This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 Years

An advanced group of Chinese hackers has recently been spotted to be behind a sustained cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei—which went undetected for at least five years and is still an ongoing threat...

Attackers Claim Identity of Financial NGO to Steal Sharepoint, Office Credentials

A new phishing campaign is targeting investment brokers with fraudulent emails aimed at stealing their Microsoft SharePoint and Office credentials, by invoking the identity of a credible financial regulatory organization. The “widespread, ongoing phishing campaign” is using emails that claim to b...

CVE-2020-8791

The OKLOK 3.1.1 mobile companion app for Fingerprint Bluetooth Padlock FB50 2.3 allows remote attackers to submit API requests using authenticated but unauthorized tokens, resulting in IDOR issues. A remote attacker can use their own token to make unauthorized API requests on behalf of arbitrary...

Shade Threat Actors Call It Quits, Release 750K Encryption Keys

The threat actors behind the Shade ransomware have called it quits, releasing 750,000 encryption keys on GitHub and publicly apologizing to victims affected by the malware. User “shade-team” posted four files on the code repository earlier this week, one containing the file keys and four “ReadMe”...

Hackers Leak Biopharmaceutical Firm's Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

The Clop ransomware group attacked biopharmaceutical company ExecuPharm and reportedly leaked some of the company’s compromised data on underground forums. ExecuPharm, a Pennsylvania-based subsidiary of the U.S. biopharmaceutical giant Parexel, provides clinical trial management tools for...

Hackers Trick 3 British Private Equity Firms Into Sending Them $1.3 Million

In a recent highly targeted BEC attack, hackers managed to trick three British private equity firms into wire-transferring a total of $1.3 million to the bank accounts fraudsters have access to — while the victimized executives thought they closed an investment deal with some startups. According ...

Vietnamese Threat Actors APT32 Targeting Wuhan Government and Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management in Latest Example of COVID-19 Related Espionage

From at least January to April 2020, suspected Vietnamese actors APT32 carried out intrusion campaigns against Chinese targets that Mandiant Threat Intelligence believes was designed to collect intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. Spear phishing messages were sent by the actor to China's Ministry...

Oil and Gas Firms Targeted With Agent Tesla Spyware

Attackers are targeting energy companies with the Agent Tesla spyware, as seen in recent spearphishing emails with malicious attachments. Researchers say that until now, Agent Tesla has not been associated with campaigns targeting the oil-and-gas vertical. The emails leverage the tumultuous natur...

Cyberattackers Ramp Up to 1.5M COVID-19 Emails Per Day

Cyberattackers have reached a peak of sending 1.5 million malicious emails per day related to the COVID-19 pandemic over the course of the last three months, according to new research. Research from Forcepoint analyzing coronavirus-themed attacks between Jan. 19 to April 18 found cybercriminals...

Taxpayers Targeted With Improved NetWire RAT Variant

A new variant of the the NetWire remote access trojan RAT is hitching a ride on IRS-themed phishing ploys targeting taxpayers in hopes of snatching victims’ credentials and tax information. The recently uncovered campaign reveals the RAT’s operators swapping up infection tactics to use a legacy...

Amid COVID-19, Global Orgs See a 148% Spike in Ransomware Attacks; Finance Industry Heavily Targeted

Cyber criminals often exploit fear and uncertainty during major world events by launching cyberattacks. These attacks are often performed with social engineering campaigns leveraging malicious emails that lure victims to install malware that steals financial data and other valuable personal...

TA505 Crime Gang Deploys SDBbot for Corporate Network Takeover

The TA505 cybercrime group has ramped up its attacks lately, with a set of campaigns bent on spreading the persistent SDBbot remote-access trojan RAT laterally throughout an entire corporate environment, researchers said. SDBbot RAT is a custom job that has been observed in TA505 attacks since at...

CVE-2018-21071

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 software. Because of an unprotected intent, an attacker can read arbitrary files and emails, and take over an email account. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11633 May 2018...

CVE-2018-21071

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M6.0 software. Because of an unprotected intent, an attacker can read arbitrary files and emails, and take over an email account. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11633 May 2018...

CVE-2017-18653

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK4.4, L5.0/5.1, M6.0, and N7.x software. The Email application allows attackers to send emails on behalf of any user via a broadcasted intent. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-9357 September 2017...

The vulnerability of the email module in the Python programming language allows a hacker to receive emails from addresses that should be blocked.

The vulnerability of the email module in the Python programming language interpreter exists due to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to receive emails from addresses that should be blocked...

CVE-2017-17688

DISPUTED The OpenPGP specification allows a Cipher Feedback Mode CFB malleability-gadget attack that can indirectly lead to plaintext exfiltration, aka EFAIL. NOTE: third parties report that this is a problem in applications that mishandle the Modification Detection Code MDC feature or accept an...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Deskpro (CNVD-2020-22251)

Deskpro is a helpdesk software solution that helps companies manage communication with their customers and user base across multiple channels. A security vulnerability exists in Deskpro versions prior to 2019.8.0 that stems from the /api/emailaccounts endpoint failing to properly validate user...

Default credentials

An issue was discovered in Deskpro before 2019.8.0. The /api/emailaccounts endpoint failed to properly validate a user's privilege, allowing an attacker to retrieve cleartext credentials of all helpdesk email accounts, including incoming and outgoing email credentials. This enables an attacker to...

CVE-2020-11463

An issue was discovered in Deskpro before 2019.8.0. The /api/emailaccounts endpoint failed to properly validate a user's privilege, allowing an attacker to retrieve cleartext credentials of all helpdesk email accounts, including incoming and outgoing email credentials. This enables an attacker to...