AvosLocker Ransomware Variant Abuses Driver File to Disable Antivirus, Scans for Log4shell

We found an AvosLocker ransomware variant using a legitimate antivirus component to disable detection and blocking solutions...

AvosLocker Ransomware Variant Abuses Driver File to Disable Anti-Virus, Scans for Log4shell

We found an AvosLocker ransomware variant using a legitimate anti-virus component to disable detection and blocking solutions...

The top 5 most routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2021

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory, coauthored by cybersecurity authorities of the United States CISA, NSA, and FBI, Australia ACSC, Canada CCCS, New Zealand NZ NCSC, and the United Kingdom NCSC-UK has detailed the top 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs routinely exploited by malicious cybe...

2021 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

Summary This joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA was coauthored by cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, National Security Agency NSA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI,...

Millions of Java Apps Remain Vulnerable to Log4Shell

Four months after the discovery of the zero-day Log4Shell critical flaw, millions of Java applications still remain vulnerable to compromise, researchers have found. Rezilion expected that due to the “massive amount of media coverage” the bug unsurprisingly received, the majority of applications...

Exploit for Code Injection in Vmware Spring_Framework

It is an exploit module targeting the Apache Log4j vulnerability...

What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q1 2022 in Review

The world of cybersecurity never has a dull moment. While we are still recovering from the aftermath of Log4Shell, the recent ContiLeaks exposed multiple vulnerabilities that have been exploited by the Conti ransomware group. It’s critical for your team to identify the risk posed by such...

Hackers Exploiting Spring4Shell Vulnerability to Deploy Mirai Botnet Malware

The recently disclosed critical Spring4Shell vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to execute the Mirai botnet malware, particularly in the Singapore region since the start of April 2022. "The exploitation allows threat actors to download the Mirai sample to the '/tmp' folder...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary A vulnerability was identified within the Apache Log4j library that is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps. This vulnerability has been addressed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-44228 DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system...

Deep Panda deploys new rootkit “Fire Chili” by exploiting Log4shell in VMware horizon

THREAT LEVEL: Red For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Deep Panda, a Chinese APT group, took advantage of the well-known Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy a backdoor, rootkit, and steal sensitive data. This threat actor is primarily targeting firms in the...

Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965): details and mitigations

Last week researchers found the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22965 in Spring – the open source Java framework. Using the vulnerability, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on a remote web server, which makes CVE-2022-22965 a critical threat, given the Spring frameworks popularity. By analog...

Chinese Hackers Target VMware Horizon Servers with Log4Shell to Deploy Rootkit

A Chinese advanced persistent threat tracked as Deep Panda has been observed exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy a backdoor and a novel rootkit on infected machines with the goal of stealing sensitive data. "The nature of targeting was opportunistic insofar...

RCE Bug in Spring Cloud Could Be the Next Log4Shell, Researchers Warn

NOTE: This post is about the confirmed and patched vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-22963. While the researchers at Sysdig refer to this Spring Cloud bug as “Spring4Shell,” it should be noted that there is some confusion as to what to call it, with another security firm referring to a different,...

Apache Log4j 2.0.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (Web Application URL Parameter, Log4Shell) - Active Check

Apache Log4j is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

Apache Log4j 2.0.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (HTTP Web Dirs, Log4Shell) - Active Check

Apache Log4j is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

Infographic: Log4Shell Vulnerability Impact by the Numbers

The full scope of risk presented by the Log4Shell vulnerability is something unprecedented, spanning every type of organization across every industry. Hard to find but easy to exploit, Log4Shell immediately places hundreds of millions of Java-based applications, databases, and devices at risk...

Qualys Study Reveals How Enterprises Responded to Log4Shell

On December 9, 2021, a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting Apache’s Log4j2 library, a Java-based logging utility, was disclosed to the world. This was no small announcement. As the third most used computer language, Java is practically ubiquitous. Its Log4j2 library is extremely popular...

Chinese APT41 Hackers Broke into at Least 6 U.S. State Governments: Mandiant

APT41, the state-sponsored threat actor affiliated with China, breached at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022 by retooling its attack vectors to take advantage of vulnerable internet-facing web applications. The exploited vulnerabilities included "a zero-d...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary Apache log4j 2 library is used by IBM Maximo Application Suite internal components. This bulletin provides remediation for the Apache log4j 2 vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 by applying a new Maximo Application suite fixpack. The fix includes Apache Log4j2 2.15.0. Vulnerability Details CVEID...

Security Bulletin: Apache Log4j Vulnerability Affects IBM Sterling File Gateway (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary IBM Sterling File Gateway is impacted by Log4Shell CVE-2021-44228, through the use of Apache Log4j's JNDI logging feature. Final remediation images published below. As an alternative to the final remediation images, manual mitigation steps are also provided below. Vulnerability Details...