Mail.ru: [v7lk.relap.io] Sending arbitrary emails to any user

Mail sending API endpoint at relap.io was publicly accessible...

Why Minimizing Human Error is the Only Viable Defense Against Spear Phishing

Phishing attacks have become one of the business world's top cybersecurity concerns. These social engineering attacks have been rising over the years, with the most recent report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group coalition identifying over 266,000 active spoofed websites, which is nearly doubl...

Small Tax-Preparation Firms at Higher Risk this Tax Season, Report

This tax season crooks are targeting users with a new crop of scams that include leveraging remote desktop software and compromising small tax-prep company websites. “If you have the word ‘tax’ in your domain name; you’re a target this year,” warns Sherrod DeGrippo, senior director of threat...

CVE-2019-20061

The user-introduction email in MFScripts YetiShare v3.5.2 through v4.5.4 may leak the system-picked password if this email is sent in cleartext. In other words, the user is not allowed to choose their own initial password...

Happy New Fear! Gift-wrapped spam and phishing

Pre-holiday spam Easy money In the run-up to Christmas and New Year, scam е-mails mentioning easy pickings, lottery winnings, and other cash surprises are especially popular. All the more so given how simple it is to adapt existing schemes simply by mentioning the holiday in the subject line. For...

Metamorfo Returns with Keylogger Trick to Target Financial Firms

Researchers have discovered a recent spate of phishing emails spreading a new variant of Metamorfo, a financial malware known for targeting Brazilian companies. Now, however, it’s expanding its geographic range and adding a new technique. Metamorfo was first discovered in April 2018, in various...

U.S. Finance Sector Hit with Targeted Backdoor Campaign

The financial services sector in the U.S. found itself under a barrage of cyberattacks last month, all bent on delivering a powerful backdoor called Minebridge. The attack chain employed a known method called “VBA Stomping” to avoid detection. According to researchers at FireEye, the campaigns,...

Ashley Madison Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds

Nearly five years after the high-profile Ashley Madison data breach, hundreds of impacted website users are being targeted by a new extortion attack this past week. The 2015 data breach of the adultery website led to 32 million accounts being publicly dumped online, including victims’ names,...

PT-2020-20289 · Salesagility · Suitecrm

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SuiteCRM versions prior to 7.11.12 Description: The issue allows for PHP Object Injection in the EmailsController Action GetFromFields. Recommendations: For SuiteCRM versions prior to 7.11.12, update to version 7.11.12 or later to resolve the...

Coronavirus Campaigns Spread Emotet, Malware

As the coronavirus originating in the Wuhan province of China continues to stir widespread fears about a global public health crisis, some see an opportunity in the outbreak. A recent spate of malicious, botnet-driven emails is using the coronavirus as a theme, according to telemetry from IBM...

U.S. Gov Agency Targeted With Malware-Laced Emails

A U.S. government agency was targeted with spear phishing emails harboring several malware strains – including a never-before-seen malware downloader that researchers call “Carrotball.” The campaign, which researchers observed occurring from July to October and code-named “Fractured Statue,”...

DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2020-002

The SpamSpan module obfuscates email addresses to help prevent spambots from collecting them. This module contains a spamspan twig filter which doesn't sanitize the passed HTML string. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that sites must have custom twig template files that use the SpamSpa...

Threat Roundup for January 10 to January 17

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Jan. 10 and Jan. 17. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Stolen emails reflect Emotet's organic growth

By Jaeson Schultz Introduction Emotet has a penchant for stealing a victim's email, then impersonating that victim and sending copies of itself in reply. The malicious emails are delivered through a network of stolen outbound SMTP accounts. This relatively simple email-man-in-the-middle social...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15961

A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus ClamAV Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in...

CVE-2020-2093

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Health Advisor by CloudBees Plugin 3.0 and earlier allows attackers to send an email with fixed content to an attacker-specified recipient...

Man Sentenced in ATM Skimming Conspiracy

A New York state man has been sentenced to five years for an elaborate ATM skimming conspiracy that allowed him to steal at least $390,141 from victims. Bogdan Rusu, 39, of Queens, NY pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme, which used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on...

CVE-2019-19980

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users Subscriber or greater access to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wpajax...

CVE-2019-19980

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users Subscriber or greater access to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wpajax...

Privilege escalation

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a privilege bypass flaw that allowed authenticated users Subscriber or greater access to send test emails from the administrative dashboard on behalf of an administrator. This occurs because the plugin registers a wpajax...