Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers

A persistent malware campaign has been actively distributing an evolved browser modifier malware at scale since at least May 2020. At its peak in August, the threat was observed on over 30,000 devices every day. The malware is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages. The threat...

PT-2023-3324 · Moodle +2 · Moodle +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Moodle affected versions not specified Description: The issue exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in some returnurl parameters. A remote attacker can trick the victim into following a specially crafted link and execu...

The vulnerability of the ColdFusion interpreter, related to the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of web pages, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML code and gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the ColdFusion interpreter is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML code remotely, gain access to protected information, and modify the appearance of the...

Exploit for Code Injection in Apache Solr

This is a PoC exploit for CVE-2019-0193, a vulnerability in the Windows operating system. The exploit is written in C and uses the Metasploit framework to target the Windows kernel. The exploit code is not provided, but it is likely that it uses a buffer overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrar...

WordPress Plugin Bug Opens 100K Websites to Compromise

A high-severity cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability in Real-Time Find and Replace, a WordPress plugin installed on more than 100,000 sites, could lead to cross-site scripting and the injection of malicious JavaScript anywhere on a victim site. According to research from Wordfence releas...

April Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Battles 4 Bugs Under Active Exploit

Microsoft has released its April 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates, its first big patch update released since the work-from-home era truly got underway. It’s a doozie, with the tech giant disclosing 113 vulnerabilities. Out of these, 19 are rated as critical, and 94 are rated as important...

Watering-Holes Target Asian Ethnic Victims with Flash Update Decoy

An extensive campaign has surfaced that targets Windows users belonging to a specific Asian religious and ethnic group. The attack making use of a series of watering-hole websites and a drive-by download gambit relying on fake Flash updates. According to analysis from Kaspersky, released on...

CVE-2019-17636

In Eclipse Theia versions 0.3.9 through 0.15.0, one of the default pre-packaged Theia extensions is "Mini-Browser", published as "@theia/mini-browser" on npmjs.com. This extension, for its own needs, exposes a HTTP endpoint that allows to read the content of files on the host's filesystem, given...

Design/Logic Flaw

In Eclipse Theia versions 0.3.9 through 0.15.0, one of the default pre-packaged Theia extensions is "Mini-Browser", published as "@theia/mini-browser" on npmjs.com. This extension, for its own needs, exposes a HTTP endpoint that allows to read the content of files on the host's filesystem, given...

CVE-2019-17636

In Eclipse Theia versions 0.3.9 through 0.15.0, one of the default pre-packaged Theia extensions is "Mini-Browser", published as "@theia/mini-browser" on npmjs.com. This extension, for its own needs, exposes a HTTP endpoint that allows to read the content of files on the host's filesystem, given...

CVE-2020-9447

There is an XSS cross-site scripting vulnerability in GwtUpload 1.0.3 in the file upload functionality. Someone can upload a file with a malicious filename, which contains JavaScript code, which would result in XSS. Cross-site scripting enables attackers to steal data, change the appearance of a...

Cross site scripting

There is an XSS cross-site scripting vulnerability in GwtUpload 1.0.3 in the file upload functionality. Someone can upload a file with a malicious filename, which contains JavaScript code, which would result in XSS. Cross-site scripting enables attackers to steal data, change the appearance of a...

CSI Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I By Trellix · Febraury 12, 2020 For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence. During one of the classes we always talk about Lockard’s...

CSI Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I By Trellix · Febraury 12, 2020 For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence. During one of the classes we always talk about Lockard’s...

Oski Data-Stealing Malware Emerges to Target North America, China

An emergent and effective data-harvesting tool dubbed Oski is proliferating in North America and China, stealing online account credentials, credit-card numbers, cryptowallet accounts and more. Oski, likely a Finnish or Nordic variant of the word Oska, meaning “Viking warrior or god” in Samoan,...

Exploit kits: fall 2019 review

Despite a slim browser market share, Internet Explorer is still being exploited in fall 2019 in a number of drive-by download campaigns. Perhaps even more surprising, we're seeing new exploit kits emerge. Based on our telemetry, these drive-bys are happening worldwide with the exception of a few...

Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers

Watch out Windows users! There's a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it. Why? That's because, first, it's an advanced fileless malware and second, it...

Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers

Watch out Windows users! There's a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it. Why? That's because, first, it's an advanced fileless malware and second, it...

WordPress XSS Bug Allows Drive-By Code Execution

A just-patched stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in WordPress allowed drive-by remote code-execution, according to an analysis. The bug exists in the built-in editor Gutenberg, which is found in WordPress 5.0 and above. Zhouyuan Yang, a threat-researcher at FortiGuard Labs, said that...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: SEON Ransomware Distributed via Drive-By Attack Campaign

SEON Ransomware ver 0.2 was found being distributed by the GreenFlash Sundown exploit kit via a drive-by-attack campaign. After performing the encryption, SEON will drop and display the following ransom note and append ‘.fixt’ as the extension to the encrypted file. Figure 1: Screenshot of the...