CVE-2016-1019: A New Flash Exploit Included in Magnitude Exploit Kit

On April 2, security researcher @Kafeine at Proofpoint discovered a change to the Magnitude Exploit Kit. Thanks to their collaboration, we analyzed the sample and discovered that Magnitude EK was exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player CVE-2016-1019. The in-the-wild...

Locky Ransomware Variant Changes C2, Spread Via Nuclear Exploit Kit

Security experts warn companies need to brace for new harder-to-detect and more determined variants of the Locky ransomware spotted recently in the wild. The news comes just as reported Locky ransomware attacks have waned in recent weeks. Locky is now trying to evade detection by changing the way...

Drum Kit - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, SD-card access vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Drum Kit published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Drum Kit HD - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Drum Kit HD published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Electronic drum kit - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Electronic drum kit published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Drum kit metal - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Drum kit metal published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Professional Drum Kit Real HD - Base64 encoded String, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Professional Drum Kit Real HD published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Drum kit (Drums) free - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Drum kit Drums free published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Car Kit - Corrupted files, Exported components vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Car Kit published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Starter Kit - BSD license, External URLs, Suspicious files vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Starter Kit published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

java security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0511 An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detaile...

GongDa vs. Korean News

On Jan. 27, we observed visitors to a Korean news site being redirected to the GongDa Exploit Kit EK, potentially exposing them to malware infection. We will be referring to this site as KNS. GongDa is an exploit kit that can compromise vulnerable endpoints by use of exploits, allowing harmful...

GongDa vs. Korean News

On Jan. 27, we observed visitors to a Korean news site being redirected to the GongDa Exploit Kit EK, potentially exposing them to malware infection. We will be referring to this site as KNS. GongDa is an exploit kit that can compromise vulnerable endpoints by use of exploits, allowing harmful...

Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Websites to Spread Ransomware

Hackers are always in search for an elite method to create loopholes in the cyberspace to implement the dark rules in the form of vulnerability exploitation. Top Trustworthy sites such as The New York Times, BBC, MSN, AOL and many more are on the verge of losing their face value as a malwertized...

Malvertising Campaign Lands On Top Websites

Big-name websites were hit with a cunning malvertising campaign over the weekend that attempted to sneak TeslaCrypt ransomware on computers vulnerable to the potent Angler Exploit Kit. Top sites running the malicious ads included The New York Times owned NYTimes.com, Answers.com and AOL.com,...

Angler Exploit Learns New Tricks, Finds Home On Popular Website

Researchers report Angler Exploit Kit attacks have become more brazen and are now targeting top websites with new tricks that can evade browser-based antimalware protection. Karl Sigler, a SpiderLabs researcher at Trustwave, told Threatpost his lab found the Angler Exploit Kit on a popular websit...

Angler Exploit Kit Attacks Silverlight Vulnerability

Exploits for a vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight have found their way into the dangerous Angler Exploit Kit a little more than a month after it was patched. French security researcher Kafeine said he was able to get independent confirmation from researchers at Kaspersky Lab that the exploit...

IBM Java SDK Security Bypass Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-01228)

The IBM Java SDK is a Java implementation for AIX and Linux platforms and is a software development kit. A security bypass vulnerability exists in the IBM Java SDK. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized operations within the context of a...

Here's How to Decrypt Hydracrypt & Umbrecrypt Ransomware Files

Over the last few years, we have seen several types of Ransomware malware that demand a whopping amount of money from users for the retrieval of their locked, compromised sensitive files. We have also witnessed the birth of decryption solution for some of the Ransomware like Cryptolocker partial,...

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-04

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial o...