PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. "This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader,"...

Black Basta-Linked Attackers Target Users with SystemBC Malware

An ongoing social engineering campaign with alleged links to the Black Basta ransomware group has been linked to "multiple intrusion attempts" with the goal of conducting credential theft and deploying a malware dropper called SystemBC. "The initial lure being utilized by the threat actors remain...

openSUSE Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2024:2077-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE-SU-2024:2077-2 Security update for gdk-pixbuf

This update for gdk-pixbuf fixes the following issues: gdk-pixbuf was updated to version 2.42.12: - Security issues fixed: CVE-2022-48622: Fixed heap memory corruption on gdk-pixbuf bsc1219276 - Changes in version 2.42.12: + ani: Reject files with multiple INA or IART chunks, + ani: validate chun...

SUSE-SU-2024:2077-1 Security update for gdk-pixbuf

This update for gdk-pixbuf fixes the following issues: gdk-pixbuf was updated to version 2.42.12: - Security issues fixed: CVE-2022-48622: Fixed heap memory corruption on gdk-pixbuf bsc1219276 - Changes in version 2.42.12: + ani: Reject files with multiple INA or IART chunks, + ani: validate chun...

Fedora: Security Advisory for glycin-loaders (FEDORA-2024-40ee18b2e7)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: glycin-loaders-0.1.2-2.fc39

Sandboxed and extendable image decoding...

‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed "the largest ever operation against botnets," the international effort...

Fedora: Security Advisory for glycin-loaders (FEDORA-2024-ce2936b568)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2024-26678

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section The .compat section is a dummy PE section that contains the address of the 32-bit entrypoint of the 64-bit kernel image if it is bootable from 32-bit firmware...

CVE-2024-26678 x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section The .compat section is a dummy PE section that contains the address of the 32-bit entrypoint of the 64-bit kernel image if it is bootable from 32-bit firmware...

CVE-2024-26678

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section The .compat section is a dummy PE section that contains the address of the 32-bit entrypoint of the 64-bit kernel image if it is bootable from 32-bit firmware...

New Go loader pushes Rhadamanthys stealer

Malware loaders also known as droppers or downloaders are a popular commodity in the criminal underground. Their primary function is to successfully compromise a machine and deploy one or multiple additional payloads. A good loader avoids detection and identifies victims as legitimate i.e. not...

BIT-MOODLE-2023-30943 Moodle: tinymce loaders susceptible to arbitrary folder creation

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system...

Unsafe yaml deserialization in llama-hub

The OpenAPI and ChatGPT plugin loaders in LlamaHub aka llama-hub before 0.0.67 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code because safeload is not used for YAML...

CVE-2024-23730

The OpenAPI and ChatGPT plugin loaders in LlamaHub aka llama-hub before 0.0.67 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code because safeload is not used for YAML...

PT-2024-20040

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LlamaHub aka llama-hub versions prior to 0.0.67 Description The OpenAPI and ChatGPT plugin loaders in LlamaHub allow attackers to execute arbitrary code because safe load is not used for YAML. This issue enables attackers to execute arbitrary...

CVE-2024-23730

The OpenAPI and ChatGPT plugin loaders in LlamaHub aka llama-hub before 0.0.67 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code because safeload is not used for YAML...

The malware, attacker trends and more that shaped the threat landscape in 2023

The 2023 Cisco Talos Year in Review is now available to download. Once again, the Talos team has meticulously combed through a massive amount of data to analyze the major trends that have shaped the threat landscape in 2023. Global conflict influenced a lot of these trends, altering the tactics a...

Crimeware and financial cyberthreats in 2024

At Kaspersky, we constantly monitor the financial cyberthreat landscape, which includes threats to financial institutions, such as banks, and financially motivated threats, such as ransomware, that target a broader range of industries. As part of our Kaspersky Security Bulletin, we try to predict...