Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update

Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update By Taylor Mullins, Mo Cashman and Raj Samani · January 20, 2022 Recent news reports of a “ransomware” campaign targeting Ukraine has resulted in significant press coverage regarding not only...

Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update

Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update By Taylor Mullins, Mo Cashman and Raj Samani · January 20, 2022 Recent news reports of a “ransomware” campaign targeting Ukraine has resulted in significant press coverage regarding not only...

Return of Pseudo Ransomware

Return of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix, Max Kersten and Raj Samani · January 20, 2022 Arnab Roy, Filippo Sitzia and Mo Cashman contributed to the research supporting this blog Recent news reports of a “ransomware” campaign targeting Ukraine has resulted in significant press coverage regarding not...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache log4j (CVE-2021-45105) affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

Summary There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. Apache Log4j versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1 did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups which allows a Denial...

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in the Apache log4j library ( CVE-2021-45105 and CVE-2021-44832 ) have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

Summary Websphere Application Server WAS is shipped as a component of IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. The WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a remote code execution RCE attack CVE-2021-44832 where an attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file can...

Security Bulletin: A Remote Attack Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects Engineering Lifecycle Management and IBM Engineering products

Summary There is a high risk Remote Attack Vulnerability in Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 which is used by IBM Jazz Team Server affecting the following IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications: Engineering Lifecycle Management ELM, IBM Engineering Workflow Management EWM, IBM Engineering Systems...

SyntheticSun - A Defense-In-Depth Security Automation And Monitoring Framework Which Utilizes Threat Intelligence, Machine Learning, Managed AWS Security Services And, Serverless Technologies To Continuously Prevent, Detect And Respond To Threats

SyntheticSun is a defense-in-depth security automation and monitoring framework which utilizes threat intelligence, machine learning, managed AWS security services and, serverless technologies to continuously prevent, detect and respond to threats. You sleep in fragmented glass With reflections o...

Security Bulletin: IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights impacted by Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-4104, CVE-2021-45046)

Summary IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights is affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerability through the WebSphere Application Server WAS component. There is a separate security bulletin linked below that describes vulnerabilities CVE-2021-4104, CVE-2021-45046 in the Apache Log4j library as...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium Insights is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Log4j 2 component. (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary IBM Security Guardium Insights is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Log4j 2 component. IBM Security Guardium Insights has addressed the vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 with an upgrade. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-44228 DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could all...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache log4j affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. This affects the IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights Analytics, UI and REST Mediation components. This vulnerability has been addressed. Vulnerability Details...

Security update for netdata (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for netdata Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1603-1 Rating: moderate References: 1139094 1139095 1139098 Cross-References: CVE-2018-18836 CVE-2018-18837 CVE-2018-18838 CVE-2018-18839 CVSS scores: CVE-2018-18836 NVD : 6.5...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache log4j affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights (CVE-2021-45046)

Summary There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. This affects the IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights Analytics, UI and REST Mediation components. This vulnerability has been addressed. Vulnerability Details...

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities ( CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-35517 ) in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile, shipped with IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

Summary Websphere Application Server WAS Liberty Profile is shipped as a component of IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. Information about Apache Commons Compress library vulnerabilities CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-35517 to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error affect WAS...

Developing a Repeatable and Sustainable Security Exploitable Risk Reporting Program

Introduction The key to creating a practical Reporting Philosophy is/are well-written vulnerability management policies, standards, and guidelines. These are often referred to as a Security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance SGRC program and a well-defined risk exception and acceptance RA program,...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability ( CVE-2021-29736 ) has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

Summary Websphere Application Server WAS is shipped as a component of IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. Information about WebSphere Application Server vulnerability to remote users Privilege Escalation CVE-2021-29736 has been published in a security bulletin Vulnerability Details Refe...

Wiz integrates with the new Amazon Inspector for enhanced security insights, context, and accuracy

Wiz is excited to announce it is a launch partner for the new Amazon Inspector, bringing Amazon Inspector findings together with Wiz insights to give our customers actionable, prioritized and contextually rich security insights...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.10 Release

An update is now available for Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7. Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool. Security Fixes: python-ecdsa...

Product Overview - Cynet Centralized Log Management

For most organizations today, the logs produced by their security tools and environments provide a mixed bag. On the one hand, they can be a trove of valuable data on security breaches, vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and general security insights. On the other, organizations don't have the rig...

How cyberattacks are changing according to new Microsoft Digital Defense Report

In 2021, cybercrime has become more sophisticated, widespread, and relentless. Criminals have targeted critical infrastructure—healthcare,1 information technology,2 financial services,3 energy sectors4—with headline-grabbing attacks that crippled businesses and harmed consumers. But there are...

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 7, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.Good afternoon, Talos readers. Every day, we see mountains and mountains of data. So how do we comb through all of it to find out what's important to customers and users? Well, there are many ways, but we wanted to give readers and researchers a look... This is...