Cybercrime Takes Advantage of 2023-Recession with Job-Themed Scams

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of 2023 Recession with Job-Themed Scams By Daksh Kapur · February 28, 2023 Figure 1 image from freepik.com and flaticon.com The current economic climate globally is grim because of the ongoing recession. In this environment, job-themed emails have become a prime target...

APT Earth Kitsune delivers new WhiskerSpy malware via watering hole attack

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Earth Kitsune, an advanced persistent threat APT actor known for targeting individuals interested in North Korea, also China, Brazil, and Japan and has been found to be using a new backdoor called...

japan-parts.eu Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3198183

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Hackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps

Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new rogue Google Ads campaign that delivers remote access trojans such as FatalRAT to compromised machines. The attacks involve purchasing ad slots to appear in Google search results and direct users looking for popular...

lexusjapan.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3192977

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry

E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed late last month. The malspam activity is notable for transitioning away from malware-laced Microsoft Word documents to NSIS executable files for...

Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Factory Automation Products (Update D)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: GOT2000 compatible HMI software, CC-Link IE TSN Industrial Managed Switch, MELSEC iQ-R Series OPC UA Server Module Vulnerabilities: Infinite Loop, OS Command Injection 2...

Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 Series and GT SoftGOT2000

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Equipment: GOT Mobile Function on GOT2000 Series and GT SoftGOT2000 Vulnerabilities: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing, Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames 2. RISK EVALUATION...

Mitsubishi Electric MELFA SD/SQ series and F-series Robot Controllers

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Equipment: MELFA SD/SQ series and F-series Robot Controllers Vulnerability: Active Debug Code 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow...

JVN#05288621: EasyMail vulnerable to cross-site scripting

EasyMail provided by First Net Japan Inc. contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79. Impact An arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who accessed the site using the product. Solution Update the software Update the software to the latest version accordin...

Friday Squid Blogging: Another Giant Squid Captured on Video

Heres a new video of a giant squid, filmed in the Sea of Japan. I believe its injured. Its so close to the surface, and not really moving very much. "We didnt see the kinds of agile movements that many fish and marine creatures normally show," he said. "Its tentacles and fins were moving very...

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F, iQ-R Series

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.9 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: MELSEC iQ-F and iQ-R Series products Vulnerability: Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator PRNG 2. UPDATE OR REPOSTED INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the...

kentjapan.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3152094

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

coexist-japan.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3130111

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

arpjapan.net Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3120832

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

BlueNoroff APT Hackers Using New Ways to Bypass Windows MotW Protection

BlueNoroff, a subcluster of the notorious Lazarus Group, has been observed adopting new techniques into its playbook that enable it to bypass Windows Mark of the Web MotW protections. This includes the use of optical disk image .ISO extension and virtual hard disk .VHD extension file formats as...

Omron CX-Programmer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Omron Equipment: CX-Programmer Vulnerability: Out-of-bounds Write 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow arbitrary code execution or loss of sensitive information if a user opens a...

Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Fuji Electric Equipment: Tellus Lite V-Simulator Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Write, Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute...

Researchers Uncover MirrorFace Cyber Attacks Targeting Japanese Political Entities

A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat APT actor codenamed MirrorFace has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political establishments. The activity, dubbed Operation LiberalFace by ESET, specifically focused on members of an unnamed political party in the natio...

Japan Construction Information Center DENSHI NYUSATSU CORE SYSTEM 输入验证错误漏洞

Japan Construction Information Center DENSHI NYUSATSU CORE SYSTEM is a construction core management system from Japan Construction Information Center, Inc. A security vulnerability exists in the Japan Construction Information Center DENSHI NYUSATSU CORE SYSTEM that originates when a user accesses...