevalent malware types, making it highly probable that your organization may face this threat. Though LimeRAT might not be the most well-known RAT family, its versatility is what sets it...

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 代码问题漏洞

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is a complete business analytics platform from SAP. The platform combines market-leading SAP data integration products, data management products, and business intelligence BI products to eliminate system integration challenges and enable fast, ea...

Ivanti Avalanche Remote Control Server RCServlet Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Remote Control Server RCServlet servlet. The issue results from the lack of...

New Mirai Botnet Variant 'V3G4' Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices

A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging several security vulnerabilities to propagate itself to Linux and IoT devices. Observed during the second half of 2022, the new version has been dubbed V3G4 by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which identified three different...

SUSE CVE-2018-25021

The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to exhaust the system's memory, causing a denial of service DoS...

CRYPTBOT Information-Stealing Malware Targeting Your Browser and Crypto-Wallet

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CRYPTBOT is malware that steals personal information by gathering browser credentials, cookies, cryptocurrency wallets, and system information. It then compresses the collected data into a zip file and...

Shennina - Automating Host Exploitation With AI

Shennina is an automated host exploitation framework. The mission of the project is to fully automate the scanning, vulnerability scanning/analysis, and exploitation using Artificial Intelligence. Shennina is integrated with Metasploit and Nmap for performing the attacks, as well as being...

CVE-2022-46135

In AeroCms v0.0.1, there is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability at /admin/posts.php?source=editpost , through which we can upload webshell and control the web server...

Point-of-sale malware used to steal 167,000 credit cards

In the 19 months between February 2021 and September 2022, two point-of-sale POS malware operators have stolen more than 167,000 payment records, mainly from the US, according to researchers at Group-IB. The researchers were able to retrieve information about infected machines and compromised...

Hackers Targeting Unpatched Atlassian Confluence Servers to Deploy Crypto Miners

A now-patched critical security flaw affecting Atlassian Confluence Server that came to light a few months ago is being actively exploited for illicit cryptocurrency mining on unpatched installations. "If left unremedied and successfully exploited, this vulnerability could be used for multiple an...

Rewards plus: Fake mobile banking rewards apps lure users to install info-stealing RAT on Android devices

Our analysis of a recent version of a previously reported info-stealing Android malware, delivered through an ongoing SMS campaign, demonstrates the continuous evolution of mobile threats. Masquerading as a banking rewards app, this new version has additional remote access trojan RAT capabilities...

DoNot Team Hackers Updated its Malware Toolkit with Improved Capabilities

The Donot Team threat actor has updated its Jaca Windows malware toolkit with improved capabilities, including a revamped stealer module designed to plunder information from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. The improvements also include a new infection chain that incorporates previousl...

Russian State Hackers Continue to Attack Ukrainian Entities with Infostealer Malware

Russian state-sponsored actors are continuing to strike Ukrainian entities with information-stealing malware as part of what's suspected to be an espionage operation. Symantec, a division of Broadcom Software, attributed the malicious campaign to a threat actor tracked Shuckworm, also known as...

Hackers Target Ukrainian Software Company Using GoMet Backdoor

A large software development company whose software is used by different state entities in Ukraine was at the receiving end of an "uncommon" piece of malware, new research has found. The malware, first observed on the morning of May 19, 2022, is a custom variant of the open source backdoor known ...

Experts Detail Saintstealer and Prynt Stealer Info-Stealing Malware Families

Cybersecurity researchers have dissected the inner workings of an information-stealing malware called Saintstealer that's designed to siphon credentials and system information. "After execution, the stealer extracts username, passwords, credit card details, etc.," Cyble researchers said in an...

Over 16,500 Sites Hacked to Distribute Malware via Web Redirect Service

A new traffic direction system TDS called Parrot has been spotted leveraging tens of thousands of compromised websites to launch further malicious campaigns. "The TDS has infected various web servers hosting more than 16,500 websites, ranging from adult content sites, personal websites, universit...

Mellium 安全漏洞

Mellium is a feature that provides functionality from the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. Mellium suffers from a security vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to redirect WebSocket connection requests to a server under their control without causing TLS certificate...

New CapraRAT Android Malware Targets Indian Government and Military Personnel

A politically motivated advanced persistent threat APT group has expanded its malware arsenal to include a new remote access trojan RAT in its espionage attacks aimed at Indian military and diplomatic entities. Called CapraRAT by Trend Micro, the implant is an Android RAT that exhibits a high...

The evolution of a Mac trojan: UpdateAgent’s progression

Our discovery and analysis of a sophisticated Mac trojan in October exposed a year-long evolution of a malware family—and depicts the rising complexity of threats across platforms. The trojan, tracked as UpdateAgent, started as a relatively basic information-stealer but was observed distributing...