The vulnerability of the anti-virus scanning function of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Free, Kaspersky Security Cloud, Kaspersky Small Office Security for Windows, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows, Kaspersky Internet Security for macOS, and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux allows a hacker to delete any files from the system.

The vulnerability of the antivirus scanning function of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Free, Kaspersky Security Cloud, Kaspersky Small Office Security for Windows, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows, Kaspersky Internet Security for macO...

Kaspersky: [Fixed] A vulnerability in KAVKIS 2020 products family allows full disabling of protection

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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”...

APT trends report Q1 2020

For more than two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity. The summaries are based on our threat intelligence research and provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and...

Threat actors release Troldesh decryption keys

Update: Kaspersky has updated their ShadeDecryptor tool to include decryption for the keys released by "shade team". You can download the tool and find instructions here. A GitHub user claiming to represent the authors of the Troldesh Ransomware calling themselves the “Shade team” published this...

A look at the ATM/PoS malware landscape from 2017-2019

From remote administration and jackpotting, to malware sold on the Darknet, attacks against ATMs have a long and storied history. And, much like other areas of cybercrime, attackers only refine and grow their skillset for infecting ATM systems from year-to-year. So what does the ATM landscape loo...

SAS, sweet SAS

As you may already know from our social network posts, we have rescheduled the SAS 2020 conference for November 18-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure your safety. Though we still think that Barcelona is a great place to meet and it will not be a "real" SAS if we cannot hug, shake hands...

KLA11768 Microsoft Advisory for Microsoft Office

Original advisories ADV200004 Related products Microsoft-Office CVE list KB list Solution Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel Affected Products - Microsoft Office 2019, 365...

ThreatList: Skype-Themed Apps Hide a Raft of Malware

Popular conferencing apps have become a major cybercrime lure during the COVID-19 work-from-home era – and Skype is the undisputed leader when it comes to being impersonated by malicious downloads, researchers have found. An April analysis from Kaspersky uncovered a total of 120,000 suspicious...

KLA11729 DoS vulnerability in Wireshark

Denial of service vulnerability was found in Wireshark. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service. Original advisories wnpa-sec-2020-07 Related products Wireshark CVE list CVE-2020-11647 warning Solution Update to the latest version Download Wireshark Impacts DoS...

TFW you-get-really-excited-you-patch-diffed-a-0day-used-in-the-wild-but-then-find-out-it-is-the-wrong-vuln

Posted by Maddie Stone, Project Zero INTRODUCTION I’m really interested in 0-days exploited in the wild and what we, the security community, can learn about them to make 0-day hard. I explained some of Project Zero’s ideas and goals around in-the-wild 0-days in a November blog post. On December’s...

iOS exploit chain deploys LightSpy feature-rich malware

A watering hole was discovered on January 10, 2020 utilizing a full remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant named LightSpy. The site appears to have been designed to target users in Hong Kong based on the content of the landing page. Since the initial activity, we released two...

WildPressure targets industrial-related entities in the Middle East

In August 2019, Kaspersky discovered a malicious campaign distributing a fully fledged C++ Trojan that we call Milum. All the victims we registered were organizations from the Middle East. At least some of them are related to industrial sector. Our Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine KTAE doesn't...

Android Cookie-Stealing Malware Found Hijacking Facebook Accounts

A new simple but dangerous strain of Android malware has been found in the wild that steals users' authentication cookies from the web browsing and other apps, including Chrome and Facebook, installed on the compromised devices. Dubbed "Cookiethief" by Kaspersky researchers, the Trojan works by...

Exploit for CVE-2019-1458

CVE-2019-1458: Going from 'in the wild report' to POC Intr...

Roaming Mantis, part V

Kaspersky has continued to track the Roaming Mantis campaign. The group's attack methods have improved and new targets continuously added in order to steal more funds. The attackers' focus has also shifted to techniques that avoid tracking and research: whitelist for distribution, analysis...

Stalkerware Attacks Increased 50 Percent Last Year, Report

The number of stalkerware attacks on mobile devices increased 50 percent over the last year, showing an upward and continued trend in the emerging threat, researchers said. Over the past year, the instances of stalkerware—which tracks users without their knowledge and can result in harassment,...

Burning Man Tickets for $225? Yep, Too Good to Be True

Burning Man aficionados anxious to get their tickets squared away for the 2020 “experience” should beware: Fake concert organizers are offering passes in what researchers say is a very convincing and sophisticated scam effort. Burning Man, which bills itself as a “vibrant participatory metropolis...

AZORult spreads as a fake ProtonVPN installer

AZORult has its history. However, a few days ago, we discovered what appears to be one of its most unusual campaigns: abusing the ProtonVPN service and dropping malware via fake ProtonVPN installers for Windows. Screenshot of a fake ProtonVPN website The campaign started at the end of November 20...

Emerson OpenEnterprise

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Emerson Equipment: OpenEnterprise SCADA Server Vulnerability: Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute code on an OpenEnterprise SCADA...