Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Gov. Vendor With Malware

Iran-linked threat actor APT34 has been observed sending targeted, malicious email attachments to customers and employees of a company that works closely with U.S. government agencies. The company in question is U.S.-based Westat, a professional services company that provides research services to...

Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7.7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Comma...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Pollers Remote Command Execution

Centreon 19.10.5 - Pollers Remote Command Execution Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested...

Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7.7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Comma...

Google Receives Geofence Warrants

Sometimes it's hard to tell the corporate surveillance operations from the government ones: Google reportedly has a database called Sensorvault in which it stores location data for millions of devices going back almost a decade. The article is about geofence warrants, where the police go to...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri Baso Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7 CVE :...

Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri BASO Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri Baso Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on:...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri Baso Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Database...

Tampa Bay Times hit with Ryuk ransomware attack

Florida newspaper The Tampa Bay Times suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack Thursday, making it the latest major victim of the notorious ransomware family that continues to rise in popularity. Curiously, the paper is at least the third Florida-based Ryuk victim in the past year. The attack, which The...

New Bill Proposes NSA Surveillance Reforms

A newly-introduced bill is proposing sweeping privacy reforms to a controversial government surveillance program, which has been previously used by the National Security Agency NSA to vacuum up the call records of millions of Americans. The “Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act” was...

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,”...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 16, 2019)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. This wasn’t your average Patch Tuesday. Microsoft’s monthly security update was notable for a few reasons. For starters, it’s really tim...

Brazil Charges Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes

Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil, stemming from publishing information and documents that were embarrassing to the government. The charges are that he actively helped the people who actually did the hacking: Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the...

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...

TRS Haiyun Government Intensive Intelligent Portal Platform suffers from unauthorized access vulnerability

TRS Haiyun Government Intensive Intelligent Portal Platform is a new generation of government intensive intelligent portal platform independently developed by TORS. TRS Haiyun Government Intensive Intelligent Portal Platform has an unauthorized access vulnerability. Attackers can use the...

A week in security (January 6 – 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we told readers how to check the safety of websites and their related files, explored the shady behavior taking place within the billion-dollar search industry, broke down the top six ways that hackers target retail businesses, and put a spotlight on the ransomware...

Police Surveillance Tools from Special Services Group

Special Services Group, a company that sells surveillance tools to the FBI, DEA, ICE, and other US government agencies, has had its secret sales brochure published. Motherboard received the brochure as part of a FOIA request to the Irvine Police Department in California. "The Tombstone Cam is our...

United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware

UPDATE: January 10, 2020 At time of original publication, we were not yet able to replicate the malware Android./Trojan.HiddenAds being dropped on our test device, though multiple users had reported that a variant of HiddenAds suddenly installed on their UMX mobile phone. As of today, we are now...

Microsoft 365 helps governments adopt a Zero Trust security model

For governments to function, the flow of data on a massive scale is required—including sensitive information about critical infrastructure, citizens, and public safety and security. The security of government information systems is subject to constant attempted attacks and in need of a modern...