Free HermeticRansom Ransomware Decryptor Released

A free decryptor is out to unlock a ransomware found piggybacking on the HermeticWiper data wiper malware that ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered targeting machines at financial, defense, aviation and IT services outfits in Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia last week. The fact that there was...

Phishing Campaign Targeted Those Aiding Ukraine Refugees

Cyberattackers used a compromised Ukrainian military email address to phish EU government employees who’ve been involved in managing the logistics of refugees fleeing Ukraine, according to a new report. Ukraine has been at the center of an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks in recent weeks and...

BD Viper LT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.0 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Becton, Dickinson and Company BD Equipment: Viper LT Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access, modify, or delete...

Cyberattacks are Prominent in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

As Russia invaded Ukraine, our researchers have also observed a number of alleged cyberattacks perpetrated by different groups. Our research teams have verified and validated internal data and external reports to provide accurate information that can be used to strengthen defenses against these...

CISA Adds 95 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added 95 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added...

NSA Releases Network Infrastructure Security Guidance

The National Security Agency NSA has released a new Cybersecurity Technical Report CTR: Network Infrastructure Security Guidance. The report captures best practices based on the depth and breadth of experience in supporting customers and responding to threats. Recommendations include perimeter an...

Broadcom Software Discloses APT Actors Deploying Daxin Malware in Global Espionage Campaign

Broadcom Software—an industry member of CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative JCDC—uncovers an advanced persistent threat APT campaign against select governments and other critical infrastructure targets in a publication titled Daxin: Stealthy Backdoor Designed for Attacks Against Hardened...

Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine and HermeticWiper Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine and HermeticWiper Protections By Taylor Mullins · February 28, 2022 Trellix is monitoring the ongoing cyberattacks targeting the Ukraine and any threat activity targeting entities outside of the Ukraine. Trellix is continuing to add...

Meet SockDetour fileless backdoor targeting U.S. Defense contractors

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers suspect that the SockDetour backdoor is used in attacks carried out by an APT advanced persistent threat… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet SockDetour fileless backdoor targeting U.S. Defense contractors...

New "SockDetour" Fileless, Socketless Backdoor Targets U.S. Defense Contractors

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented and stealthy custom malware called SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors with the goal of being used as a secondary implant on compromised Windows hosts. "SockDetour is a backdoor that is designed to...

Ukraine’s Defense—and Hacktivists—Have Raised Over $4M in Crypto

Russia’s invasion into the country sparked a surge of crypto donations to resistance groups...

Official website of Russian Parliament, MoD and Kremlin go offline

By Waqas The Kremlin domain is the official website of President Vladimir Putin which according to NetBlocks is among the… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Official website of Russian Parliament, MoD and Kremlin go offline...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: SQL Injection in █████

References Impact By using SQL injection, an attacker can exfiltrate the whole database, and gain RCE System Hosts ████ Affected Products and Versions ████ CVE Numbers Steps to Reproduce POC 1 - curl command injecting query, returning database version: curl https://█████████ -X POST...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Authorization bypass -> IDOR -> PII Leakage

Hi team! During testing ████ I found javascript file containing administrative panel functionality. It is accessible at: https://████/█████████ In this file I found an end point responsible for returning data about applications of the website users to the website administrators. The returned data...

Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA revealed that Russian state-sponsored threat actors target...

This Week in Security News - February 18, 2022

SMS PVA services' use of infected Android phones reveals flaws in SMS verification, and 'Russian state-sponsored cyber actors' cited in hacks of U.S. defense contractors...

US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors

Kremlin-backed cyber actors lurked in the networks for months, obtaining sensitive documents related to weapons and infrastructure development...

U.S. Says Russian Hackers Stealing Sensitive Data from Defense Contractors

State-sponsored actors backed by the Russian government regularly targeted the networks of several U.S. cleared defense contractors CDCs to acquire proprietary documents and other confidential information pertaining to the country's defense and intelligence programs and capabilities. The sustaine...

Looking Over the Nation-State Actors’ Shoulders

Looking over the nation-state actors’ shoulders: Even they have a difficult day sometimes By Trellix and Marc Elias · Febraury 17, 2022 Have you ever been curious about how nation-state actors operate and what their day-to-day work looks like? This blog reveals some of these details observed base...

Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Target Cleared Defense Contractor Networks to Obtain Sensitive U.S. Defense Information and Technology

Summary Actions to Help Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity: • Enforce multifactor authentication. • Enforce strong, unique passwords. • Enable M365 Unified Audit Logs. • Implement endpoint detection and response tools. From at least January 2020, through February 202...